The night after...

Hi again.
Well I was wrong, didnt get a chance to read or listen to music or write a post on this blog! Even though I was there from 8am to 330pm. Lots was happening.
Firstly I will start at the end of the day, because I want those who complain that I go to bed far too late.... :) to know that I suddenly at around 1030pmish started to feel very unwell, nauseous & even thought I was going to vomit!! I didnt, but Jillian was there & she made me get undressed and get into bed, I soo needed mothering right then & she coped brilliantly. She left & I slept till nearly 1am waking with a dream where I was falling off something & the shock woke me up. I didnt even hear Jacqui arriving home an hour or more earlier & smsd her to see where she was when I read her sms that she was close to home 90 mins before or so.

Anyway thats now & I'm feeling great right now!! so I decided to check emails, write blog then go back to bed :).

Bill collected us as promised, thanks so much, really appreciate it, I know you would have come Cheryl R, but it was really out ur way, even if only a bit.

Jacqui & I lined up at admissions at North Shore Public, such a pain there, u sit & the girl was so slow at the desk, there was only 1 open. As each person gets called you all move up to take their place!! I got up to the ward, 12A at around 845 & was put in a bed where we waited for me to be called to have the port inserted. The nurses there are just so lovely. I had a canula put in the back of my hand as they needed to give me a dose of anti biotics. Then they took the bed - I could have walked!! with me lying on it - yeah really lolol, & took me down to level 2, Jacqui waited in the waiting room down there & they took me into the theatre where they inserted the port under sedation, its on the top of right boob, which is fine. I lay there waiting ages before the surgeon came in but I wake quickly & well from sedation, had it before for teeth extractions by the oral surgeons, before, also when I had the first dental implant.

It was 12noon by the time we got back to 12A. We had yummy (not) white bread sandwiches, fortunately I had made salmon patties the night before & took a few in a box with tomato sauce on!! that was much more yummy. Jacqui had taken the left over beef curry from dinner last night & thats what she ate, tho she did have a sandwich too. I was tired after the sedation so I had a short nap.

The chemo nurse started the line with anti nausea infusion, followed by 3 different types of chemo all administered separately, so that took a while, then they have to flush the line with saline so it doesnt clog up. Then they took out the line, leaving the port under my skin. She had previously removed the canula from the back of my hand. I got dressed - gee those white gowns really make a fashion statement, specially when you wear 2 one backwards & 1 forwards lololol.

Jillian collected us around 330 and we came home. I felt really normal, no issues with anything. I have antinausea meds I have to take for the next 2 days, but not till the morning. with maxolon to take when I feel the need & I bought the blackmore travel calm ginger tabs (aussie brand) to take whenever - they work well for me.

We were deciding what to do re dinner, shul etc & I just didnt feel like going to shul, even Chatswood. so we went down to Lane Cove where there are lots of restaurants, including the vietnamese one we all had dinner at the night before - we didnt go there!! I fancied Italian & so we checked out 1 which is middle of the road price wise, but not so brilliant food wise. The best restaurant in Lane Cove is called Carlos Place - whenever I have eaten there it has always been fantastic quality, its a wee big dearer than the other one, but it was so worth it. The night was pleasant, so we sat outside & had pan fried salmon steaks with salad, just as great as I remembered. Jill & I sat talking till about 10 when I started to flake, so we came home, the rest is written above!!!

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Debbie xxx