So Much Waiting
We’re waiting to see the consultant haematologist. There is so much waiting to do but part of me is dreading going in to see him so I’m happy to wait! Husband says he feels more normal and the nurse had … Read More
Getting used to Bendamustine
Day 3 The luxury of being at home with no hospital appointments! Husband is feeling sleepy but managed a gentle dog walk. He’s not feeling too sick at all but is still taking the Ondansetron. He does feel a bit … Read More
Hello, Bendamustine
Day 1 of Bendamustine. We really have no idea what to expect from this ‘bit more vicious’ drug but Husband manages to stride into the cancer treatment room with commendable cheer. The nurses put a heat pack on his hands … Read More
It’s back. We didn’t see that coming.
We were both rather stunned by the call, a bit lost, like rabbits caught in the headlights. We have no idea what’s coming. Last week the doc told us that even if the cancer were coming back they wouldn’t be … Read More
Coming Out of Remission?
It’s blood test time. Time to take our list of questions to the doc, the list of ‘is this worth telling them about or not?’ Husband’s skin has been very sensitive, as it was when the lymphoma was active, although … Read More
Being Brave Sucks
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Husband’s been getting a lot of nosebleeds lately. He’s always been a bit prone to them but he’s having as many as 5 or 6 a day. I read somewhere that cold weather can cause nosebleeds. It is very cold … Read More
Hiccup in remission? Drop in Red Cells
The docs were so happy with Husband’s results last time that he was given 4 months before the next test. We were even able to fit in a holiday, to sit on the beach and swim and live as if … Read More
Remission – “Could be 3 yrs, could be 5”
It’s been so wonderful to drive past the hospital and not have any appointments. But three months isn’t as long as it sounds and here we are again, waiting nervously in a hospital corridor, trying for the sake of others … Read More
1 year after chemo, still in remission?
We walk down the long hospital corridor. Again. We have no idea what to expect – Husband can feel quite good and have disappointing blood results or he can feel very tired and have ‘good’ results he’s not expecting. We … Read More
The blood results are in – remission?
Red cells 148, platelets 417. Doc notes that the platelets are quite high, which is apparently common after splenectomy, but that there is no significant risk. He looks steadily at Husband’s notes and comments, “The lymphoma is staying away”; “At … Read More