Once I started feeling better, I had a great week! I had to pass up on going to my favourite festival (which involved camping in the middle of a forest, but I just wasn’t well enough), so Charlie and I stayed home for a well needed restful long weekend, but we sent Ange off to…
Author: Jen Eve
I've had cancer, twice. But I am more than that. I'm a writer, musician, and an optimist.
Still struggling days later, but appreciating the people around me.
So Friday afternoon I went home. We got an uber. When I got home, there was this incredible collection of gifts waiting for me on the dining room table from my amazing housemate Owen and his girlfriend. Best welcome home present ever. As well as moisturisers, body butter and masks (I have been loving these!),…
Nice moments from the first week of chemo
Well before I go on and talk about my recovery and the two weeks between chemo, there are a few little bits and pieces to throw in from the first week. First story: the bath My room at the Cotton Rooms had a bath. Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE baths. But I’m…
Day four and first week of chemo is DONE!
Day four, I woke up tired and in pain. Surprise surprise. My back was starting to hurt from lying down (lots more on this later, unfortunately), and my chest was sore from the chemo pumping in. But there was a light at the end of this tunnel, today I was getting disconnected and going home! Charlie was…
The adventures and ordeals of Chemo day 3
By the third day I was still in pain. Every time it pumped (which was every few seconds) I had pain and discomfort in my chest. I tried to spend the morning napping and then went back to the ward. They were naturally worried and sent me swiftly down for a chest X-ray. Which I…
Well hello again everyone!
I am still alive, I have survived the first week of chemo, but I’m not going to lie, it wasn’t easy. Sorry for the radio silence, this is the first time I’ve been able to put thoughts together. It’s been a big week or so, so let me start at the beginning. I’ll try and…
The PICC Line is in! No more needles! (Communal sigh of relief)
So I went to work today as planned, since my PET scan wasn’t until 3pm. At about 10:20am I got a call from my nurse asking me where I was. I said at work. She asked me when I was coming in and I said ‘well I have my PET scan at 3pm…’ And she…
Kidney tests may very well be the devil.
So today was the GFR (kidney) test. I don’t like it. I don’t want to do it again, thanks (hopefully I won’t have to, I’m not sure). But let’s start from the beginning. I’ll warn you, this might be a bit of a long one. First I had my echo test at 9am. Super easy. A…
Incidentals along the way
So ahead of getting my MRI, I had to rid myself of all metal in my body. So this meant getting my piercings out. Which was actually such a relief because it’s been years of not being able to sleep on either of my sides and I just don’t want to have to deal with that…
All the tests…
So today was MRI, Ultrasound and CT scan. I didn’t find the MRI bad at least. Before starting, they had to put a cannula in my arm. She said I had ‘well used veins’ and I wondered if she thought I was a drug addict. She then asked if I’d had a lot of blood tests…
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