Sunday 17th December

I am pleased to say that things have not been too bad at all, the 'port' seems to have settled down a lot, and hasn't been as sore as I first thought.
I was back to the hospital again on Thursday to have the dressing cleaned and changed and it all looked very good- actually that's only hearsay, I didn't look myself, no more fainting episodes for me...
Oh, did I mention that last weeks chemo didn't go quite as smoothly as the first lot?

I started off ok, but the vein in my hand that they cannulated was very small, and it decided  to play up a bit. So I had to have blood taken from the other arm at the same time, this was all fine until in trying to get the larger needle to 'work' it was wriggled around, and then wriggled some more.

I felt a bit hot, and then Bex walked in, I looked across at her as she was giving me a "what's the matter" face, and I mouthed back, "get me a sick bowl!" She relayed my request to the lovely nurses, who quickly obliged, however that feeling passed , but was replaced with me saying in a voice that didn't sound quite like me " and now I am going to faint!".

What a drama queen! The nurses sprung into action, tipping the chair back and slapping on the  blood pressure monitor etc. Within twenty minutes normal service had been resumed and I felt fine. Just think it was a combination of drinking a hot drink, feeling too warm, and lots of needle activity!

I am a little worried that tomorrow's port access will not go smoothly, or worse it won't work, but there's no point worrying.

Good news is I get a week off over Christmas, hurrah. Also it seems that the excess fluid I had in my legs has improved significantly, still there but a lot less, which makes life more comfortable.

Wednesday sees the arrival of AB, just in time to get the jobs done before Christmas day, once again a long list has been written, I think I'll let her off cleaning out the wheelie bin this year.....but the guttering does need clearing, I'm sure we've got a long enough ladder....

Its been a bit sad not being able to do any activities other than dog walking, although I can hardly say my energy levels have been high. We had lovely sunshine on Saturday so a walk out west with friends, and then gardening most of the afternoon was perfect.

Seeing good friends this morning was also a real treat, albeit for a short time.

 A little blast from the past, who are these two?