Ok so I finally spoke to my Oncologist. The bad news is I probably have to stay put till next week😔 The good news is my new drug is in and she thinks we should give it a shot and stick Chemo on the backburner for now☺. I’ll take prayers, novenas all of it. Please god let it work and let me live some. ❤❤❤
I’m bored so I’ve decided to do a hospital food/ catering critique of the 5 hospitals I’ve stayed in to date. I subsidize my hospital food with, fruit and nuts/ nutbutters, advocados,pukka clean Greens powder and food brought in by friends and family. I don’t believe there is very much healing in hospital food it’s usually overcooked and overprocessed! Breakfast is rubbish and the same in all hospitals Cereal or porridge with about 5 sachets of white sugar, white toast or McCambridge bread( whats…Continue Reading “Food matters”
So yesterday I had nearly a litre of fluid drained from the lining of my heart(the second in 4 days) and 2 litres drained from my right lung (without anesthetic,but it was a doddle compaired to last time,having the Frames blaring in my ear helped too☺). I now have a drain in each, plus a cathether, and a canula in my jugular. I’m not posting this for sympathy and I really don’t mean to upset you❤ but this is the reality of stage IV cancer and…Continue Reading “Cure”
Just arrived in CUH for surgery, the heart filled up again😢.Will be here for a few days, in intensive care to start. X
I’m back, I’ve just had a litre of fluid drained from around my heart under local anesthetic, I screamed the place down like a crazy woman. Mastectomy was a doddle compared to this, apparently the radiotherapy I had 2 years ago caused extensive scarring to the lining of my heart which made the procedure twice as painful. I have to admit I’m a bit teary and weary from this poxy disease, on the positive side my scan today overall was good there is still no…Continue Reading “Fluid”
I’m not please jasus on my last legs, these are just musings as I lie here with a nebulizer on my face ( a new and just a tad scary experience). There are many ways cancer can get you, heart failure, renal failure, respiratory failure, infection, sepsis, starvation etc, etc. Maybe mine has been decided, but things can change so fast. Earlier a lovely nurse came in closed the curtain and looked at me in such a way that I knew she had read my…Continue Reading “Really F…… unlucky”
So i’m in hospital again, can’t breath (Waterford this time, here’s hoping!). I’m still waiting for the new drug to be approved and to arrive, so it’s either start chemo or have the lung drained. I’ve decided to go for the latter. Fingers crossed they actually do something this time and I get home quick x
So last Tuesday I had a port (a small device inserted under the skin in the upper chest attached to a tube that connects to a vein in the neck) inserted under local anaesthetic. It’s not a very nice procedure that involves a lot of tugging and pressure to the area. So I’m thinking since I’ve had surgery on the right, with several skin lesions on the site and several fragile ribs it might be better if they put it on the left. I sign…Continue Reading “Port”
I know this is completely daft but hey………I am so happy, It’s a beautifull day and I’ve just finished my lovely old walking route, stopped to say hello to the pony on the corner and Milo had a dip in the river. It’s only a few K but a few weeks ago I could barely get up the stairs,might as well have done a marathon( ok a mini marathon😉). Chuffed and gratefull Kitty. X
