So I was all set to head into work today – I’d built up to it, mentally prepared myself, rested (not that it makes a difference, my exhaustion isn’t linked at all to how much sleep I’ve had or how much I’ve rested, but hey! Maybe it helps a bit). Then as I was all…
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Updates and side effects
Lots of info here! Maybe not the most exciting post but hey, here we go! On Friday I went in for my blood test expecting my haemoglobin to be low (they booked me in for a transfusion because they thought it would be. I was right on the borderline so… yay!!! Didn’t have to!!!), and…
Thoughts.
I’ve been feeling a little bit sorry for myself this week. I accidentally came across some statistics about 5-year survival rates for people diagnosed with sarcoma (I had avoided these sorts of stats), and they’re not exactly inspiring. But I know these sorts of stats are not useful. They’re not specific to me, they don’t…
Self-injections, you don’t scare me no more!
Guess what? I did my injection this morning LIKE AN ABSOLUTE BOSS!!! Katrina, if you are reading this, you are my hero, your tips were an absolute lifesaver!!! So when they told me how to do my injections initially, they just sort of demonstrated it with the needle, without actually doing it. They told me…
Chemo at home is fun!
Well. Firstly, chemo is go! My platelets were behaving. Still low but behaving. So now I have this amazing 2 days of chemo at home! Super easy, I just carry around my little ‘baby’s bottle’ as they call it, which slowly diffuses into me over 46 hours! It’s like a big strong rubber balloon that…
Side effects – Neuropathy
So… I now have peripheral neuropathy, thanks to that last dose of the meanie Cisplatin. Immediately after I had it, I got numb feet. They weren’t too bad, just quite fuzzy. Not quite pins and needles and not quite actual numbness. They’re just… Fuzzy. All of the time. Then when I spoke to my Oncologist…
A day filled with bombshells.
Today was a big day. I met with the surgeon who was 2 hours late to see me… So that was fun. He (and his team) dropped a couple of bombshells. I might not be able to sing after the surgery. Like… Ever. Or at least it might change my voice… I’ll have a scar…
‘Alternatives’
So today we had a handyman around to fix the lock on our bathroom door and one of our light switches. They were popping out to pick up some things and asked if I was going to be home, and I said ‘yeah, I’m currently recovering from chemotherapy, so I ain’t really going anywhere’ and…
I’m sick but I’m pretty, yeah!
Thank you all for the kind words on my previous post. You’re all amazing. As promised, for anyone who hasn’t seen it yet and is interested (I think a lot of you will have seen it by now ), here is the link to our little Christmas Day jam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXH_7Nkvmnw&feature=youtu.be We had a lot of…
New Year updates
Now that all of the excitement of Christmas is over and my parents are gone, it’s time to do some reflecting. December was a big month. I turned 30, I had the worst few weeks of my life health wise (physical and mental health) when I was feeling so terrible and going through so much…
The Cancer Chronicles 