Week 2 of Chemo

Hi again.

There isn't a lot for week 2, as I only had to go into hospital for 1 day, so I'm just going to pick up where I left off (or should I say PICC up). Hahahaha. Yeah, I'm not very funny. Oh well.

Saturday and Sunday were fine. Actually, Sunday was amazing. I just, ironically, felt so healthy and alive. I didn't have to go back into hospital until Tuesday, because Monday was bank-holiday. I felt quite ill on Monday night, but I think I was just worried my new PICC would be broken. It wasn't though, so that was good.

On  Tuesday we just drove up to the hospital and then stayed for about 10 mins and then left. Easy.

But wow, Tuesday was so weird! In my family I am always the one who gets the small portions of food, because I have a tiny appetite. However, the steroids make you SUPER hungry, and instead of the 3 small meals I usually have, on Tuesday I had 10 large ones!!!

I had pasta first, then a large McDonald's meal, then soup, then pitta bread, then noodles, then loads of other stuff I can't even remember. That was weird. And I was still hungry!

Wednesday was normal again.

Thursday was super scary though. I was just watching my brother and his friend play Super Mario, being completely calm, when I start finding it really hard to breathe. This was expected though, because my cancer lump is close to my heart and respiratory system. But it kept getting worse, and I had a panic attack. My face went really hot and red, but the rest of me went cold, then I went dizzy and I couldn't see any more, and then I started shaking really badly and I just couldn't breathe and it was so scary.

We were on the way to the hospital but came back home because it stopped. I was so glad, partially because it was all over, and partially because Mum was making her special Chicken Tikka Masala for dinner, which I love and hadn't had in ages. What? The steroids really do make you hungry...

Friday was awful. I was so constipated I spent most of the day sitting on the loo. If you have any good tips to help with constipation, please comment, because it is one of the most painful side effects of chemo. Also on Friday, my tongue started to swell up and go all grey. It hurt.

Bye for another week, now we are pretty much caught up (Friday was yesterday).

Mitt xox