Newly Diagnosed

He's hilarious. His classic humour includes, when I was first diagnosed;

"You're such an over achiever. I get the flu and you get cancer!"

Or when I was on the couch;

"So, no tap dancing for you today?"

His honesty has sometimes been shocking, like the time I first noticed my hair was coming out and commented that I was not going to look good. Of course I wanted the movie response ("You'll always look beautiful to me, my love") but Graham said, "Yep. You're going to look awful. But it's only temporary."

Once I'd settled down I reminded myself that the best thing about being married to someone this honest is that you know the compliments are genuine. :D

I'm a retired cop so you can guess how much I like evidence! I come from a family of teachers and yes, they are all hungry for knowledge about everything. I certainly appreciate the meaning of "ignorance is bliss" because I've sometimes had to come to terms with frightening information, but I also think that ignorance can be fatal, especially when it comes to cancer.

You'll get given lots of advice with your chemo about monitoring your temperature and avoiding infection. Take this very seriously. Neutropenia can kill you. I had a near miss. People thought I was overly paranoid will all my hand sanitiser and avoiding people. Ironically, my brother turned up with his son carrying a bug and the explanation "It's only a cough. He's not contagious."

Seriously! 

I hovered around 40 degrees for a few days and was dosed up with 'last resort' anti-biotics. It turns out the temperature might have actually contributed to the death of three of my tumours, but I wouldn't recommend it all the same. 

Love and hugs

Meg

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