Ready for the Battle

You are going to feel a whole lot better once you have your plan and I can promise you that the nurses in the Day Unit at GCUH where you will be having your chemo treatment are wonderful.  They give so much of themselves and are very reassuring.

What I have found is that anticipation is worse than participation.  You will be nervous leading up to your first treatment, which is very normal but you will find it to be an anticlimactic on the day.  

It will be the week following where you emotions etc will be confusing.  Let the tears flow when they need to.  It is very healthy and you feel a whole lot better after ward.  I try to do this in the shower most times so as not to upset the family but of course there are times when I don't and that is when my hubby is of great support.  I find it is the little things that go wrong that tip me over the edge.

I like you have been given so much support from family, old friends and new friends who have rallied around me.  I often try to make contact with them before they contact me so that it isn't too one sided and I take a genuine interest in how they are travelling in life which takes my mind off myself and also lets them know I love them too.

I look forward to hearing how you got on today with your oncologist appointment and radiology appointment.  I hope you got to see the Cancer Nurse - Kate.  She has been a great support me and such a beautiful person.

Lots of love

Joy xx