The good news is my blood counts have risen past the threshold that requires me to have extra blood and platelets and therefore a whole lot fewer stabbings. My platelets on Thursday were 31. They don't give them unless below 20 so I'm pretty safe. The reference range is 150 - 400 so I still have some way to go, and the doctor did warn that it could take a long time for them to rise to normal levels, especially for someone like me who has lots of treatment.
I've also been nursing a lung infection for a few weeks now. It is starting to clear up but my lungs are full of mucous. I have really short breath and I'm regularly loogying into the sink. I'm not like a normal boy who can fire a greeny at will, no, I make myself feel totally sick and if I'm not carefull end up barfing into the sink. I bet you're glad I described that scenario for you!
I've also got some kind of nasty hand rash. The doctors aren't sure what it is. It is fugly. Luckily it seems to be quieting down a little but in the mean time I look like the bogeyman.
dum dum dum de dum, patience!
Friday, June 15, 2007
Friday, June 08, 2007
the fat lady is yet to sing
Sorry for the lack of posts recently. Time has flown by and it's always on my 'to do' list which never ends. The top of my 'to do' list, which I never seem to be able to cross off is 'go to hospital'. I am spending loads of time there. Blood test after blood test, bag of platelets, bag of blood, clinic. When I came out of hospital I thought "haha, the end!". Little did I realise that the recovery time they specified would apply to me. I've always defied their rules and been great straight after chemo, but this time I'm a wreck. I've also managed to pick up some kind of chest infection. More antibiotics, which play havoc with my bowels. Some mornings I wake up feeling on top of the world, then I walk up to the shops, or something equally un-eventfull, and by the time I get back I'm in need of a nap. None of this is abnormal but I always think of myself as different, and 'it won't happen to me'. Again, I just have to be patient.
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