Can I Go Home Yet?

Well, still in the Christie.  Temperature has been normal for sometime now but last night it went up a couple of times to 37.7 so I don't know if that knocks back my chances of going home.

One of the cliches associated with this is 'the staff at Christies are marvellous'.  Well they are.

Thanks to everyone that has text, rang, visited.  I really appreciate it.  You are brilliant to.

Have a good Sunday.

Xxx

37.5

So still an inpatient with a temperature that is up and down.
Lost track of how many antibiotics I have had but have had two lots of bloods taken from the same place this morning.
Getting bored now, bored, bored bored.

Impatient Inpatient

So I am lying in a bed in the Medical Assessment Unit at the Christie.  Have had more intravenous antibiotics and have to stay at least over night to make sure that the infection clears up this time.  My only complaint is that they had to take my details again and could not just pull them up from Sunday.

Infection

On Sunday I had a temperature of 38.6, so we phoned the Christie hotline knowing that they would want to admit me.  So an ambulance was sent within the hour and the fabulous crew delivered me to the Medical Assessment Unit at the Christie.
A canular was fitted with some difficultly and bloods were taken.  Two lots of intravenous antibiotics were administered.
After spending all afternoon on the ward they identified an infection and I was allowed to go home with some oral antibiotics.
Only problem is that I have an high temp now.  The nurse is due at lunch time to give me my last GCSF injection so I will wait to what her advice is.

S with Ch

You may have to look closely to see the  chains on the scarf.

The wait is over.  I can now tell you that 'S with CH' as in the 'I Spy' game was 'scarf with Chains'.  Not an S and M accessories bought of Royton Market but scarf with tiny chains.

  

Surprise, surprise

So we were taken to the consultants room where we had quite a wait, so we played 'I spy'.  I went with DG. Al soon tuned into the dispenser but took ages to get disposable gloves.  Hers was much more inventive-S with Ch.  I was given a lot of clues.  Remember that there's not a lot of stuff in a room like this.  We were in a fit of giggles when the consultant arrived.  

After discussing how tired I had been this time he said

Fanfare tuteytuteytute!!!!

That he did not see any advantage in having 6 cycles of TC, when 4 will just be as effective.

So today's is the last one.

Hurray!

Now serving 417

We are sat in the Oak Road treatment centre at the Christie.  I am waiting for my number to come up for my blood test.  The system is like waiting at the cheese counter or deli counter.

This cycle has been very tiring and I think this is the first time that I have felt like I have had so little energy.  It's disappointing when you have time to read and do a lot of catch up to find that you don't have the energy to do the things you want to.
I am also seeing the doctor today.


Bloods have now been taken without any problem and without much waiting. So we have gone to the cafe for unhealthy snacks to pass the time until the doctors appointment.

Returned to treatment centre to be called in to see consultant fairly soon after.  He had a big surprise to tell me. But you will have to wait until Tuesday morning.
Night, night.  Xxxx