Monday 18th October
I went to work today which was more or less tiring than I expected, in that the walk there and back was as tiring as I was expecting and the work was a little more taxing than I was expecting. I find I have to concentrate quite hard, clearly the cotton wool in my brain hasn't quite cleared yet.
The side effects of one of the anti-emetics are now being felt with a vengeance. I think I have eaten my body weight in prunes today! Enough said!
It has only recently dawned on me that it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I thought I was just being more sensitive to breast cancer articles in the papers and magazines.
What I do find interesting is other cancer patients' and their relatives' reaction to diagnosis. Some have literally thrown up for hours after being told.
I am put in mind of Rudyard Kipling's poem "If..."
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs...
Maybe you've missed the point!
I don't think I am underestimating what is happening to me, but I do think that I have complete trust in the medical world and what they are doing for me and telling me. At no point during this whole experience have I felt uninformed or that not everything was being done that could be.
In general I feel extremely grateful that I had a cyst, that I had a GP who was keen to send me for a mammogram, that I had a keen eyed consultant radiographer...
been thinking of you - two of you having chemo currently - well obviously not two of YOU - my mate simon was diagnosed with leukemia recently - i made the foolish mistake of reading both your blogs back to back last week
ReplyDeleteglad you are doing ok and reading about your walk to the shops made me wonder if we should do the moon walk next year but let's make it to guy fawkes first eh - really looking forward to seeing you all in a few weeks xxx