I've not blogged for a while and seem to have worried some people - sorry! I went down to London last Tuesday for a staff lunch at my work (which was very nice) and came back via my cousin at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge. It was a very hot and muggy day and I don't know if I did too much (although I didn't do that much - Donald was chauffeur again), but I felt absolutely dreadful afterwards. My legs were like lead again and no energy whatsoever. Went back to taking long sleeps in the afternoons. By Thursday I decided with the hospital to have my blood checked again, but my haemoglobin levels were OK, so that wasn't the reason.
Gradually I've pulled myself out of it and was better over the weekend, but still not right. On Sunday I went for a very short walk in the woods. It was great to be out in the fresh air and actually walking again, but I could only manage a short one. Today I am still tired and achey, but better than I was last week. I guess it is just going to be a gradual process and I cannot make it happen faster than my body will allow. My Oncology Nurse Specialist keeps telling me that I've done really well throughout the whole treatment process, despite the hiccups like being rushed into hospitalat one point, and that I just have to accept that the cumulative effect of it all will take some time to recover from. Frustrating though!
The strange yellowing of my fingernails is gradually beginning to grow out, but it will be a good few weeks before they look more normal. The blotchiness on my neck area is fading, so that it good. At the moment I am off all medication, which feels good - at times it has been like swallowing a medicine chest each morning. But on 1st August I start the ongoing hormone treatment, which should help keep the risks of recurrence at bay. I stay on this for at least 5 years and also have to take calcium at the same time, because of the increased risk of osteoporosis.
Otherwise things are fine and we are looking forward to going on our hols next week. We are visiting people on the way to Holyhead, so will leave here early on the morning of 3/8 although our ferry is not until the afternoon of 5/8. So from 3/8 there will be no more updates for at least 3 weeks. I will try to do one more before we go, though.
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