I made it safely home from the hospital yesterday and chemo 2 has continued to be pretty smooth, I think I had so many antibiotics and antiviral medicines that there are no bugs left in me or on me to cause any trouble. Deputy blogger has rigged up my own bathroom and is washing kids and visitors with vigor in order to keep me infection free for the run up to stem cell harvesting on Monday. However although there are no bug induced side effects the main chemo side effect is profound and really deep fatigue. After about 10min of getting out of bed I am ready to go back, hug my duvet, and drift off into a half sleep, half dream, world while all the busyness of the world passes me by. Today I managed to get up for breakfast (weetabix, cheese scone, carrot smoothie), get up for a late lunch (two bowls of spinach and nutmeg soup, wild berry smoothie) and write this - now I am going back to bed because I am pausing just looking at the screen. Its great, really great, to be home - I was in a ward this time with some poor guys who had later stage terminal illness and it got me down a bit, just too close to the bone so to speak.
At home I feel positive and ready to inject myself with growth factor tonight and start "them bones, them bones" stage of the treatment as my bones will probably hurt with the pressure of growning the stem cells for a week. Ho hum at least there the rugby to look forward to at the weekend. Scotland/England on Saturday (KO 4pm boys invited) and Ireland/Wales on Sunday should keep me amused!
Cheers
Gerry
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