day 6 chem 2 A phonecall from Ireland

Day 6 was a funny day as everyone was finding out about Poor Peters death and sending me lots of messages to say how they would miss the great man and yet I wasn’t sad for him any more. It was a weird thing, as I had cried many tears when he emailed me saying he knew he knew the end was near as the pain was so bad and they couldn’t get it under control, but that was 2 weeks ago now and I just feel the fight is over and he is at peace.

So I will fight on for Peter as I know he is still behind me bless him.

http://www.stammering.org/news_kissagizlis.html

I sent a donation to the MHF’s McMillian Charity collection, as I cant go to Hull for his funeral I don’t feel like traveling so far at the moment, so I told ray I wanted to put the money  I would have paid out for flowers and travel expences into the charity and of coarse Ray agreed.

We carried on with the day and I pottered as always dusting and cleaning, but said I cant Vacuum can you, Ray was pleased to help.

He is resigned to letting me go as far as I can, I do it for the exercise really or I get fidgety.

I was in the loo sick then and we have worked out that it is a sign I have done enough.

Washing on the line in the lovely sunshine, we just relaxed around until after lunch, of Cheese and Toast, I said it would be nice to do the beach round walk.

We set off but it was so cold in the wind that I had to give in, and say I cant do it, and just walked a small round walk in Seasalter, around an estate here.

Came back  and was then sick which I think was because of the cold wind we had encountered.

I was in the bathroom when the phone rang and Ray said its Catherine all the way from Ireland.

Well what a pleasant surprise.

We chatted about everythong, for a long time.

I pictured her in and old cottage with an apron on and baking cakes, bread and lovely Irish stew in a Cauldron hanging over a wood fire— she said she lives in a modern bungalow with Central heating and a cooker. What a disappointment Ca.

Anyway it was really good to talk to her and it boosted me up the rest of the day I didn’t want to put the phone down.

She will come to Seasalter and we will visit her in Ireland next year, 2010, so I look forward to that and we can start Planning a trip to Ireland.

We had a Ham salad and jacket potato for dinner and I watched the soaps while Ray worked on his Web sites.He is running 5 web sites so it keeps him busy in the Den and helps him to focus, so he hasnt time to worry about the future.

I think we are coping very well between us and the Chemo seems to give us a future. It doesn’t matter how long  just so long as it is filled with Quality.

I then answered all my emails and that was it for another day took all my tablets and went to bed in a good mood.

I will get out today as I’m recovering a lot sooner this time around they do say its going to get colder so I will wrap up but Louis will love a longer walk too.

PS

For those of us that have been through chemotherapy sickness (that chemo illness that feels like it is trying to rip you apart!), avoiding it, or at least lessening it, is something that we would do just about anything for.  But is there really any way to avoid chemo sickness? Is it possible to stop the nausea created by the chemotherapy cancer treatment?

Your doctor should automatically give you anti-sickness injections and tablets with chemotherapy, if you are likely to need them.  They work well for most people, but not everyone. Even the folks that they help, they don’t usually alleviate all of the cancer nausea. If sickness is a side effect of your treatment, it usually starts from a few minutes to several hours after you have the drugs.  Exactly when it happens depends on the drugs you are having.  It may last for a few hours.  Sometimes you may feel sick the next day too.   

http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/about-cancer/treatment/cancer-drugs/cisplatin   http://www.pemetrexed.org/effects.htm