Chemo over, but just the beginning...
Last Friday I finished 5 months of chemo, 4 AC dose dense every two weeks then 12 weekly taxol. The last 3 weeks I only got out of bed with painkillers such was the burning in my muscles and bones. My...
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Hey @PatsyN. The pump they are talking about isn't a separate tube; the drains work on negative pressure (they suck, on pretty much every level) So, the pump is a bulb on the drain tube which keeps the wretched things sucking. Hope that makes sense. The good thing about drains is that someone comes along and pulls them out. Eventually. All things pass.
I'm too tired to ride my horse too and I now have to admit that I have lost my nerve and can't, after a recurrence last year that knocked the wind out of me, bear the thought of falling off. The old bastard is now getting fatter and naughtier by the day...
Regarding the insects--flies during the day, mozzies all night--feeling your pain there too. Trying to nap during the day while screaming 'Im not dead yet, you arsehole' isn't restful and muttering 'You'll be sorry if you do, you prick.' while the blood suckers are circling all night doesn't help with the whole mindful and connected to nature thing.
Keep going. One-day at a time. Marg xxxx
I'm too tired to ride my horse too and I now have to admit that I have lost my nerve and can't, after a recurrence last year that knocked the wind out of me, bear the thought of falling off. The old bastard is now getting fatter and naughtier by the day...
Regarding the insects--flies during the day, mozzies all night--feeling your pain there too. Trying to nap during the day while screaming 'Im not dead yet, you arsehole' isn't restful and muttering 'You'll be sorry if you do, you prick.' while the blood suckers are circling all night doesn't help with the whole mindful and connected to nature thing.
Keep going. One-day at a time. Marg xxxx