MY CHEMOTHERAPY APPOINTMENT TODAY

 Today was not too stressful. It was actually chilling. I went to the hospital at 2pm. I got put in this amazing chilling room. There was arts and crafts/DVD's/Games/Books etc. The nurse came in and did all my observations. Blood pressure/heartbeat/temp. Everything was all good. I was just hyper as usual. The nurse re-dressed my line. Took some blood from it. Did chemo from it. Also, the line cleaning bit hurt so badly. She peeled the sticky stuff off my arm. It's like pulling off a wax strip, but slower. She cleaned it with alcohol. Stung so badly. I was like 'geez Louise' and 'God.' It burned. 

Next thing that was done was the nurse asking me billions of questions on a form. Then the doc came to look at my mouth. It was killing loads. Some symptoms that have happened are:

Coughing.

Shortness of Breath.

Dizziness.

Headaches.

Cramps.

Pins and Needles. 

It's all part of having low blood count or something. Then my blood clot jabs are gonna stop. My steroids are gonna stop. I have to have this new jab called G-CSF. This is when the white blood cells are boosted in the body. It's given in injections on the body. The nurse showed me the syringe. It's a coil thing that helps to protect your fingers while someone's giving you the jab. Then the chemo came next. It was done through the line. It was a 20 min thing. I went home. 

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