We had a lovely weekend after the first chemo session, including dinner out on Saturday. Yesterday I had a bit of indigestion which has come back again today but apart from that I am still feeling pretty normal.
At the moment.
I came home from hospital with three sets of anti-nausea drugs which I have been taking exactly as instructed so I don’t know whether I would have had a problem if I’d not been taking them.
Colin seemed to enjoy sticking a needle into my tummy 24 hours after the chemo finished (it contained something to boost my white blood cells). Actually he said it all seemed like a bit of a joke until he actually had to do it!
It would be very unusual not to get side effects and so I’m bracing myself to face the worst later on.
We are so thankful that we carried on paying for private medical insurance after Colin stopped work in February 2011; it has meant that I could start my treatment just 16 days after my GP referral. We love the NHS and our system of universal healthcare is preferable by far to what people experience in many other countries, but sadly these are the latest statistics from our local hospital:
