Today I had a reaction to one of the drugs they gave me, an anti-fungal called ambisome. It was almost instantaneous - the nurse worked out that I can't have had more than 1ml before I reacted! I felt hot, wheezy, my throat started to feel tight and I had an achey back and shoulders. The reaction from the staff was swift - turn off drug, inject hydrocortisone and piriton into the line, dose with paracetamol, visit from doctor...Once they were sure that the reaction was under control, the two nurses who were dealing with me laughed. Apparently I had gone so red in the face that one thought I looked like a radioactive tomato and the other like a Belisha beacon!
In other news, I had a very satisfactory clinic appointment today and have started the next round of chemo which lasts 4 weeks. The consultant was pleased with my progress - always good.The chemo drugs were administered safely. I start the steroids tomorrow.
It's a shame that you don't get to enjoy the feeling good bit for longer before the next round of treatment starts. To round off my two weeks of feeling perky I drove myself to Colchester last Friday to see no 1 daughter who was in residence at the Firstsite art gallery and had a lovely weekend, including going to church for the first time in ages (_and_ we sang 'Guide me o thou great redeemer' my all-time favourite hymn.). However, the two weeks of feeling really good that I have had have firstly left me physically in a really good place to start the next round of chemo and secondly have left me mentally in a good place. When things get tough (as I'm sure they will) I can look back on these two weeks and know that I can feel like that again.
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