We had a late start today at the hospital.I had time, of course, to take the boys to school, but it was p***ing with rain so Sam probably was thankful to duck out of it.
I put up the last donations to the headshave. The final total is now £1816.85 + £381.29 giftaid. I think the fees amount to about 8%, so that should still put the total above £2000, quite amazing!
Got to the hospital just before midday. Had my weigh-in at 77.4kg, seem to have put on a bit. Then I got in to see the doctor early, this time it was Dr Samol, 4th in 4 visits. He seemed to be in a bit of a hurry. I had to tell him what drugs I needed on the prescription. He seemed to think that my aching arm is the in the vein, not the bone. But he didn't offer anything to ease it. I didn't really complain about my aching legs - that might be to do with the football. He didn't check my breathing, or look for lumps.So I was out quite quickly. Sam went back home and I stayed for lunch.
I had lunch in the hospital canteen, same as last time, It's okay, not too exciting. I still had an hour an half to wait for chemo so I went down to the Macmillan centre for the first time. One of the volunteers there came to talk to me to tell me what they did. They have lots of advice and infomation; you can get some alternative relaxation therapies as well. But I said I just wanted to sit down and read quietly, so she just got me a cup of tea.
It turned out that I didn't have as long as expected as the ward called down about half hour early to see if I was there. I went back up to see the nurse, this time it was Carol. She was quite chatty, probably as things are not so busy today. She managed to get the needle in without the bowl of hot water, the veins in my hand were quite prominent today, normally they shrink to nothing at this time. Generally the chemo went in fine today, no panics.
I had a chat with Mairead during the chemo. I spoke to her about my aching arms, she suggested that they could get something to help me. She had chat with Dr Davies and came back with a prescription. It was only for iboprofen, but at least it makes it a bit of official and saves about 50p with my free prescription.
Everything got all finished by about 3:30 today; a bit late to meet the boys from school. On the way home I did find myself 2 cars behind Sam taking the boys back home, so just about got back about the same time as them.
Spoke to Mum this evening. She was quite okay. Looking forward to going up to seeing the Roberts tomorrow. Then she's coming down here next Friday. Busy time Mum, don't overdo it!
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