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Posted by tanya
Spent 90% of the day laying on the sofa, not moving. Had a big sleep last night. Helped get kids off to school, then settled on to the sofa. Mum and PJ came over to help clean the house a bit. Mum and dad bought me a fab pressie - an iPad. I've been borrowing a friends and it's been great especially...
Posted by tanya
This morning we broke our record and waited even longer - I think 1 hour40 mins before we saw the doc. However Mark and I completed all but one word of a crossword on our borrowed iPad. Also played a pathetic game of checkers. Our doc appt was pretty short - my blood test looked great. He googled a ...
Posted by tanya
Enjoyed my last flurry of activity before I get slammed down again today. Had a massage and coffee with a friend yesterday morning though maybe I should have waited til Wednesday to have the massage once my back is hurting after the Neulasta. I also had my blood test so the doc can check that I am ...
Posted by tanya
So how about that - I ended up going out for dinner three times this week. I feel good but tire easily. I think my biggest problem at the moment on days like the last few, is to take it easy and rest enough, even though I'm feeling good. My tendency is to fill my day rather than make rest my first p...
Posted by tanya
Before the doc this morning I: Made delicious scrambled eggs especially just for Fraser and then he only ate the toast. Lucca enjoyed the egg. Collected some microscopic insects (all we could find / all I would volunteer to pick up) for Leila to take to school. At school, pep-talked Fraser to wal...
Posted by tanya
Mark and I both have feet up on the sofa and are having trouble moving from this spot. We're both feeling pretty drained - but everything is going fine. Struggled to get to sleep last night. All I could hear in bed was my head thumping against the pillow. Ended up tossing and turning on the sofa so...
Posted by tanya
It is lovely and quiet. I can see butterflies fluttering around the wisteria from where I lie incapacitated on the sofa. My stomach is grumbling loudly, my head is pounding and my bones are aching. The injection was yesterday so that explains the aches and pains. I might have had a half teaspoon to...
Posted by tanya
The worst part of the day started first which was good; I started off with chemo, including my three-weekly carbo. Had a slightly lighter dose because of my platelet count. The nurses at the Starcevich Ward at Hollywood Hospital are so nice. They all shout out "Morning Tanya" when I walk in and that...
Posted by tanya
Had monthly cancer group today. The National Young Womens Breast Cancer Conference was on recently in Brisbane so we heard about some of the speakers - of particular interest was the one on carers and how carers often go through many of the same emotional experiences that the woman with breast cance...
Posted by tanya
We've had a great time down south for the last days of school holidays. The kids have a magical time as their cousins are now in their new house that is a safe 10 second walk away and their holiday friends are next door, so they roam from one place to the next playing outside for most of the day. By...
