Hi sdfs err more letters. Do you have a more pronounceable name we could use? 🙂
I read your full account and hope that your father is getting the attention this needs. If all the important tests are carried out then all the correct procedures should now begin to take place.
I had my second chemo today, three weeks after my confirmation meeting, so it all moves along quite quickly once started.
My initial chemo last week took around 6 hours with pre-meds, Zometa and Dara being administered then four hours of observations. The cancer unit at Kidderminster is wonderful and really do deserve the high ratings they get. I actually enjoyed the day ???
I started my home drugs next morning (14 of them) and wasn’t too bad during the day. By the evening I experienced the expected first backlash to Dara with shivering and feverishness. Went to bed and it was gone by the morning.
Then came the side effects. My arm began to hurt where I’ve had a long term arthritic elbow. That was agony with the drugs seeking out weaknesses. That took four days to go but then on Wednesday night I woke with intense neck pains that felt like my head was dropping off. I also have a slight arthritic joint in my neck and the little bugger had found it.
Rang the ‘panic line’ at 4 in the morning and they gave advice but couldn’t pin point which drug was causing it.
At my chemo today I just had the Dara injection and could have gone home straightaway but stayed for a coffee and chat with the other patients there.
My consultant thinks the elbow and neck problem could be down to the arthritis reacting and not a side effect of any of the drugs prescribed. Gave an unpronounceable name for it but it was nothing to worry about long term.
Within a week of my first chemo my bloods have improved dramatically and my paraprotein level has already begun to drop back towards normal. My calcium level needs improvement and need to be sorted personally by next Friday. I hate Brassicas but looking forwards to all those real cream cakes.
I was scared last week but after today I’m a lot more hopeful. You might find your father will also get a similar positive treatment and he will also feel more confident too.
phil.
