Week One – Short breakdown: HONEST IT IS ....... JUST LOOKS LOTS!!

Sorry peeps probably more for my benefit than yours
To help with the boredom – as feeling ok at the moment
Summat too look back on in the future
also if the entry is that boring it might help me sleep lol or you :-)

DAY 1 – SATURDAY 17TH OCTOBER 2009 - Chemo

DAY 2 – SUNDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2009 - Chemo

DAY 3 – MONDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2009 - ATG DAY – the rabbit stuff, no initial reaction, that followed.
More chemo – yeah I know repetitive aint it lol

Day 4 – TUESDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2009 - ATG – RABBIT DAY 2, had a slight reaction, temperature, feeling unwell for a good few hours but soon passed.
Carol popped up to see me briefly as poorly and Michael came to visiting in the evening so all in all turned into a good day.

DAY 5 WEDNESDAY 21ST OCTOBER 2009 - Met Lisa outside visiting hours downstairs had a wicked hour or so having coffee n McD’s for lunch (well it is in the same road so considered ‘on site’ well is in my eyes).

DAY 6 – THURSDAY 22ND OCOBER 2009 - Lots of lots of peeing thanx to the meds, as managed to gain almost a stone and a half due to fluid retention (fat cow)!

DAY 7 – FRIDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2009 (NOW DAY ZERO – LOL)
STEM CELL REPLACEMENT DAY – MY NEW BIRTHDAY
All went well and continues to do so.
I did manage to get a couple of hours (literally 2!) free in the morning so I was really bad!
I jumped in a cab outside popped home n had a HUGEEEEEEEEE squeeze of my boys – quick coffee with Carol n Shelia and popped to Tesco and came back to the hospital for my Stem cell replacement (given via IV drip)in the afternoon.
I think I could have got away with it but I could not resist the urge to purchase some Krispy Kreme donuts for the ward and the day unit – I think that was when they began to enquire as to where have you been?? lol – but hey – I think I got away with it lol.

So now we just sit back and wait – feeling ok but any day from today to next weekend all my blood counts will start to drop I shall be very unwell and get neutropenic (i.e. no immune system and in isolation and very open to infection anf just generally feeling like sh**e!)
Then it is just a case of getting over that waiting for the bloods to slowly rise and start to climb the ladder back up.
Its not gonna be easy I doubt but hey I am in wonderful hands I have you all out there routing for me – and HEY I GOT 2 BIRTHDAYS Now! …………… NUFF SAID LOL

Lovin ya all
P xxxxxxxxxx