May Contain Nuts
It does exactly what it says on the tin
Author: shellous71
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I’m not sure how to describe how I felt this morning. It was the last chemotherapy, so I was happy about that, but I didn’t want to put my body through one more round. But it had to be done. Walked onto Bay 2 and was offered a choice of any of the six chairs. There was a brand-new chair, so…
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Hannah should’ve been having a 1:1 training session before my chemotherapy appointment, but it had been cancelled on our way there, so we popped to Costa for a coffee and a tea and a relaxation before going to the hospital. I knew that if I got to the hospital early, they wouldn’t make me sit and wait too long, so I told Hannah to take me there early so…
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How did I forget the pain? Somehow, I had wiped it from my memory. All it took was one back twinge and everything came flooding back. Day 9 will now need to be marked in my diary with a big red mark. Friday was not the best of mornings. I had found out Thursday night…
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It’s been a busy weekend! My appointment with the picc nurse was at 8:30am on Friday. All she did was clean and dry my arm and put on a new cover. She’s given me some of the old covers so that the district nurses doesn’t have to use the gel ones. They go mushy and…
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Another Thursday without chemotherapy. This is such a weird feeling. I know I only had 12 weeks of weekly treatment, but it’s still a strange concept to be having treatment and not having to go to the hospital every Thursday. I feel so much better this week. My breathing is not so laboured and I’m…
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I went out to breakfast this morning with some of the lovely women I work with, and they had invited along our recently retired boss, Katharine. The first thing she said to me was – should you be out? I just replied with – of course I am Mum, I’m fine! But that got me thinking. Do people think I’m supposed to…
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I’ve been good this week and had made sure that I had been keeping up with my fluid intact. The district nurse came out yesterday to take my bloods. She was going to do a picc line dressing change, but I told her not to worry about it as the hospital will do it tomorrow before my chemo.…
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It’s back to school day. I’m at home whilst James and Nicola are having to cope with all the new Year 7s without me. I feel lost. I feel like a fraud as I could be in work doing what I should be doing. But I know that will all change by Thursday. I should just relax…
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Woke up at 2:35am. Tried to get back to sleep again but my luck was gone. Sprayed my legs with magnesium to help them but sleep still wouldn’t arrive, So, I listened to podcast after podcast, in the dark with my headphones in. Gave up at 8am and got up. I have huge bags under…
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Now, what has happened this week? The family gradually got better. I was wearing a mask around the house when they were home, but they were good at staying away from me. All the gang went out for drinks in London on Saturday and they sent me pictures of what they were up to, and…
May Contain Nuts 