I’m feeling a lot better today after receiving two units of blood yesterday at the Day Stay Unit, Nelson Hospital. I had lost blood on Monday and Tuesday and my Haemoglobin had dropped to 80. While I was there, I was taken through to theatre for a Gastroscopy and Endoscopy to ascertain where the bleeding [...]
The last couple of times I have had chemo I have had bleeding from somewhere (inside, or around the stoma) that has started the day after chemo and lasted about 4 days. I thought I’d come through clear this time since it is 4 days since chemo, but today the bleeding started again. I had [...]
I spoke to early about changing my photo now that my hair is returning. Combat troops are leaving Iraq and leaving it as a desert again. Colonel Folicle has also decided to take a large number of his folicle troops and retreat from my pate again leaving it a patchy desert. Hopefully he’ll leave a [...]
I presented to the Hospital today for the last chemo in the present cycle. My platelets seemed to be OK but there is a problem with my haemoglobin. It is quite low and borderline for a transfusion. If I have any bleeding over the next few days as I have with the last two chemo [...]
Since when was putting on weight a good thing? Most people worry about getting too heavy and are always watching their diets to keep their weight down. I just weighed myself and am happy that I’m putting on weight! Between August and November last year I lost 10kg. Since Febuary this year I have gained [...]
This phrase is used a lot in the Bible and it is a great comfort. Things don’t come to stay, they come to pass! After 4 days of misery following the last lot of chemo, things have improved greatly. My energy levels have quickly returned and I’ve managed to avoid the viral infection Bronwen has [...]
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