Well back to the business.... Little story from yesterday... of on the emergency mission to pick Danielle up from work because it was a monsoon as she said it was at work and she had gone to work in her flip flops.Driving along to the the lights at kings way Sydney perks up in the back "if you pass way before Pud (the cat) who will have her me or Dani ...I replied not sure to which she continued to say may be she could go to the NHS( she meant some animal society) I laughed ... she said I ask good questions.
Day of first chemo... Jerry and I arrived at the hospital at 10am as I was due to go on the ward as it was an overnight session well guess what no beds so over to the day unit. to a small private room with a big blue arm chair.. and the chemo nurse arrived and said hello I am Daisy we went through the procedures blood test and then the oncologist came to seem me to sign the consent form...by this time it was 11:30 , bloods ok ....now Daisy came back and said some good news and some bad..... someone had put my chemo in the fridge so it would have to be remade so she was going to rush it through but would not start before 3:30pm a long restless wait was under way started with the first bag at 4pm..
The first bag after the saline is 30 min - they gave anti sickness and steroids ... the first chemo Gemcitabine ( this is an antimetabolite ) this hurts as it goes through the veins. So hot press on arm helped
that one finished and the saline to wash through now gone 4:30pm next drug Cisplatin is an anti-cancer ("antineoplastic" or "cytotoxic") chemotherapy drug. Cisplatin is classified as an "alkylating agent."
This is a long hall the a walk around the corner to the ward......this was going to be a disturbing night as it was 4 bags 4hrs each ... more of this adventure to come
Thanks for all the support and keep reading and writing back ....love Natalie
Well have things to do and reports to write for curios mind sorry will get them done now I am getting things off my head.
Well off for some sleep been a tiring day love to my followers and fans xxx
Hi Natalie, sorry you're having to go through so much. Having read your latest blog, i now realise why you can't make the meeting today. Not sure what to do with with meeting. Shall i cancel it or postpone it until you're feeling well enough to attend? Let me know what you want to do. By the way, i loved Sydney's story about the cat and the NHS. Just goes to show how truly innocent children can be. Look forward to your next blog.
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