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27 Sunday Jul 2008

Posted by azahar in cancer, friends, health & happiness, hospitals, progress

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Wow, this is way worse than the first time.

I’ve just been feeling so sick and weak. Have been mostly lying on the sofa bed since I woke up Thursday morning, pathetically moaning and groaning and feeling sorry for myself. I seem to remember getting up more last time, being able to do more, not feeling quite so awful. Anyhow, this will explain why I’ve dropped off the radar these past few days.

Even with the ondansetran for the first three days (and now primperan) the nausea has been almost unbearable. That really is the worst part for me. I hate to think about having to go through this six more times, including having major surgery done in the middle of it all.

On a more positive note, Nog got home late last night – a day earlier than expected. It’s good having company at home again. And today he’s going to check under the bed to confirm that last week’s incident was a random one-off and that there’s nothing nesting there. Cat allegiance showed itself again last night when Nog went to sleep on the Alpha Cat’s big comfy bed and the boys loyally stayed with me in the living room. 🙂

Well, as I’ve now managed to stay upright for almost an hour this morning, I think I’ll take a stab at answering a few emails. They were very nice to receive, as were the phone calls. Thanks guys!

living and learning…

23 Wednesday Jul 2008

Posted by azahar in cancer, friends, health & happiness, hospitals, life stuff

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I think I’m getting better at this; started off with ‘doing my best’.

Yesterday was my second chemo session (it was supposed to be on Monday but it was rescheduled for Tuesday) and it went much better than the first one. Well, it helped that I knew more about what to expect so I could do some chemo planning beforehand, though I didn’t get everything right . . .

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chemo prep (1)

19 Saturday Jul 2008

Posted by azahar in cancer, friends, health & happiness, home, hospitals

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I’m not at all a butterflies & flowers sort of optimist, nor am I a down-in-the-mouth pessimist. I’m pretty much a realist/optimist and I like being practical about things. And I always find honesty to be the best policy.

My first chemo session three weeks ago was very scary for me because I was still trying to get my head around the 50/50 prognosis and also Nog had just left town for a month. Plus, I had no idea what to expect or how I was going to react to the treatment. This time I feel better prepared . . .

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after a while…

13 Sunday Jul 2008

Posted by azahar in cancer, friends, health & happiness, life stuff

≈ 11 Comments

surprise visit!

09 Wednesday Jul 2008

Posted by azahar in friends, home

≈ 16 Comments

Yesterday evening around 8.00 I was just hanging around watching some tv when someone came to the door downstairs. I almost didn’t answer it because I wasn’t expecting anybody, but I’m very glad I did as it turned out to be one of those ‘blast from my past’ moments.

It was Kristin at the door, an American historian who was my flatmate back in 2002 when I was still living in the apartment next door – what a lovely surprise that was! She’d just got into town and is only going to be here until Saturday doing research at the Archivos de Indios, but she was passing by my place and decided to take a chance and see if I was still here. Anyhow, she came up and we visited for awhile and today we’re going to meet for lunch. I told her I do better at staying vertical at midday than in the evening. In fact, we had to cut our visit a bit short yesterday because I was suddenly needing to lie down.

So it looks like it’s going to be a rather nice day. I have to leave in a few minutes to go to the hospital for my pre-op tests. Happily ‘La J’ is coming with me and we’re planning on taking the rental bikes through the park to get there and back, which will help make the experience more pleasant.

See y’all later! 🙂

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