Bone Marrow, Cat Scan, ECG, Surgical Appt, PET Scan.. All in one DAY!
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Yesterday saw me in a lot of pain and lonely.. Not to have anyone by your side in tough times was extremely hard... but that was a choice I made.. if I can't have the rock that I had through the first bout of chemo then I wanted to go it alone this time.. I know I have alot of support and anyone would srop anything to come but it doesn't sit right with me.
8.30am - Bone Marrow was first up yesterday and because I drove in the doctors said I wouldn't be able to drive home because I would be sedated.. I wanted and needed to drive home.. it was my only way. Otherwise they said I could stay the night.. I DON'T THINK SO!! So, I managed to do the Bone Marrow without sedation.. OUCH!!!! Not the best move I have made in life but was worth the drive home.. Lucky I have good pain threshold, unlucky I have tough bones.
10.20am - Surgical Appointment was real quick just got the wound checked out from the biopsy and the lump that is there is just fluid.. so apparently I give 3-4 months and if still worried go back and they can drain it.. we will see.
1.30pm - Echocardiogram, not a hard thing to do.. nap time really for 20 minutes. Check the heart and all seems good.. just makes me wonder what the hell they are going to do to me now.. :os
2.40pm - CAT Scan.. drink this horrible glucose in which they try and disguise it with Lemon or Lime cordial.. doesn't disguise it too much at all. Wait an hour then have a scan for 20 minutes and your on your way.. fingers are fully crossed that this scan brings back no nasties at all!
Today 7.45am - PET Scan.. Sit me in a room for an hour where I can't even scratch my nose.. time for muscles to relax and let the cancer feed on the sugar they just injected in my body so they will show up every little bit of cancer there is that even the eye cannot see.. pretty impressive I know but I bloody hope this scan brings back only good news that the cancer is in one spot only.
So, apart from all this there is other bad news.. the day I got my results back that the cancer has relapsed was also the day my partner of almost 3 years and I decided it is the end of the road for our relationship.. that's what makes this all so much harder for me at the moment. We still are great friends and I couldn't lose that at the mooment. She wants us to go see a counsellor together so there is a lil hope I guess.
Until Thursday that's all the news but on Friday I am having chemo.. just the Mabthera which doesn't really bother me too much..
Ciao
8.30am - Bone Marrow was first up yesterday and because I drove in the doctors said I wouldn't be able to drive home because I would be sedated.. I wanted and needed to drive home.. it was my only way. Otherwise they said I could stay the night.. I DON'T THINK SO!! So, I managed to do the Bone Marrow without sedation.. OUCH!!!! Not the best move I have made in life but was worth the drive home.. Lucky I have good pain threshold, unlucky I have tough bones.
10.20am - Surgical Appointment was real quick just got the wound checked out from the biopsy and the lump that is there is just fluid.. so apparently I give 3-4 months and if still worried go back and they can drain it.. we will see.
1.30pm - Echocardiogram, not a hard thing to do.. nap time really for 20 minutes. Check the heart and all seems good.. just makes me wonder what the hell they are going to do to me now.. :os
2.40pm - CAT Scan.. drink this horrible glucose in which they try and disguise it with Lemon or Lime cordial.. doesn't disguise it too much at all. Wait an hour then have a scan for 20 minutes and your on your way.. fingers are fully crossed that this scan brings back no nasties at all!
Today 7.45am - PET Scan.. Sit me in a room for an hour where I can't even scratch my nose.. time for muscles to relax and let the cancer feed on the sugar they just injected in my body so they will show up every little bit of cancer there is that even the eye cannot see.. pretty impressive I know but I bloody hope this scan brings back only good news that the cancer is in one spot only.
So, apart from all this there is other bad news.. the day I got my results back that the cancer has relapsed was also the day my partner of almost 3 years and I decided it is the end of the road for our relationship.. that's what makes this all so much harder for me at the moment. We still are great friends and I couldn't lose that at the mooment. She wants us to go see a counsellor together so there is a lil hope I guess.
Until Thursday that's all the news but on Friday I am having chemo.. just the Mabthera which doesn't really bother me too much..
Ciao
