Docetaxel keeps on giving. Temp of 38.2 and in hospital. Oh the joys !!! 
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Oh @alig1961 that sucks. Iām so sorry 
hope they get you fixed and poured back into your hot tub soon
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@alig1961 Oh no! Iām so sorry to hear this. I hope you havenāt had a ridiculously long wait in A and E where they seem to specialise in having the most uncomfortable chairs in the world. Hugs to you 
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@alig1961 is there any comfort in reasoning that perhaps itās the infection thatās made you feel so poorly and not the chemo, so you shouldnāt expect to feel this bad every time ?
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Iām hoping thatās it !!! Luckily Iāve been seen quickly. X-ray done, waiting on bloods, IV antibiotics administered. Just want to go go home to my bed now xx
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Oh no @alig1961 that sounds like me on Thursday. I got sent home with oral antibiotics. As @kaydee82 says hopefully next time wonāt be so bad if we can get through it without an infection. Hope you make it home soon.xx
Really pleased youve been seen quickly. I hope you get home to bed soon 
Iāve been admitted. White cells are too high so something is going on somewhere. Iāll give you all an update tomorrow. Xx
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Take care ā¦ weāll be thinking of you x
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Hope that youāre back home asap, will be thinking of you x
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Soā¦ā¦ wonāt be home for a while. There is an infection but theyāre not sure where itās coming from. Having to stay in until blood cultures come back. This is going to be a very long day. My first blip so I donāt suppose I can complain. Thank you all for the lovely messages. Enjoy your Sundays everyone xx
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@alig1961 arghhhhhhh I want to scream for you (although I did laugh about the marigolds!!!) ā¦ you get through each day of chemo and it gives you even more to cope with!!! But, perhaps this is why you felt so yuk and once youāre out it will be plain sailing all the way to the end??? Hopeful music plays whilst I type this!!! 
Hang on in there, youāll be home soon. Think about 2025 and how fab thatās going to beā¦ spend the day in a blissful dream state knowing that this will be a horrible distant memory one day soon xxx
Happy Sunday everyone elseā¦ @pat ā¦ definitely go for the shave. I felt soooo much better when I had a buzz cut and didnāt really notice going bald. It was a bit like dog hair round the house rather than big clumps coming out which I know would have been more upsetting. It gave me a little bit of control at a time with no control so itās worth doing just for that. If Iām feeling bad about my hair, I tell myself it will grow back and now I have an opportunity to experiment with some lovely short hairstyles in 2025 - something I would never have done with below shoulder length hair xx
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Well Iāve just cooked a roast dinner, with apple pie and custard for pud for 7 people. Husband and daughter have gone to Old Trafford for the football, and granddaughter and her dad have gone to their house so I think Iāve earned an afternoon with my feet up snoozing, with tea and cake in an hour or so 
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@alig1961 hope you had a good nights rest and they get you sorted fast! You need to get home to your marigolds and hot tub!
@pat Sunday lunch sounded delish and lamb bhuna nice!!
Happy Monday all - back to work for me for a few days. 
Still nothing to report from me. Still waiting on blood cultures. Desperate to get home. Although I feel happy in the knowledge that Iām in the right place. It should have been my first day of the new academic year and I hate not being at school to celebrate the success and start a new. I feel very sad today. Oh well. Instead I will enjoy the fact that they have moved me to gynaecology and I have my own loo, which is great as Iām no longer constipated. Just need to ensure that I donāt trip my self up on the lead to drip as I dash to the loo. Have a good day everyone xx
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@alig1961 your own loo canāt be underestimated! I think blood cultureās can take a while to come back sometimes.
Sorry youāre sad about the new school year. Another reminder of how life has changed Iām afraid. But you are in the right place and itās the place to get you better 
At 2pm this afternoon, I am going to a Look Good, Feel Better makeup workshop - face to face, which is hilarious to all who know me as i never wear makeup. A bit of eyeliner and mascara in my 20ās was about the limit!! Anyway, my disappearing eyebrows and eyelashes, plus seeing myself in the mirror and seeing my mother looking back persuaded my it was worth a try 
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@pat You will have a great time. Itās worth it for the freebies. Have you decided on the shave yet?
Thank you for the message xx
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@alig1961 ā¦ that sucks. Hopefully when they look at your cultures (donāt they need to grow or something to see what theyāre doing?) it will all be ok. Itās horrible on missing out on yet another thing isnāt it. I thought by September Iād be able to plan a bit more but no, last weeks delay well and truly bashed that thought out of me. Itās so frustrating for us. Someone said to just look forward to Xmas ā¦ great, only another 3.5 months 
Hang on in there ā¦ use that loo as much as possible!!!
@pat ā¦ seeing your mother in the mirror ā¦ scream!!! Hope it goes well xx
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