Happy New Year with Chemo round 2
January 1st. Happy New Year! This morning Husband announced he felt ‘pretty good’ :-). We had 2 lovely walks and he spent some time in the garden. He really didn’t want to do his tax return 🙂 . Day 1. … Read More
Weeks 2 & 3 after chemo
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We didn’t know what to expect with Husband’s first chemo but so far, apart from the really uncomfortable red eye thing, it’s going better than we’d expected. His scalp is very sensitive. He’s not sure if it’s the early stages … Read More
Chemo for Christmas
No-one wants chemo for Christmas but we’re both conscious that it’s a blessing that treatment is available. I’m just praying (literally) that the chemo is more successful than the splenectomy. It should be. From my reading my guess is that … Read More
‘I think we need to go to the hospital’
Husband wakes me, coffee in hand. ‘I think we need to go to the hospital’. I react with zen-like calm, pretty much levitating up through the velux and repeatedly knocking my glasses off the bedside table. ‘Calm down. My temperature … Read More
Haematologist Calling
The Doc rang us at home – we couldn’t quite believe he would take he time to do it himself. He’s discussed the case with the team and they have given 2 options: six RCV treatments at 3 week intervals … Read More
Another blood test
Doc asks Husband how he feels: ‘Good’. ‘Good’, responds Doc. No ‘lumps or bumps’ declares Doc after a brief examination. Husband mentions the continuing discomfort from where his spleen was but all in all he feels fine. We ask what … Read More
Waiting for yet more blood tests
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Husband is conscious of being breathless quite often but thinks it may be a chest muscle strain and that forgetting how to breathe properly may be partly responsible. He still has some discomfort after the splenectomy. He looks a bit … Read More
Blood test day
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The platelets are down again – a definite trend since March – but still just in the normal range at 151. The red cells are 100 so not much change from 102 last time but given everything else it probably indicates … Read More
‘What ifs’ between tests
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Cancer takes so much – hope for the future because this cancer is incurable – and even the present because we’re never quite sure how active it’s being. But cancer cannot take the soul. Husband isn’t sure he has one … Read More
Cancer and Travel Insurance
posted in: Cancer, Cancer & Travel Insurance, ME / CFS
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Looking for travel insurance was depressing since it meant talking about the cancer. Some companies won’t touch people with cancer even if they’re in remission, others offer cover but at terrifying prices. I even have to pay more because of … Read More