Day Ninety Four

What a day! Got to the hospital for half nine for MRI appt at ten, only to be told there was an hours waiting time. Hey ho! So after dressing in some very fetching gowns (chilly!) was then prepped for the scan. It looks awesome, very Star Trek. I had to remove everything apart from knickers and socks, including my glasses and my spare hair. The team were wonderful, very caring. You have heavy plates over you, I got all four so they made sure they caught all of my liver. I had an injection then as well but its different to the CT one -it doesn't contain iodene which may have been my trigger for my allergic reaction last time. I was asked if I am allergic to shellfish, I can't eat crab so that may explain what happened last time. It is incredibly tight in the scanner, my right arm fell asleep as it was resting on one of the plates. I had my eyes closed the entire time, does not make you feel so claustrophobic. You have to hold your breath while the scanner takes the images. After an hour of controlled breathing, I was quite relaxed but exhausted. Then round to the chemo clinic for round four of chemo. Much more painful this time, that old vein is getting very tired so they will have to go in somewhere else for the next two rounds. Its so good to know that I have done four, two to go, downhill stretch now. There was another lady in there with me, she started her chemo at the same time as me. She left with a huge bag of medication, she is having problems with her mouth and wearing deodorant. I told the nurse that I have not actually been sick yet, she asked me if I was taking two other types of medication as well as the ones I am on, I replied no. She was really impressed, said I was taking the chemo really well. I have learnt very quickly how to manage my symptoms. I still say that being younger, fairly fit and healthy and having a very positive attitude goes a long way to my handling the chemo and then my recuperation. I suspect this time I am going to feel a lot more tired, going to take it easy. Can already hear my heart beating, need to take care of that too.