Update after 2nd Chemo

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Well, I think that I’ve survived the second chemo infusion much better than the first.  Lack of trauma from the first port debacle has no doubt helped that.  I think the excercise I was able to put in before the second treatment and the different drugs they’ve given me to combat the nausea have done a lot.  The down side of that is a lot of sleeping but that’s better than the alternative of last time.  The other weird thing is that I can no longer really touch-type – hopefully that’s a temporary thing as I wasn’t really doing much of this by Day 5 last time so maybe it’ll come back.

I managed my first 5 km walk yesterday – painfully slowly so will see how today goes.  I’m absolutely convinced that it helps.  I want to access some other services to get back to normal as soon as I am able.  2 of the nastiest treatments down now – 2 to go.  Then I get to see how I respond to the rest.

My 16 year old is now the proud owner of a learners’ permit and I still haven’t had a chance to go in the car with him.  I did get the obligatory photograph with the “L”s though.

Francesca turned 13 yesterday and I managed to spend a bit of time with her while I wasn’t asleep.  Not ideal but better than it would have been during last treatment when I felt so sick the whole time.  She seem to take it okay but a very subdued birthday compared to others.  Her purple cake turned out Tardis Blue (oops- bad coordination with the food colouring) as can still be attested by my blue fingers but she took it in very good form.  Not much left, now.

Crossing my fingers that this treatment continues in the way it is going.  It’s seeming mostly doable but that could be because I’m sleeping so much.  Cold cap wasn’t so bad last time although I had to wait quite a while to get it off as there was so much ice built up on my hair.  However, I am thinning a lot so may have to make a decision before next time as to whether to bother continuing.