About a week after my chemo the pain and nausea did indeed come to pass. I did mention that on my Facebook wall but probably should have posted about it since not everyone is a Facebook friend. My Macbook broke almost 2 weeks ago and writing on the iPad is more cumbersome. I have ordered a MacBook Air online but doesn't look like I'll have it on time for my next chemo session tomorrow. A real shame because I won't be able to do video chat with Emma.
So just over a week after my last chemo session, I started feeling normal again. It is hard sometimes when you are feeling so crappy to remember what it is like to feel normal. Tomorrow I'm going in for another chemo session and the thought of feeling so bad again makes me a bit nervous. My main fear though is having it mess up my organs so much that I have to stop with this particular chemo combination. The chemo drugs I use, Alimta and Cisplatin are believed by most specialists of mesothelioma in Australia to be the most effective at keeping meso at bay. Well as I always say, there is no point in worrying about something before it happens. Of course it's impossible not to think about it but I need to do this chemo for a chance to beat this cancer so the only motto that makes sense right now is ...'just do it.'
This blogs was initially to keep family and friends up to date with how I was doing. But now due to overwhelming interest I am also happy to share my experiences about living with cancer with anyone who is interested.
"If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?"
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Hey Anita,
I'll drop by tomorrow arvo. I hope you're feeling OK & this week goes smoothly. Thinking of you.
Michelle xx
I know exactly what you are saying about it being hard to remember feeling normal when the chemo is making you feel so awful. . Then when you feel OK again optimism returns - the sun comes out and the determination to beat it returns two fold. You are certainly on the right combination of drugs to do just that. That combination worked really well for me until I could no longer tolerate the platinum drugs - including carboplatin. My pleural meso is STILL in remission from that combination of drugs 2 years ago. It is only the peritoneal that is being "difficult". All the very best for tomorrow. We will all be thinking of you. xxx Julie Bastian
Hi there, we haven't actually met but our partners work together and mine sent on your blog address when yours sent it to him the other week...
Anyhow, wanted to wish you well for tomorrow and hope your stay goes as well as possible. Glad you've had some time feeling better in between. We will be thinking of you.
Hard to say.
Hard to understand.
Hard to treat.
mes-oh-theelee-
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I pray for your recovery-You are a brave sole
Believe in a cure
Larry Davis
Hi Anita, just read the blog, gr8 idea having the link on facebook! Wishing you all the best for today, and hope the week isn't too awful afterwards. You certainly have an amazing positive attitude, I think that together with your determination makes all the difference. Thinking of you today Mony xx
Hi Anita,
We haven't met, but I met Patrick and Emma a couple of times at the Dutch playgroup. I just scrolled through your blog. I can definitely relate to your comments about resolutions about more blogging. I've been having a blog for 5 years now and all the time I want to blog more, but it just doesn't happen. And now I've got two blogs...
But that's enough about me. I wish you and the rest of the family all the best during the chemo.
Mathilde
Thanks Everyone for your support and kind words.
Anna I'm so sorry I didn't thank you when I met you but I didn't realise it was you because I thought you said your name was Hanna - the music must have been loud. It was lovely meeting you.
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