We can live with cancer even if it can’t be cured. It’s some 6 months since I was diagnosed and have been having chemo since then. A recent CT scan showed that one tumour had gone, another reduced by over half and the other stable. I never imagined that could happen when I received the news those few months ago. Staying positive helps!
Well, I spoke with the Consultant and feel a little better. He’s convinced that the really bad symptoms I’ve been having are from the infection and the antibiotics - there’s 3 different kinds and they’re pretty powerful.
He said he didn’t think I was at the hospice stage yet and I’ve got my chemo scheduled to restart on Wednesday the 11th at 10am. He also said I can take more of the oral liquid as I’m quite conservative with it.
I also got the 17 stitches in my neck taken out today - they were starting to bother me as they were really itchy. I’ve got an appointment with the nurse at my GPs on Thursday to have a final look at them, make sure they’re ok as a few of them were a bit weepy.
Well, that is good news Dreamy.
I hope you feel better soon.
I don’t like my Dreamy being sad, it makes me sad.
I’m still exhausted, though, for some reason. After sleeping almost all day yesterday, then last night until 7, I had my doctor’s appointment then slept from 11 to 2. I could go to bed now quite happily but I’m going to wait at least until 8 when it’s dark outside.
The worst side effect of Chemo is being so tired and it takes a while, after your course of treatment, to start feeling that you don’t need sleep.
Just rest when you need to, because your infection will also make you feel exhausted.
Good news Ffosse, hope you feel a lot better after talking with your consultant. I guess it will be the drugs making you feel tired and the chemo will have the same effect but it will get better. How frequent are your chemo cycles? Mine are fortnightly and I feel tired for the first week and then about normal for the second week. Chemo tomorrow for me!
Yes, wait until dark Dreamy.
Val, You will be in my thoughts too.
Keep us all posted:lol:
Good luck with tomorrow’s chemo; mine will be every 3 weeks. Already, from the one session I had before becoming infected with bugs, one side of my face doesn’t need shaving.
This is strange what you say about shaving. I had really thick hair before my chemo but it has got very thin now and the texture has changed but so far I don’t see any bald spots. However the way my eyebrows are growing, they are taking over my face! :shock:
Thank you for the good wishes.
Last time my hair never fell out - it just thinned a little, same with my beard. But these are different chemicals they’re using.
Ffosse I am glad you’ve been reassured a bit by the consultant even if you still feel really rough. One of my close friends had a really bad reaction to chemo. They had to give her chemo drugs instead. She had a hopeless cancer but they managed to get it into remission for over a year now. It’s one that will come back sometime but she feels really well just now. So there’s no reason yours will not be suppressed sufficiently for you to feel healthy again. In the meantime they are doing tons of research.
Goodnight Dreamy.
I hope you sleep well. X
I stopped taking one of my antibiotics today 2 days early; I am convinced that these 12 purple tablets a day were making me ill…only 2 days left of them but they were making me so sick. Sleeping for 20 hours, half of them nightmares, exhaustion, nausea etc. I’ve still got 2 other antibiotics but they’re only 1 each twice a day. I know you should finish an antibiotic course, but I’m sick of these tablets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clindamycin
Beyond that, I still feel pretty ill - my chemo resumes next Wednesday and I hope I’ve got a little energy back by then. As it is, I can barely walk to my doctor’s without being seriously out of breath and quite panicky.
I suppose the totality of everything - my cancer, the operations, the infections has taken its toll and left me exhausted; I just wish I could feel a little better.
I wish that for you Dreamy.
Nice to see you posting.
Ffosse I do hope you feel better soon. I think they will not give you chemo if you’re not feeling well. Presumably you will have blood tests a day or two before your chemo.
They took blood on Tuesday, but perhaps I’m best getting more blood taken when I see my GP’s nurse again on Monday.
I have mine taken a maximum of two days before my chemo. They give me instructions of what bloods the nurse needs to take with a plastic bag to put them in.
Thanks for reminding me - I’ll be sure to have it done on Monday although I don’t know if my chemo will go ahead, I’m still so sick.
I feel so sorry for your predicament Ffosse and as you will know chemo can have that effect too but they should give you anti sickness tablets. You may have read on my Chemotherapy thread how ginger can help lessen the sickly feeling. I like to have a slice of Wensleydale with Ginger cheese for such occasions. I also read that pineapple can help. Try to keep positive, difficult I know. I keep telling myself this too.
Just a thought - but didn’t you say some time ago that one of your medications was Amatryptaline??? - Its entirely possible that this is the cause of your nausea.