The doctor decided against a PICC line due to the risk of infection (it is like a permanent drip and you have to cover it to have a shower and it sticks out - risk of Tiernan grabbing it). He said we will keep assessing it but hopefully my veins will hold up until I have Arielle and then they will put a central line in. That is a permanent line under the skin that goes in under an operation with a general anaestietic (which is why I cannot have it whilst pregnant). So the key now is to keep myself well and stay out of hospital other than for chemo to reduce the number of drips I need.
Well yesterday was round 3 of chemo and unfortunately it was not so great. The chemo itself was ok until they put the last drug in. It stung quite severely and they had to slow it down which meant the whole process took about 5 hours. Unfortunately this time I also got very sick. In the end I decided to take the Zoffran anti nausea drug as I had nothing left in me to be sick anymore and I just couldn’t cope. The nurse did say often round 3 is one of the worst as it tends to accumulate in your body - often it does get better after this round - fingers crossed for next time! Luckily mum was with me for the first part of the treatment and then Cam ended up staying overnight to be with me through it all.
It looks like it is home time today and I cannot wait. I am so looking forward to being at home with my two boys - I miss them so, so much. I am going to take it easy this time as I do not want to land back in hospital getting umpteen needles again!
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May 16th, 2006 at 8:14 am
Hi Bernadette
I hope you are feeling much better today, you need to take it easy, just remember you have all your great family there behind you to help in all ways possible.
Hope you have a good rest when you get home. If you need me to come up please just ask. I have the first two weeks off in July, so all you need to do is ask, I do understand that you don’t always know when is the best time, I have Jessica’s Birthday at the end of the two weeks so if possible I would like to be home for then (16th). So please take care. I am very proud of you,
love
cathy