http://bernadette.blogg.com Keeping everyone updated on my progress Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:05:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have had to change to a new blogg site as I ran out of space!! Please use the following for keeping updated on my journey! http://bernadettemartin.blogspot.com/   http://bernadette.blogg.com/2007/03/08/new-blogg-site/ Firstly some good news - Tiernan's doctor called and gave us the all clear on the biopsy which was wonderful news. So hopefully it was just a one off and we wont have any more problems there. My day has not gone so well. Last night I was having a lot ... http://bernadette.blogg.com/2007/03/07/day-3/ Well the ESHAP chemo is not so difficult compared to ABVD (my old chemo). Apparently (they tell me this now), ABVD is causes some of the worst nausea and diarohea of all of the chemo regimes. ESHAP is unlikely to cause these problems but instead has the potential for constipation ... http://bernadette.blogg.com/2007/03/06/day-2-of-chemo/ Sorry I did not update the blogg in the past week but it all got a little too much for me! I now have a new friend on board - port 2 - 2 because it is my second port and 2 because this port is double the size of ... http://bernadette.blogg.com/2007/03/03/my-new-friend/ Well it has been quite some time since I wrote. I was planning on writing once I had had my first radiation treatment so now that I have had that here I am!! At the start of Feb, Cam and I went on a lovely holiday (without the kids) to Margaret River in ... http://bernadette.blogg.com/2007/02/23/here-we-go-again/ A quick post to say that I am finally home. The portacath came out on Thursday and all was good - nowhere near as painful as when it went in. I then came home on Friday. My neutrophils were looking good but that was only because they made me have ... http://bernadette.blogg.com/2007/01/13/finally-home/ Well today is the big day - my port is coming out. In the end they decided to take it out even though I am severely neutropenic. They are currently priming me up with heaps of antibiotics and I had to have a neupogen injection despite the side effects so ... http://bernadette.blogg.com/2007/01/11/port-is-coming-out-today/ Well the results of my CT are good. The growth is the same size as it was in November which suggests that the remaining tissue is just scar tissue. Unfortunately because originally I was not able to have all of the staging tests they cannot be certain there is no ... http://bernadette.blogg.com/2007/01/09/great-results/ Things were looking really good yesterday morning and all of my counts were behaving and doing what they were supposed to do (go up). I had a slight problem in the morning in that my blood pressure was way to low (90 / 45) and would not come up so ... http://bernadette.blogg.com/2007/01/07/my-body-just-wont-play-the-game/ As you know dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer in September and had his prostate removed last month. He went to the specialist today for his 4 week check up and blood test results and the news was brilliant - his PSA levels which are the main indicator of his ... http://bernadette.blogg.com/2007/01/04/dads-good-news/