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 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 [...]
I’m still feeling very blessed. Though it is taking me longer to recover from the chemo I am coming right energy-wise within a week. I seem to get quite a bit of bleeding for 3 days following chemo and then it settles down. No-one seems to be sure where it is coming from but from [...]
Today I have the 7th round of chemo in the present course. This is the one postponed from last week when I had not recovered from a chest infection. I’m feeling lots better today. If I manage to stay free of further colds and chest infections, I should have the last scheduled chemo at the [...]
Whenever I receive chemo the immediate side-effects are minimal and I manage to live a fairly normal week afterwards, but the cumulative effect is building. It is taking longer for the platelets to return to normal and I seem to be consistently anaemic. This means that once again my normal round is delayed a week [...]
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