Today's the day! The day of my last administered BEP drugs... My final bag of bleomycin! And as a cerebration(?!) those nice people at The Christie really speeded through the whole process. They were really busy but somehow everything was done-and-dusted by, what, 13:30!
They somehow have me down on the notes as "pathetic male" when it comes to the cannula part. Admittedly I don't much like that bit, and admittedly I did faint on the first bleo outpatient appointment - but there were mitigating circumstances, and it did take them three attempts. Anyhow, because of this they still managed to find me a complementary foot massage lady (Joanne). Sadly she didn't arrive until after the cannula, but that meant that I could just enjoy the indulgence!!
So that's it for treatment. My oncologist came in for a quick chat and we (he!) booked me in for my CT scan and follow-up visit at the end of November/beginning of December. So those are the dates to look forward to.
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Friday, 29 October 2010
Saturday, 2 October 2010
02/10/2010 Day 32 of 63 - Half way through!!!
No post for a while (a week?) well that's been deliberate, in some respects. This last week (since coming home from my three day inpatient bit of cycle 2) has been truly awful. I thought in cycle 1 I hit "rock bottom", and that pre-warned I'd get through the "bad patch" of cycle 2 better with the knowledge that it'd be better soon...
Well, in short - no! This week has been a real low point. The weekend wasn't too bad, but I knew I was also cooking up a cold. Come Monday and I was very unwell - no temperature but very rough, and this lasted pretty much until Friday morning when I felt decidedly better (my missus would disagree and said I still looked dreadful, but I did feel much much better). So I put Monday, through Thursday down to a very bad experience. I even rang up the Christies emergency chemotherapy hotline (aka lifeline) to make sure that this cold wasn't too serious. Thankfully it wasn't, just a virus and as long my temperature stayed okay just grind it out...
So four/five days of racing pulse (somewhere around 120 bpm, when it used to be 60-ish), splitting headache (yes I could take paracetamol but that would mask any temperature issues) and very little sleep (waking up every 1.5 hours and taking an absolute age to get back to sleep). Yes I am a male, and perhaps the above is nothing more than standard "man-flu" but last week was very, very hard...
Now come Friday morning, I feel a bit (much!) better. Still got this cold but feeling like the worst is past. Now my big issue is am I well enough for my date with a bag of bleomycin? Thankfully the answer to that was... yes and Friday at Christies was a better experience.
Better for three reasons, firstly I had the drugs, secondly the nurse got the cannula in in one go (big result) and third, because I was so very stressed about the whole thing I got a homoeopathic foot massage from the very sensual Julie whilst being cannulaed and waiting for my blood results...
So now onward and upward. And today is another big milestone. If my maths is correct I'm now halfway through - just one more three day session and three more bleo-outpatients. Oh and I am feeling on the up!
Well, in short - no! This week has been a real low point. The weekend wasn't too bad, but I knew I was also cooking up a cold. Come Monday and I was very unwell - no temperature but very rough, and this lasted pretty much until Friday morning when I felt decidedly better (my missus would disagree and said I still looked dreadful, but I did feel much much better). So I put Monday, through Thursday down to a very bad experience. I even rang up the Christies emergency chemotherapy hotline (aka lifeline) to make sure that this cold wasn't too serious. Thankfully it wasn't, just a virus and as long my temperature stayed okay just grind it out...
So four/five days of racing pulse (somewhere around 120 bpm, when it used to be 60-ish), splitting headache (yes I could take paracetamol but that would mask any temperature issues) and very little sleep (waking up every 1.5 hours and taking an absolute age to get back to sleep). Yes I am a male, and perhaps the above is nothing more than standard "man-flu" but last week was very, very hard...
Now come Friday morning, I feel a bit (much!) better. Still got this cold but feeling like the worst is past. Now my big issue is am I well enough for my date with a bag of bleomycin? Thankfully the answer to that was... yes and Friday at Christies was a better experience.
Better for three reasons, firstly I had the drugs, secondly the nurse got the cannula in in one go (big result) and third, because I was so very stressed about the whole thing I got a homoeopathic foot massage from the very sensual Julie whilst being cannulaed and waiting for my blood results...
So now onward and upward. And today is another big milestone. If my maths is correct I'm now halfway through - just one more three day session and three more bleo-outpatients. Oh and I am feeling on the up!
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