Just had a mental block, is it 2015 or 2016!! Give me strength.
Happy mothers day, although its cancelled in my house today. I decided a few weeks back i was gonna cancel it and have it when my treatments all over. I didn't know how id be feeling and wanted to enjoy my day and all my prezzies. It was just as well cos Chris wouldn't be able to get here today cos 1. he has 7 dogs to look after, and 2. he has no transport. And 3. I've slept for a fair bit of the day so id have been no fun.
So today, other than sleeping, I've watched TV, had a bath, welcomed a different nurse in to jab me and chilled out.
Alarm set for tomorrow morning........ what the devil! Visit to PGH for bloods to check levels of stem cells in my blood. Hoping they are sky high and i can stop these darned jabs.
Monday - alarm (a first for months), bath, make up (thats a first for a couple of weeks), a bra (another first), and out of the front door (another first)!
The lovely Sharon took me. Strict instructions to wear no perfume cos of my temporary aversion to anything smelly, be it nice or nasty.
Eventually found the Medical Investigation Unit after going up in the lift and up a flight of stairs, then through B5 (my first placement during my training), down another flight and as if by magic, there it was.
I informed the nurse of the difficulties with drawing blood last friday, i think she was hoping for an easy day after the weekend.
Of course, my line played up. I waved my arm, hung it low, did a shimmy.....nothing. Only then when i did the YMCA dance did it work! Next time i go, wednesday, I'm gonna wear a traffic cop outfit or a red indian headress. If you're gonna do something, its better to do it in style!
So the appointment went well. My specialist nurse is looking out for the results. Ive been told if my stem cell count is high enough i can stop the jabs until after the next chemo. That would be a result. My belly is really starting to look like I'm wearing a tie dye t shirt. Im covered in purple patches. I think 'purple patch' is a phrase.
purple patch
noun
plural noun: purple patches
- 1.BRITISHinformala run of success or good luck."people expect me to score in every game now I've hit a purple patch"
- 2.another term for purple passage.
I googled it. Look what it came up with! A run of success. Nice to see google has a sense of humour.
So its brekky time. I remembered somewhere I've haunted before. Parkstone Bay Marina.
It was flipping amazing. The sun shone, the sky was blue, the venue was lovely, the food was quality, small, but enough for me, and jolly good company. Its raised my mood, which wasn't low to start with, no end. We had a wander round the marina and noticed some relevant boat names! Then home again to relax before the next district nurse comes to practice her darts action on me. Hope her hands aren't too cold.
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