So there I was, minding my own business, when out of the blue my platelet count was 1. Platelets make your blood clot. When you are 1 you bleed. My nose bled all night but since my regular clinic was coming up I didn't inform the hospital. But 1 is bad, I was admitted into hospital again, my weekly visit(!) and given platelets. So Thursday night I was back in. Friday I went home. Saturday morning I felt great, so off we went (we is Imelda and I) to Centre Parks in Nottingham. Why? You may ask. Well, I say, it was the Teenage Cancer Trust "Find Your Sense of Tumour" conference. This is a yearly event where about 500 teenagers all go to Centre Parks and hang out. There are various high profile cancer people in the UK doing presentations about future of treatment etc. People get to ask doctors questions. There are motivational talks by cancer survivors. It's a well organised event and it was great. It was nice to be around people that know how you feel, that have been through similar things. I enjoyed the event. There will be videos of the event on www.jimmyteenstv.com soon.
But, Centre Parks is car free and we had to walk everywhere. It was a 15 minute walk to the presentation hall and that may not seem much to you, but it meant a whole lot to me. I was knackered. I had a big nap on the Saturday. On the Sunday I was exhausted. In the eve we went to my Grandma's. I went to bed at 6pm, and slept 'til 6am. I was still tired. I was due at the hospital for a routine blood test, and as usual, they kept me in. I had 3 bags of blood, and 2 bags of platelets. And as I type this I am still in hospital. This is Wednesday (7/3/7). Hopefully I can go home tomorrow. I am so sick of being here...but it could be worse. I'm just looking forward to having an extended period of time at home.
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