Yesterday I went in for Chemo 8 and things were much better back to my old self, confidence was high, line went in fine, and the day passed in reasonable chat with the other patients. Some how in a busy ward with machine alarms going off regulariy it is hard to concentrate on a book so I have resorted to magazines and newspapers but pretty soon we drop into chatting with the other patients about their "story" it is amazing the folks you meet and the difficulties they are going through. Compared to most of them Hodgkins is a pretty easy run.
For the first time in my life I have been able to watch about half the world cup matches mostly because I am home and they are on at 5pm and 8pm UK time which is great. I am not normally a football fan but I am finding myself drawn in because I am at home, which is unusual, and I can get a chance to build up an idea of the form for the teams. So when I am feeling tired and naseaous then my sickness meds, a bottle of water and a football game are a reasonable retreat.
Most of this week is taken up with handing out pay rises (or not) on the phone, normally we would do these face to face but with my travel restrictions I am doing these on the phone, in 80% of cases its pretty happy news so this is a pretty nice part of the job. No big plans for this week just a flower bed to rebuild after the wall construction was finished in the garden and taking it easy as the chemo fatigue kicks in later in the week. My buddies in Eau Claire are all away on the fishing trip I had planned to go on (good news is Lee says I can go next year) so we may see some updates from them around Sunday when they get back and start to dry out. I am pretty jealous of them and disappointed not to be there.
However all is basically going well here the summer weather continues to lighten up our moods and once the radiotherapy decision is made next Thursday we can begin to plan for July and the school holidays.
Cheers
Gerry
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Great to hear the latest chemo went well, and what a weekend! So much from staying away from peoples bugs! Fantastic to feel the positive energy flowing through the blog!
Hi Bill,
Great to hear that Walleye camp was a success (how could it not be!) I was so jealous being grounded here as I find that trip to be a very spiritual (and drunken) week that I look forward too a lot. Good news is that Lee has already given me the pass out for next year. Tonight in the pub with some other friends the motorbike tour of Iceland was put off for a year to allow me to sequence it with Walleye camp - any of the Eau Claire bikers up for Iceland ?
Thanks for keeping me posted
Gerry
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