Well I’m pleased to say that after 4 days of blood tests my platelet count had increased sufficiently and the daily visits to the hospital stopped. The “superficial” clot in my forearm eventually started to shrink and is now just a small hard lump which is not painful at all. I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that the real clot in the PICC line vein is also doing what it should š¤š¤š¤
I still have to self inject with the anti coagulant daily until 24/12 and unfortunately it’s beginning to be a bit of a problem as it’s getting quite painful - both actually sticking the needle in and also when the fluid goes in - so I’m trying to do it a bit slower to see if that helps. I mentioned it to the nurse doing my line flush this week but all she said was that the chemo affects all parts of the body including the skin so it’s bound to become more sensitive - great. I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that the injections stop after the 28 days as I have read (and one of the nurses said) they are sometimes necessary for 6 months - OUCH!!!
My biggest fear with the DVTs is that it will stop us holidaying - sometimes when I'm really down, all I can think about is how long until I can book a holiday (OK, maybe insignificant in the big scheme of things but something we love to do). Our lovely No.2 (step)daughter bought us a scratch off map a couple of years ago and we've been doing quite well to date
Of course Australia should have been "done" last month but we'd been debating whether 3 nights in Hong Kong meant China could be rubbed off too - irrelevant now ššššš
At the weekend I went down with a cold š¤but, despite all the dire warnings I’ve been given/read, it didn’t kill me or put me in hospital so that was good. In fact I seemed to get over it quicker than normal.
Other than that it’s been a quiet week, Tuesday was a lovely sunny day so Ian took me for a long walk in the woods (makes me sound like a dog š¶) - the first for a few weeks and I was surprised how much slower I had to walk than normal but it was lovely to be out.
I mentioned previously about inanimate objects causing me problems - this is a prime example
On Wednesday evening I sat on the sofa all evening with my “condom” hat on but when it was time for bed it had mysteriously disappeared. We searched high and low and it was nowhere to be found, so eventually we gave up and I wore the Nepalese Peasant Hat instead. Thursday morning I glanced at my slippers by the bed and there, nestled inside my right slipper, was the flipping hat
- how on earth did it get there and how could I have walked around and not noticed a screwed up hat competing for space with my foot.
This kind of thing happens all the time - things just disappear!
