Cancer 43

0830

Another day at the hospital. If anyone needa directions to any part of this place I can probably give them in detail. Today I meet the nurse who will be administering my chemo. But that is for later. Right now I am sitting in Clinical Measurements waiting an indeterminate time for my 12 line ECG. Fortunately I have my Kindle with me as I suspect there will be a lit of waiting today. I am rereading the wartime trilogy with Guy Crouchback as the hero. Your quiz question for the day is what is the title of the trilogy?

To the book.

0850

Well that was quick. In, tabs and wires fastened, ECGed and out. I now have over two hours until my appointment. What to do when stuck in a hospital? I could write a very long blog but I don’t want to bore people too much. There is nowhere round here suitable for walking. I have my detachable keyboard which connects to my phone so I might try and work on something. Catch up later.

0945

I just went for a walk. I left the hspital, crossed the busy road and walked among the houses of the new estate. Pretty good for new houses. I then went to Aldi, bought some chicken slices and raspberries to eat while waiting (I only report the reasonably healthy stuff). Now I am sitting in the 5th floor restaurant with a placcy cup of tea looking at the ghastly view over the city. There is a hint of a hill in the distance. I wish I was there.

1400

A good long chat with the nurse responsible for my treatment. I hqve a better idea now of the future pattern of my life. The first treatment starts on 12 June. I go to the hospital to be hooked up to a picc line the day before (a line through my vein from upper arm to near the heart), and then the various drugs are administered both on 12 June in the hospital (about 4 hours sitting in a chair with a drip attached), and then going home with another drip attached for 48 hours, ie 3 days out of action. Hopefully the next six days are ok, unless I have side effects, then I need blood tests to see if I am functioning properly, and then the next treatment starts 14 days after the first. The are 6 treatments in a cycle after which I will be scanned to see if it is workibg. If so I immediately move into the next cycle. One that is complete and is still working I might take a break from treatment and we can spend a couple of months in Spain. I can’t go abroad to Europe while undergoing treatment partly because we now don’t have the reciprocal health agreements because of fucking bastard cunting Brexit and all who sail in her. These Brexit benefits never stop, do they?

After the talk with the nurse I waited nearly an hour for my blood test and finally got away from the hospital around 1330.