Friday, September 19, 2008

I'm back home - dipped in fresh chemicals



Wow. What a week.

Intravenous lines in both arms.

Daily blood tests.

Some 42 hours of fluids being pumped into my veins. Much of those fluids being a mix of Cisplatin, Bleomycin and Etoposide - the chemicals responsible for killing the cancer cells in my body (which theoretically should already be on their way out).

Diuretic treatments, too - I gained 2 kg one afternoon from all the fluids. I peed seven times in 21 minutes.

I read books, I paced, I watched DVDs, I ate, I paced, I watched the clock, I wriggled, I paced, I laughed with the doctors and nurses. And above all, felt grateful for my diagnosis. Others I was with face a much harder fight.

Having my own cubicle was a blessing. Again, it was kind of like the Holiday Inn but without the mini bar.

I head back to the Cancer and Blood Centre on Monday for one further dose of Bleomycin (a half hour procedure) and am then resting at home for a fortnight before doing it all over again.

I'm one-third through and feeling great.

Thanks to everyone for their kind words last week.

You can bet I'll be chatting to you all over the coming days.

Your voices are the best medicine in the world.

Pee

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