14th May '08
Sorry for not updating you all sooner after our visit to the surgeon last week, I know lots of you have been in touch for updates. Despite five days in hospital doing very little, I finally came home late on Wednesday feeling very, very tired. In fact so tired that I've been heading to bed soon after the children most nights.
Some of this tiredness I put down to being away from home, Russell and children, but mostly I think it was because I was being woken at midnight, 2am, 4am & 6am for either my temperature to be checked or drugs to be given! Anyone who says they sleep like a baby, obviously either doesn't have a baby or hasn't stayed in hospital recently! I was warned the tiredness of chemo was cumulative and it certainly feels that way, so I'm thinking the next six or so weeks I may be doing lots of resting & not too much else.
The visit to the surgeon was very positive. She believes that my tumour has finally started to shrink, probably in part because of the Taxotere, but most likely in conjunction with the Herceptin (a monoclonal antibody if anyone's interested), which hopes to block the cells ability to reproduce (hope I've got that right!)
The plan tomorrow is to proceed to my fifth chemo cycle, and in three weeks to the sixth & final cycle assuming there is still a positive change in tumour size & cancer cell markers. It's been just three months since I was diagnosed, but in that time the GP appointments, chemo, blood tests and district nurse visits have all become a new kind of normality. It's strange how quickly we've all adapted to the shift
Freya is a very competant "nurse"with her very specially adapted nurse kit. It's been added to by Joanne, my district nurse, and when Mummy has blood tests, it's Freya who has the plaster! I hope she's the only little girl who tells everyone who'll listen that "Mummy has a poorly boobie", and looks rather quizically when people take medication orally, but I suspect not.
Morgan is coming on in leaps & bounds ... well actually it's crawling & babbling! He's mastered DaDaDad & NaNaNan, why is MuMuMum always last, that boy has no loyalty!
I will try and be more vigilant in keeping you all up-to-date, but please be reasurred that no news really is good news, and I will get a round tuit soon!
