May Contain Nuts
It does exactly what it says on the tin
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I was hoping to have written this blog on Saturday, but things went a bit pear shaped and I had to rest. I’ll tell you about that later but first I’ll fill you in on the other events that have happened before that. Day 11, Sunday, Clare popped in for a little while to see me which was an absolute treat…
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Day 10 and this round of chemotherapy has done everything just slightly early, which has thrown me a little bit. Even down to the diarrhoea that started in the morning instead of the evening. The fuzziness started Thursday instead of Friday along with the strange aches and pains in the legs and the indigestion (I dislike the indigestion as…
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I’m hoping this is the last time that I feel like this. The ups and downs of chemotherapy have been tough, and sometimes they are manageable. And then there are days like today when I don’t want to go through it all again, but I am already on the rollercoaster, so I just get on and cope with it. I went to bed at…
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I’ve made a promise to myself this week to not be as slovenly as I normally am. I’m not going to let my last round of chemotherapy get to me. I’m going to make sure that I get myself washed and dressed and read books or watch a Christmas film or two. It knocks me out and I do rest,…
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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…
May Contain Nuts 