I think I mentioned in an earlier post that when I met the aquaintance of the nasty chemo drug that goes by the name of Melphalan I would have to suck on large quantities of ice in order to try and mitigate the amount of damage it's going to do to my mouth. So here I am about to tuck into a delicious blackcurrant slush puppy on the day care unit this morning. I had to begin 5 minutes before the infusion was started continue through it (half an hour) and then for 20 minutes afterwards. You might think that in the grand scheme of things that noshing on ice for an hour would not pose too much of a problem.....you'd be wrong, mainly because in these harsh economic times the hospital provided own brand low sugar blackcurrant juice, not Ribena. It was vile, so I sent Nik out for something more tasty. However by the time she returned I'd decided if I was going to be put off anything for life it might as well be own brand low fat blackcurrant juice and ploughed on. Oh look how I struggled......
I make the monkey from one of the earlier posts look quite handsome don't I?
Anyway as of the end of today there will now be NO MORE CHEMO! That's it. All I have to do is wait for it to do it's worst, which the docs believe will be by about Wednesday or Thursday. By then my immune system will be destroyed as will my ability to make red blood cells and platelets, so it will be a nervy and uncomfortable couple of weeks. We'll also see whether the ice eating has done the trick. Also today I've developed a large bruise at the site of my picc line. I'll have an ultrasound examination tomorrow to see if it's actually a clot which may mean they have to take it out. I'm surprisingly well still and actually had lunch today, so I'm still in a positive frame of mind. And tomorrow is Day zero....my boys will be back in town, but strangely (of which more tomorrow) in my world there will be 2 day zeros. Say tuned transplant fans!
7 comments:
I reckon 2 day zeros gives you 'Double O' status. Look out Daniel Craig :-)
Glad to hear you've been feeling better despite the low-budget blackcurrant juice. Good luck for tomorrow.
Well if you only live twice I reckon phase two starts tomorrow! All James Bond punnery most welcome.
Melphalan and black on the rocks (shaken obviously) sounds horrid but we're glad it's out of the way. Hope they've kept some of those nice sleeping pills for you. Say hi to Nikki....she must be getting hacked off, last night you ate her salad....today you rejected her ribina; no pleasing some bloggers
Love Lynn and Dave
Hi Rory
I doubt they will be using your photo for the promotion of the new line of UCH budget drinks!(UGH drinks would perhaps be more appropriate)
Hope M goes easy on you over the next couple of days.
M and D say hi from darkest Somerset where they are currently
bloggless
Love Iain
We are all thinking of you up here in Cambridgeshire
Love from
Helen Simon Alexander and Imogen
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hi mate hope all is going well. Like the luddite that I am you have made me enter my first ever comments on a blog. When tony blair tried this I vowed never to do it so you must be v important for me to break that promise.
glad to hear all is going well. speak soon
doug
And I appreciate it Doug! But I never had you down as a Luddite...
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