Day -2: Bounce Back

I feel so much better today than yesterday. It's weird since I have another days worth of chemo in my system. But the nausea and vomiting has resolved itself to the point where I have felt able to eat a meal this evening, much to Nik's consternation. She's come into town to spend a few nights at the hotel with me until I get admitted and, not expecting me to eat, brought her own supper with her; a rather tasty chicken and avocado salad which I polished off in double quick time. At least there's a Sainsburys over the road! I put this much welcomed change in fortune down to the excellent nights sleep I got last night. The hospital have given me a new anti-nausea medication which also has a sedative effect. I popped one of these in at 11 last night at only woke at 8.45 this morning. (Andy and Helen....it's called Nozinan) It's been good timing as I've been able to drink plenty of fluids today in preparation for my introduction to Mr Melphalan tomorrow.

The picture shows how we've managed the problem of the Cadd pumps. I've got two of them; one for saline and one for chemo, and they were in a couple of bags which constantly tangled themselves up with the tubes and my limbs. Both pumps are now in my lunchbox and much easier to manage. We'd just better make sure the nurses don't try to attach a banana to my picc line.

It's been a pretty quiet day. Mum and Dad came for a visit, which was nice. Although Dad's left his gloves behind. I hope they're not a bio-hazard. Oh and yesterday (although I wasn't in any fit state to appreciate it) I met Dr Dan Martin who was one of the team from UCH who climbed Everest and took his trousers off near the summit to give a blood sample. Details here.
He apparently recorded the lowest blood oxygen level in a person who was not dead. Quite a guy.
I felt far to sick to talk to him. Ah well.