Saturday, 11 July 2009

If I thought last week was bad, this week was a lot worse. I went into hospital Tuesday night for my portacath to be put in on Wednesday, which it did, in the afternoon. Local anaesthetic which was very odd, being talked to by my surgeon as he operated on me. Came back down after surgery onto the ward, lay down and had a drink and a rest. The nurses then came into me to give me my 2nd round of chemo and I threw up loads. So they started an intravenous anti sickness drive through my new portacath. I had my chemo and then went back home. That was a mistake. I threw up all Weds night and Thursday so I called my doctor who subsequently call the hospital. The ambulance tipped up, threw up in the back of that (so atractive)got to hospital, threw up some more so they fit me with a anti sickness line and glucose - they got 3 ltrs into me Thursday nigt. I also had a pain killer line put in through a drive in my arm - I look like a pin cushion. They then discovered that I had an allergic reaction to the dressing over my portacath, made me all sore and itchy, had a reaction to the second dressing then finally found one that didnt hurt. So I slept for about 20mins at a go Thurs night, had drips in all day Friday which made me feel so much better, they took them out Fri night and I slept for about 20 hours. They were talking about blood transfusions as my haemoglobin was on the low side but I was well enough in all areas. When they took my obs about midnight I just held my arm out, blood pressure good, heart rate down from 120 bpm to 98 which is still high for me but better. I woke up this morning and actually had the motivation to get up and dressed, pack all my bits and then my sister picked me up at noon! I am still very tired but drinking lots of peppermint tea, need to keep me hydrated. Apologies for any spelling mistakes but I cannot be bothered to correct them! I am going to rest now but thanks for all your support guys xxx

2 comments:

Debbie H said...

Oh that sounds pretty horrid, glad to hear that the medics managed to get you feeling a bit better. Still thinking of you.

angie said...

well darlin here we are again (((hug))) been thinking about u and ur in my prayers as always u tc xxxxxx