Waah! Started my baby jabs today. Not many people get a second go at these, so I was determined not to cry this time :-)
Polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, pneumococcal, haemophilius influenza, meningococcal group - just for starters. Two shots in one arm, one shot in the other. this goes on monthly until February. Then I get a break for a year before I have my MMR jabs.
It stung a little, but I was brave. And I got a sticker and a lollipop.
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Friday 19 August 2016
Sickness seems to have stopped - no idea what it was
Listen to me as I say
I haven't been sick for 10 day(s)
I've tried eating the hunks
that made me blow chunks
Still everything goes through me one way
Could have been GvH, could have been bad luck with slight food poisoning. Nobody knows, but at least it's stopped now
I haven't been sick for 10 day(s)
I've tried eating the hunks
that made me blow chunks
Still everything goes through me one way
Could have been GvH, could have been bad luck with slight food poisoning. Nobody knows, but at least it's stopped now
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Saucy dunks make Dad blow chunks!
Saucy dunks make Dad blow chunks!
This is a rhyme my daughter made up recently in response to my increased bouts of vomiting. I keep eating things I probably shouldn't have such as dunking crisps into sour cream dip, or having crackers with humous. Stuff I wouldn't have necessarily considered bad for me, but my stomach disagrees. It's happening about once a week this past month. I had another episode a couple of hours ago when my lunch came back up. Tuna salad - seems innocuous enough as I'm not supposed to be neutropenic, so salads should be ok - unless I am neutropenic again. Blood levels can waver like this for a while after a transplant. I'm due back in the hospital tomorrow so I'll discuss with the docs and see what's going on. On the positive side, I'm getting comfortable with puking and getting quite good at it too! I wonder if I can get a job throwing up?
Other than that, I'm doing well at the moment. No major problems to report. Even had a lovely holiday with the family in Ireland. I had some great swims in the sea - the docs were cagey when I asked them if I was ok to swim, but couldn't give me a reason not to other than the usual be careful and don't eat any chocolate bars that might be floating by :-) As it turns out, one of the beaches we visited was closed because a local sewage works had problems and there was stuff in the water. Needless to say I didn't swim there.
We'll see what the docs say tomorrow regarding my new "talent". Who says chemo and transplants are no fun?!
This is a rhyme my daughter made up recently in response to my increased bouts of vomiting. I keep eating things I probably shouldn't have such as dunking crisps into sour cream dip, or having crackers with humous. Stuff I wouldn't have necessarily considered bad for me, but my stomach disagrees. It's happening about once a week this past month. I had another episode a couple of hours ago when my lunch came back up. Tuna salad - seems innocuous enough as I'm not supposed to be neutropenic, so salads should be ok - unless I am neutropenic again. Blood levels can waver like this for a while after a transplant. I'm due back in the hospital tomorrow so I'll discuss with the docs and see what's going on. On the positive side, I'm getting comfortable with puking and getting quite good at it too! I wonder if I can get a job throwing up?
Other than that, I'm doing well at the moment. No major problems to report. Even had a lovely holiday with the family in Ireland. I had some great swims in the sea - the docs were cagey when I asked them if I was ok to swim, but couldn't give me a reason not to other than the usual be careful and don't eat any chocolate bars that might be floating by :-) As it turns out, one of the beaches we visited was closed because a local sewage works had problems and there was stuff in the water. Needless to say I didn't swim there.
We'll see what the docs say tomorrow regarding my new "talent". Who says chemo and transplants are no fun?!
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