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Happy Flipping Valentines Day
14/02/2013 10:34
I am watching the Kerrang channel. "Loverboy" (YM@6) is playing. The phone rings. Its my Consultant. What an appropriate time to call! I realise, however, quite early on that this is not a social call. "We have your results. I need to see you. Tomorrow."
I check my diary. It's a good job I pushed...
'This Ain't A Scene, It's A Goddamn Seroma!'
08/02/2013 12:16
I have a drain in. What's that, a drain? No problemo. Well, actually I no likey the drain. It is a long tube, which is full of blood and fluid, coming out from under my arm like an alien tentacle. It fills into a bag, which I hook over my shoulder.
The drain needs to stay in for about a week...
Wake Me Up When Its All Over....
01/02/2013 09:22
My wires hurt. I feel slightly, ever so slightly, how Pinhead must feel. I return to my bed and hope that things will get better.
They do! I meet my Anesthetist. He is very nice and friendly. We talk about how little experience I have had with operations. I have spent a lot of time sleeping...
What's My Frequency Again?
01/02/2013 08:40
Today is the day. D-Day. Operation "Take the bloody thing out, throw it in the bin and move on with my life (tbtotbmwl)". So let the games begin!
I follow the instructions on my admissions letter. No food or drink after midnight - Check. No alcohol - Check (that bummed me out). No Jewelry - Check....
Side-Effects? What side-effects?
27/12/2012 18:40
Chemo - what a blast! I am so glad it is done!
I have some great side effects!
(1) A lovely limp and a sore hip. - I have been scanned and x-ray-ed to within an inch of my life. I am assured that there is nothing sin-is-ter going on - at all! The hip pain is a legacy of the Taxotere. Which...
Misery Business
06/11/2012 12:06
Chemo is dark, man! Really, really dark.
By the time chemo no 3 hit I had lost most of my hair and was beginning to feel some of the side effects. Then bam! Chemo 3 and 4. I thought I was dying. Literally dying. Chemo no 3 was the last FEC combo. It decided it was going to go out with a bang....
Is That A Hair In My Soup, Monsieur?
01/10/2012 21:02
I was prepared for my hair to fall out. At least I thought I was. I really was NOT prepared for my hair to fall out.
Although I had cut it short and it was thinning out, I still looked vaguely human. Then, we had the hairy shower incident. That was the beginning of the end of my hair. It started to...
'Wake Me Up When September Ends'
30/09/2012 20:27
You have to understand, to those of you who don't know me personally, that I am writing this post-apocalyptically, metaphorically speaking. My personal experience on chemo will be different to everyone else. Everyone is an individual and therefore we all respond differently.
I had a...
I Rocked The First Chemo
25/08/2012 17:49
Now, don't get me wrong. To all of you those who have had chemo (and there are many of us out there). And to all those who have not had it (you lucky, lucky bastards). Chemo does suck. It is a motherf*&£$er. Let no-one tell you different. the whole word is scary. I was not looking forward to...
'Dance, Dance'
18/08/2012 16:18
The pre-chemo dance begins. An endless round of tests, blood test, scans and more tests. I have so much blood taken out of me I could feed a zombie swarm. It would be good shit too, although maybe slightly alcoholic. Since diagnosis I have found my capacity to drink wine has increased. I...