I meant to post this on Wednesday but coupled with a sickly Isaac I forgot.
I am now 1/2 way through chemotherapy. I have survived 4 sessions and only have another 4 to go. Or 2 and a bit months to go.
It feels good to get this far and know that I can do it. However saying that, I do know I am going to struggle with the next 4 sessions.
Especially the sensitivity to cold. This has been terrible for this cycle. I am still getting the numbness, tingling and now slight pain in my fingers today - Thats 16 days after the oxaliplatin and I, naively, perhaps did not expect it to last this long.
I have even lost feeling in my nose quite a lot this time and that coupled with the struggling for breath due to the cold air has left me feeling quite run down.
But we are getting there, one day at a time and 4 tablets at a time and come Mothers Day it will all be over.
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This blog started as an online diary and place for me to rant about annoyances in my family.
However since July it has become a place for me to catalogue and express my views and opinions on the treatment I have recieved following the diagnosis of a potentially cancerous tumor in my bowel.
On 3rd August 2011 I was told that it was cancerous. In April 2012 I was given the all clear.
October 15th 2013 I was diagnosed with peritoneal disease and liver metastases. The cancer was back and this time it is inoperable.
It is a little bit out of date as the NHS doesn't tend to have a WiFi connection in hospital and I can only post when I get home and posts take a while to write.
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Showing posts with label mothers day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mothers day. Show all posts
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Sunday, 3 April 2011
mothers day
Mothers day, as opposed to mothering Sunday, is commercial invention designed to make money. I have spent the day feeling more and more out of touch.
I have had 3 mothers days. 1 with just Isaac and 2 with both of them. I have never been spoilt, surprised or allowed 'me' time.
Hubby works nights so mothers day is just a normal Sunday. Do laundry, load dishwasher, cook tea. All those who brag about being spoilt should remember the origins. The day that children as young as 10th were able to return home, to their mother church. Not for you to be spoilt.
I have had 3 mothers days. 1 with just Isaac and 2 with both of them. I have never been spoilt, surprised or allowed 'me' time.
Hubby works nights so mothers day is just a normal Sunday. Do laundry, load dishwasher, cook tea. All those who brag about being spoilt should remember the origins. The day that children as young as 10th were able to return home, to their mother church. Not for you to be spoilt.
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