Birthday Week

It was my sister's birthday earlier this week & we went to Charles Worthington to have our hair cut for a birthday treat. We couldn't stay out long, as she's been feeling sick ever since her last chemo & she had to get home to bed.

She wasn't given her usual supply of steroids after her last infusion & the doctor forgot to include any in the emergency prescription the Mac Nurse asked him to provide. I don't know how much the lack of the steroids has affected her, but she's never been too much affected by post-chemo sickness in the past - & certainly not this long afterwards.

It's over a week since her last chemo & today she was very sick & had a fever :-(

LAST CYCLE - LAST DAY (Part 3)

All well. She's home & in bed. Tired, rather pale & a bit wobbly on her legs, but relieved to be back & to have got through this 6 months so well.

Looking back at the Norovirus incident, it's quite hard to remember how ill she was & how much she dreaded continuing with the chemo. It's taken a hell of a lot out of all of us, but we've all survived it.

Scan is 6th May, then Onc's analysis on the 10th.

Fingers crossed!!

LAST CYCLE - LAST DAY (Part 2)

Ooooh ... She's got a Custard Doughnut & a Cherry Danish for us to share!! FAB!!

LAST CYCLE - LAST DAY (Part 1)

Sitting on the 10th floor at Guy's. Bloods taken, tested & approved. Chemo ordered. Sis has gone downstairs to get me a biscuit. (Hope she decides on an Almond Croissant instead). :-D

WOW - IT WORKS!!!

Yay - no stopping me now!!

Off to meet Val from CCF this afternoon ... am getting very excited. (Must make sure I have a good supply of photos of Laura to show her - she's a cat fiend, too, by the sound of it.)

Sis is doing well well today & is DETERMINED nothing will come between her & her last chemo tomorrow.

Fingers crossed for a good day, a good week & a good follow-up scan on the 6th.

Pre-Last-Cycle-Last-Day!!

Just testing that my web-blogger app links to my blog (a) so I can be sure I can update from the Chemo Unit tomorrow & (b) because I still like playing with my new phone ... :-D

Day 1 - Last Cycle

It was damned hard to wake her up this morning, but we got to the hospital just as her bags of Gem/Cis were being delivered. The Chemo Unit is on the 10th floor of the hospital & the sun was pouring through the windows as they set up her cannula & IV.

Another friend is due to visit the Unit this afternoon & will ensure she's okay getting back at the end of today's treatment - so I left her, happily giving encouragement to a little baby girl who was just learning to stand & was attempting to take her first steps.

Now I'm home, I really should get down to prepping for tomorrow's class (I'm teaching at 9am) ... but, as I said, the sun's pouring in the windows & I'd much rather be doing this ... !!

Pre-Cycle 8 Day 1

Tomorrow is day 1 of my sister's last scheduled chemo Cycle. She's doing so very, very well but is feeling rather nauseous tonight. They call it "anticipatory nausea" & it's very well known. She's sleeping now. Goodnight, sis. See you in the morning. xxx

Excited Post-Script

WE DID IT - not only did we reach our goal of 2,500 fans for the CCF Facebook page by the end of March, we exceeded it!! 3,000 fans in one month!! Wheeeeee!! CC now has a massively increased public profile. Thank you to everyone. xx

End of Easter Break

Uh oh, I've gone all quiet again. Have just about pulled myself through my latest rough patch (with help from my lovely sister, mother, friends - thank you all).

Back sooooon!!! xx