My Cancer Journey

 Hey lovely readers, Today I had to go to the hospital ASAP. It was an emergency because my line got moved. It has to be flushed, since it's dangerous if air gets inside the clamp area. I went and the nurse put some surgical tape on it to keep it in place. I was so happy to see the nurse who flushed my line.  That's all for now.  Read on, while you're sitting on your beanbags.  Vote. Comment. Share. 

 Hi beautiful, and amazing readers, I got to Glenfield after going to Royal Infirmary for a procedure. I got there on time, but I had to wait a long time. The doctor told me it would be delayed. I was fine for a few hours, but I got anxious/agitated while waiting; because the chair I sat on wasn't comfortable, so my shoulders/neck were stiff. The nurse who came from my hospital ward to put the radiation in the line, helped me to calm down. I was getting upset while waiting, so my female parental helped me by telling me to do my breathing exercises.  Another nurse had to come all the way to the facility, because the other nurse from my ward wasn't trained to give the radiation through the line. The doctor took me to a room, I got comfortable on the bed. The nurse brought a three way tap, she put this cover over my line, and then opened the sealed box with radiation in it and put it in my line. I had to wait an hour for the radiation to work, and spread in my body. They lock the...

It's back to business with our blogging! Basically after my 2nd cycle of chemo, I was wiped out. I was OK afterwards. In the middle of the night my temp was really high. I had to go to hospital. I was connected to IV paracetamol. I had to wait for a bed, as they were so busy. Then I was moved to this amazing room! It was so big, and it had mood lights, lamps, plenty of drawers to put stuff in etc. I was hooked onto fluids; since I was dehydrated. I was in a lot of pain. It's the most horrible feeling when your body is trying to fight the infection but it can't.  I was told my White blood cells were low. I had to have 2 platelet transfusions. It was really cool how they just did it through my line! Then the skin on my hands and feet started peeling off, and my feet were all blistered/Red. It was so painful to walk. I was screaming in pain. Then the docs and nurses connected me to a drip with an anti fungal medicine to sort it out, but nothing worked until they gave me a crea...