Tuesday 30 January 2018

Nothing not even cancer or death can stop love

Hello Everyone,

Well my cold turns out to be Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection. (RSV). From reading up on it, it mainly affects babies, older folk in care homes and people like me with compromised or suppressed immune systems. My consultant sent me an email with the good news and said I would have to take some extra antivirals for 2 weeks. I’ve been prescribed Ribavirin.

When I took the prescription to the hospital pharmacy I was told the prescription was wrong as the dose was too high for someone of my weight and in fact was twice as much. I suggested the pharmacist contacted the on call haematologist which he did. She told him that was the correct dose for treating someone post transplant. I’m always glad to oblige and help people learn something new.

The tablets are disgusting. They are only small but they have a powerful effect and I am feeling extra nauseous.

I also had to collect a bowel permeability test. This measures the amount of inflammation in my gut. It involves drinking a syrup first thing in the morning then collecting every bit of urine for the next 5 hours. I have to fast from the night before until 3 hours into the test. The problem will be trying to fit 3 doses of the antivirals that day because they have to be taken with food.

It’s a never ending job keeping up with all these bits and pieces. You have to be highly organised and that’s just remembering all the appointments. This week I have an appointment on Tues, Weds and Thurs. I have a CT booked for the week after next. The week after that I have an extra appointment with an oral medicine specialist and a rheumatologist. I’m waiting to see a physio and a gastroendocrinologist. This is on top of 2 days every fortnight in the Guys Cancer Centre and being seen by the haematologist every 2 weeks. ‘Tis a real challenge fitting in any “normal” time  as well as all these appointments. However I still do and I’ve had a nice birthday and also been out to celebrate my gorgeous nieces 18th birthday.

In honour of my birthday, if any of you feel so moved and have a little spare cash, you may like to donate to the small charity that supports people with my rare cancer. It does an incredible amount of good nationally for people, who like me, have had to make this enormous change in our lives as we learn to live differently.

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SomeoneSpecial/RebelrevfightsMDS

I’m proud of my little sis Gail and her husband Jeff for raising such an amazing young woman. She is such a credit to you. Looking forward to seeing you all on the official birthday of Tuesday. Was nice to spend some social time with my big sis Dawn Marsh and her two eldest Danny and Karen

Before I sign off I’d like to say I’m thinking of my lovely Aunt Vena who is really sick in hospital and my cousin’s who are keeping a bedside vigil. Shelley, Kim, Deborah, Mark and Steve you are a credit to your mum and she loves you all so much. You could feel the love in the air this afternoon. Don’t you ever forget that love doesn’t die. People do but love continues.

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