Funky Friday Fun Activity Day!

Felt very sorry for myself last week after I had limped through the Friday chemo session, really down in the dumps. Didn't like myself much either, I guess you could call it moping, my back ached, I was so tired, felt sick, no energy, the list goes on...

My Family treated me exactly the same, got called a slacker, they insisted I walked the dogs at every opportunity , had to shop and prepare meals, clean and do the washing every day, they also banned all sporting activities.

The above paragraph is a complete lie.

They made me rest, and generally coddled me all week, ( although sporting activities were curtailed tis true) . I don't think those antibiotics helped my mood either, but I'm done with those now.

Fully expected to have another set of poor blood results on Wednesday, but unbelievably they were amazingly good ( think they were someone else's ).

Haemoglobin 9.8
White cells 2.3
Neutrophils 1.75
Platelets 115

And, my CA125 is down again to 88!! Hurrah, we are now in double figures, last January it was on the rise at around 29.. It continued to rise all year, until I began this chemo in December.
I am still on a very baby dose of 30ml of cisplatin but it seems to be doing the trick so fingers crossed my bloods carry on dealing with it.

Meanwhile Papa is doing his hardest to thwart my plans of remaining healthy during this winter, by only going and catching shingles!

On a serious note, this is pretty miserable for him, partly because of the discomfort, but mostly because he is banished from seeing any of us for the next week or so. Think we'll have to leave our Red Cross parcels on the doorstep, poor man.

In hospital now having another dose of chemo, it's one of the nurses last day, she has been with me on my 'cancer journey' since the start, which by the way is coming up for the six year mark. Not necessarily an anniversary I celebrate as such, but one that I hope to stretch out for a few more years yet.

Wishing everyone a good weekend, and all those in Jersey stock up your cupboards, I'm sure there is some sleet/snow on the way, you know how we islanders tend to panic..... ( for those in the UK and USA keep warm and wear your snow boots!)

BY the way, Bex was on national radio on Monday night, I'll attach the link in case you want to listen ?

Http:www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05srcz6 ....

It's about 1hr 35 min into Radio 2 Georgy Spanswick show. 29th January

Quote from my bro..

"When January gone night and day, the rest of the year just slips away"











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