May Contain Nuts

Got up, ate breakfast, had a bath, and left in time to get to the hospital for 9:15am. It does make me laugh that you get there on time, but you’re still in the waiting room 30-45 minutes later.  

Got called through and was in Bay 3 today. Only 4 chairs in that bay but it’s right in front of the nurse’s station, so it’s not as quiet. Must’ve been my lucky day as bloods were done and I was attached to the first drip within 15 minutes. Tablets were administered at 11am, cold cap was on head straight after and paclitaxel was started just before 12pm. All done by 1pm and then waiting another hour for the cold cap to finish. Simon collected me at 2:15pm. Fastest one so far! 

Stomach wasn’t happy on the way home and I was in the toilet a short while after we returned home. It hasn’t happened that quickly before so I may need to ask the chemo unit next week if I should be worried about that.  

I have a feeling it may continue throughout the evening. This is one of those side effects that I struggle with. How do I know when to take the tablets? What if the tablet that stops me from going altogether? What if I take it too early and my bowels were going to stop anyway? Well, they said take the tablet if I go 4-5 times in 24 hours. Let’s see what happens.