And this about sums everything up!
I spent Wednesday sort of waiting for the nausea to set in after Tuesday's chemo but staying as positive as possible at the same time. By bedtime on Wednesday night all was still good. It's quite difficult to balance your feelings and I know by now I should not be expecting good or bad days but rather just taking the days as they come but this is easier said than done. I went to bed with an exited feeling backed up by 'but it might start tomorrow so don't let your guard down'.
Jimmy mentioned a couple of times on Tuesday and Wednesday that he might go into work on Thursday. We discussed it again on Wednesday night and decided we would see how he felt on Thursday morning before making a final decision. The girls slept over on Wednesday night and I got up to take Emma to school and when I got home Jimmy was showered and dressed in his work clothes all by himself. I didn't even have to ask....he left at 8:15 am for the drive to Bellville.
I had quite a busy day planned with Megan; we had to go to the bank to sort out her accounts and back to Capago (the Italian Consulate) to sort out her schengen visa application. This also went very well. We had felt so despondent last time when the lady that helped us said that unless we had certain paperwork she would not even accept the application. I tried to get as many of the documents that she asked for as I could and wrote down explanations for the ones I could not get as quoted by NCL (Norwegian Cruise Lines). We were lucky enough to be helped by Dominick who is so friendly and helpful. He didn't even look at my explanations page and said that none of these things were necessary for the visa application because Megan was employed by NCL and would be looked after by them with regards to transport to and from the ship, a return flight and medical insurance etc.
Jimmy got home at 3:15 pm, we had an early supper and he was snoozing in his chair in front of the tv in no time, quite exhausted. He said the day went fairly well, he did find that he was very tired and his back got very painful towards the end. But I believe he is feeling very chuffed with himself and I think it has also done him so much good being able to touch base with everyone at the office and see his staff again.
Chemo went well today too. They had to abort the cortisone injection half way as this was just too painful for Jimmy today. Funny how the tingling in his hands and fingers, which was a side effect of the Velcade, has gone but now he gets tingling, shooting pains up and down his spine and down his legs as they are administering the cortisone. Sister Olivia says that Prof will more than likely half the dose to try and alleviate Jimmy's pain. We had mentioned it to him when we last saw him and he said that it had to be administered much slower but Olivia says that it does need to be slow but if is too slow it will 'bung' everything up. Sounds like there is quite a knack to this. Jimmy's bloods were also okay today. White blood cell and haemaglobin counts were both down and not as good as Tuesday but this is be expected from the orange chemo.
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| Jimmy having his chemo administered |
It looks like it is going to be another cold wintry weekend and we are toying with the idea of sneaking off for a night or two. We don't have the children this weekend and from next weekend it is school holidays, and in any case, we only have to be back for chemo next Tuesday ;) Somewhere cozy with a log fire sounds very inviting.
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