So yesterday morning started off with dread... Spending my birthday in hospital wasn't on top of my celebration list and worrying if I was going to react to the Herceptin infusion was bubbling through the head also. However how wrong could I be!
Headed in for bloods including the genetic bloods first thing, and then headed back down to see Dr Marshall. Every oncology appointment you're sat in the waiting area seeing others who potentially already have this disease (the headscarfs give it away!) and others who are awaiting potentially devastating diagnosis'. It's pretty horrific when you see people come out of their appointments clearly upset. So Doc was fairly happy with how I've been these last three weeks. My taste won't now come back until well after treatment has finished, the joys of another three months eating sponges!! Measuring the tumour she was fairly confident it has started to shrink... The best news anyone could ever ask for let lone on my birthday too!! Ok there's lots of ifs and buts, like it could be to do with fluid content, it could be false measurement, and it could still be deeper... But all in all bloody awesome news!! All the years you wish for things, they seem insignificant all of a sudden.... This birthday wish is coming true!! Next up was the Herceptin infusion up in the chemo suite. All other infusions will be done on same day that the chemo drugs are dropped into me, but on the first one they wanted to do it a lot slower and have four obs after to make sure I wasn't going to react! I didn't get my normal chair, some cheeky mare nicked that before I got up there! So I took up my pew elsewhere, was cannulated and attached up to the infusion. As the nurses realised it was my birthday, I got happy birthday and lots of happiness filling the suite up! And cake was shared!! (Cake number 1!) The infusion finished and I remained up here until they were happy I wasn't reacting and I was free to leave! Last patient to leave! All done for the day! Headed in to work for couple hours and to pick up a few pressies and cards that had been left by members! Then home for birthday nosh and cake number 2 with the family! Today started with a nice lie in, until 6.30! First time I've slept for more than 4hrs in one stint! Came back to the chemo suite today, chemo round 3 time! Sun is shining, good news yesterday, and getting on with another round! Had to resort to my second fave chair today as again someone else beat me to it! Cannulated and attached up and here I remain until tonight when my drugs are done. They're overdosing me on steroids and hydrocortisone to counteract any reactions that may occur. If I could grow and keep hair Id have a hairy chest by now!! Plan for this evening is home for pizza night and cake number 3.... Eric the Elephant! Yes it's a kids cake and yes it's my third cake and no I'm not ashamed!! I truly have been overwhelmed by the birthday love these last two days! It's been the most randomness birthday imaginable but strangely has been the best by a country mile!! So many messages, texts, calls, visits and offers by awesome most loveliest people! Plus all the lovely pressies, flowers and cards!! There's been tears (because you're all too bloody lovely!) but this girl cannot ask for anything more!! Mahoosive thank you!! The fight continues... Just with added cake inside of me!!
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