So my game plan is to keep it together. Keep going with life as normal, except when interrupted by chemo, or doctors, or any other Genghis s**t. But it’s hard. This morning, for example, I’m exhausted. I’ve woken up feeling almost as tired as when I went to bed. So the kids are playing up…
DetailsYes it’s amazing. I feel almost normal. No spinning rooms. No nausea. No floaty floaty. Really, it’s amazing. Hard to believe I had my chemo only yesterday. Was it the extra anti sickness drug? The extra jug of water? The baked potato for lunch? The mid-morning biscuit? The slower release of the second drug? The…
DetailsI’m just home from my second round of chemo. It was fine. So far I feel woozy and heavy legged but not ill. But I’m waiting for the nausea to hit which is an odd thing. Sitting. Waiting to feel horrid. It was all very cheerful at the chemo centre this morning. The lady in…
DetailsChemo plus 9 days and I’m back on an even keel. It took time. Longer than I thought. The nausea lasted no more than 18 hours. I sweated, peed and pooed it out fairly quickly. Then there were about 24 hours of feeling wrong but not ill. Then a couple of days of recovery. Then…
DetailsI had my first chemo earlier today. Here are some random thoughts on the whole thing: – My wee is red. Bit like a period. What if I have both at the same time?! – So far I feel like I have a hangover but not a monster one. It’s tolerable. I’ve definitely had worse.…
DetailsSo on Monday I had to get over my holiday self quickly as it was time to get my portacath fitted. This is a small port that goes beneath the skin under your collarbone. It means that the chemo can go straight in and you don’t need a cannula. If you are relying on a…
Details1. Sun and sleeping are good. Physically and mentally. 2. Eating naughty food and watching lots of TV should definitely be encouraged on holiday for kids and for adults. 3. Physical distance from hospitals and doctors makes a biiiiiiiig difference. 4. Family should be treasured (even when the smaller ones are having a melt down).…
DetailsSo I haven’t blogged for a while. First there was a lot to say, but it was hard to say it. Then there was little to say. So here I am. The “lot”, first. The results from the op. On the good side: Genghis was smaller than the original estimate. It weighed in at 35…
DetailsToday is my lovely husband’s birthday. He doesn’t really do birthdays. He has little interest. But he still gets presents and cards – that’s what you do on birthdays. This morning was the usual. Kids opened the presents while he opened the cards. He liked the cards. He was indifferent about the presents. I thought…
DetailsSo the latest. Genghis is gone, girl. The lump has been removed. Yesterday I had my lumpectomy, or “wide local excision” in medical speak. Plus I had one of my lymph nodes under my arm taken out – call a “sentinel node biopsy”. The sentinel node is the gateway to my lymphatic system. If any…
DetailsTa-dah! It’s cut. It’s done. Step one taken. Hooray. Bring on the next step.
Today is the day I am cutting my hair. I’ve had long hair for ever and today it’s going. I control the time and date, not Genghis. I control where and how, not Genghis. I control the outcome – it’s going to be donated to a charity that makes wigs for kiddy cancer patients –…
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