Update on oggbashan's health

[oggbashan]

Thanks for the good wishes.

Today was the first of six chemo sessions. I felt nothing but I was bored and stiff after sitting in a chair for three hours. An hour is my usual limit.

But if all I get from chemo is boredom - that's good. I feel nothing, and have no side effects. I don't believe in them.

 

[jehoram]

Do you have a wireless internet connections at the clinic? A friend of mine is on dialysis three times a week, and uses the time to surf the net and glean the best of it to post on social media for the rest of us.

 

[oggbashan]

Do you have a wireless internet connections at the clinic? A friend of mine is on dialysis three times a week, and uses the time to surf the net and glean the best of it to post on social media for the rest of us.

Yes, but it is very slow because there are so many users. I have a small netbook but I don't get my new glasses until next week so I couldn't see it. I took my e-reader which can zoom the text. It has ALL my posted Lit stories so I have been noting typos and other errors for future edits, plus 30,000 fiction titles (most out of copyright because 19th or early 20th century) I can read Chaucer, Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw, Conan Dole, Dickens, Hardy etc and even Bulwer Lytton- 'It was a dark and story night'...

 

[Handley_Page]

Thanks for the good wishes.

Today was the first of six chemo sessions. I felt nothing but I was bored and stiff after sitting in a chair for three hours. An hour is my usual limit.

But if all I get from chemo is boredom - that's good. I feel nothing, and have no side effects. I don't believe in them.

I sympathise.
All I got (in 7 hours) was a really sore bum and bored.

 

[sirhugs]

Thanks for the good wishes.

Today was the first of six chemo sessions. I felt nothing but I was bored and stiff after sitting in a chair for three hours. An hour is my usual limit.

But if all I get from chemo is boredom - that's good. I feel nothing, and have no side effects. I don't believe in them.

was the nurse at least hot?

 

[TxRad]

Hot nurses cause side effects.

 

[oggbashan]

Hot nurses cause side effects.

They weren't hot as such - just very professional. They were about the age of my eldest daughter - far too young for me.

 

[TxRad]

Even at that age, they are fun to look at and day dream about but they do play hell with the heart monitors and such.

 

[oggbashan]

Even at that age, they are fun to look at and day dream about but they do play hell with the heart monitors and such.

My diabetic nurse is the worst. Unlike her hospital colleagues who have covered legs, she wears a nurse's short dress over black FF stockings.

 

[TxRad]

Ah yes, we have one like that at the VA hospital. I'm not sure what FF stockings are but the one her wears thigh highs with lacy tops that she's not afraid to show off to select people. I carry a small sack of Dark chocolate for her every time I see her.

 

[oggbashan]

Ah yes, we have one like that at the VA hospital. I'm not sure what FF stockings are but the one her wears thigh highs with lacy tops that she's not afraid to show off to select people. I carry a small sack of Dark chocolate for her every time I see her.

FF = Fully fashioned with a seam line at the back and are usually worn with suspenders, which she flashes.
Whenever she takes my blood pressure it is 10% higher than when anyone else does it. I wonder why?

 

[oggbashan]

I have just collected my new glasses - reading, computer and distance. They are a considerable improvement.

But I'm back to where I was in December 2018 - falling over without warning as m right knee collapses. It might be due to a recurrence of the lung cancer but is annoying.

 

[Handley_Page]

I have just collected my new glasses - reading, computer and distance. They are a considerable improvement.

But I'm back to where I was in December 2018 - falling over without warning as m right knee collapses. It might be due to a recurrence of the lung cancer but is annoying.

Yes it bloody-well IS.
Pappth Bthduth, Ogg.

 

[Seadog777]

Ah yes, we have one like that at the VA hospital. I'm not sure what FF stockings are but the one her wears thigh highs with lacy tops that she's not afraid to show off to select people. I carry a small sack of Dark chocolate for her every time I see her.

I saw "VA" and was tempted to cut a promo about the shitty conditions and service of the VA Hospitals in this country anymore.

What type of dark chocolate are you buying her?

 

[TxRad]

I saw "VA" and was tempted to cut a promo about the shitty conditions and service of the VA Hospitals in this country anymore.

What type of dark chocolate are you buying her?

I'm not sure what VA clinic or hospital you go to but the ones I've been to over the last five years have been kind, courteous, and very proactive with any and all help.

Dove of course.

 

[Seadog777]

I'm not sure what VA clinic or hospital you go to but the ones I've been to over the last five years have been kind, courteous, and very proactive with any and all help.

Dove of course.

That's awesome, I'm very happy to hear that.
I'll pray that you continue to receive great care.

 

[oggbashan]

Today was supposed to be hectic.

Appointment with Oncologist at 11 am (nine miles away). Collect granddaughter from school at 2 pm (ten miles from hospital) and deliver to her home (14 miles) Back to the hospital for pre-chemo checks at 3.45 pm.

But the oncologist suggested going to those who do the pre-chemo to check and see if they could do me now.

They could. We left the hospital at 12.15 pm and home. Message on answering machine. The granddaughter is being given a lift by another parent, therefore, no need to collect her.

The oncologist is happy with my progress (and lack of symptoms) from chemo but I might have arthritis in a knee. The next scan will include my head and knee.

Pre-chemo check? Won't know all the results until Monday but weight, blood pressure and blood/oxygen ratio (100%) all ok.

 

[Handley_Page]

Keep at 'em, Ogg.
You'll outlive us all. . . . .

 

[oggbashan]

Both the oncologist and the pre-chemo nurses are startled by my weight (no weight loss since start of cancer diagnosis) and my appetite. The idea that I could eat a full Indian meal (main dish Chicken Vindaloo) within half an hour of completing a chemo session is unprecedented in their experience.

 

[oggbashan]

In an hour's time, I'm back in the hospital for my second chemo session (of six).

 

[KeithD]

Hope you weather this one as well as you have the previous ones.

 

[stxjimmy]

Good luck and good health.

 

[Handley_Page]

Fingers crossed

 

[oggbashan]

Thanks for the above. But this one was a mess.

I have extravasation (I think I spelt that right). The cannula needle bent and I ended up with the chemo building up in my arm instead of the vein. I had a badly swollen arm which has to be treated with ice packs every two hours day and night - what fun!

After about five hours it is possibly 30% less swollen than it was. I have to go back tomorrow for them to check. Apparently, it is the worst case they have seen in five years. The chemo ward stopped as everyone had to come and see, and they had to consult the manual to see what to do. It was photographed for their records.

It is supposed to be very painful. It isn't. It is uncomfortable, no more - or is that just Og with a high pain threshold?

But I will spend the night changing ice packs. Boring.

 

[KeithD]

So sorry about that.