Hi All,
well, can’t quite believe it, but here I am one day post chemo, feeling pretty brilliant. Hard to think that at the same time last cyle I was hooked up to a drip in hospital. Hope I’m not speaking too soon though!
Had chemo at 10.30 - chemo nurse was male and poor thing could not get the canula in for love nor money. He was getting really agitated and I was trying not to scream each time the plastic hit where it shouldn’t. He has apparently been doing this for 12 years and has never had to call for assistance - I have some lovely bruises!! He called another nurse over who found a vein on the underside of my foream and got it in first time - girl power!! Then I asked to go to the toilet before he started. Well - I was feeling quite giddy as I’d had some lorazepam, went to the disabled toilet with drip in tow and on the way out because I was concentrating on manouvering my drip the fire door slammed into my head. I really thought that he would be able to see a ring of stars around it. I sat back down in chemo lounge, explained what I had done in case I passed out and then jokingly said to Brian (I think his name was) that if a bruise appeared I’d tell my hubby that he was getting so fed up trying to find a vein that he went for one in my head - suffice to say, he didn’t laugh.
‘Brian’ was actually very nice and very clued up. He said that I wouldn’t feel as bad this time as the first time your body has chemo all your organs go into a panic as it has never happened before, but 2nd time they’re like ‘oh here we go again’ and hence cope better.
Sal - I’ve got to start the injections for 5 days tonight as well as neuts were a bit low.
I think, I’m feeling so much better as I feel I have more power over the meds. This is what I did.
8.30am - lorzepam
10.30 - chemo - through drip dexamethasone, cyclizine and ordansetron
1.00pm - home
2.00pm - cyclizine and domperidone
4.00pm - ordansetron
6.00pm - huge vomit (tmi)
7.00pm - cylcizine and domperidone
9.00pm - little vomit
10.00 - lorazepam
Fab sleep intil 8.00am this morning when I took ordansetron and dexamethasone, followed by cylcizine and domperidone at 10.30am. Well, it works for me even though I’m a rattling pill box!!!
Hoping this good feeling will last, I know that I will be very tired once stopping the dexamethasone, but tiredness I can cope with - just not vomiting. Is it likely I could go back to vomiting again???
Hi Jayney and Anna - thanks for your wishes and glad you are feeling abit better - hope you get some better nights sleep Anna.
Sal - sorry you’ve had a rough 4th chemo, keep on chugging lovely and relish the good days, we will get there.
Nicki - got your pm, sorry its taken 10 days to feel normal again - I really feel for you as you think you’re never going to feel well again, but you do and you are so good for you.
Update on hair - well, it was going so patchy that poor old hubby shaved it for me - it was getting so sore. Am having great fun trying out head scarves, but no wig yet!!! Lady is coming on Friday - so that should be interesting as she is still expecting me to have some hair - hope she brings a nice selection.
Love to all
Al
xx
Oh, if anyone fancies being friends on facebook (there’s quite a gathering of us on there now) you can find me under Alison Colenso (quite easy to search for me as I’m pretty unique!)
