Bank holiday weekend

After a fun busy bank holiday weekend I am knackered. We went to Thai food festival and a local air show called Wings and Wheels. Was a lot of fun with the kids but lots of aches and pains in back and shoulders tonight. Still happy I managed to do everything we wanted.

Frustrated I could not eat all the lovely prawns at the Thai festival tho. When chemo is done I am eating shellfish by the tonne!

At work tomorrow and then picking up Clares mum from the airport so early night tonight!

No baby yet! Hoping for arrival this coming weekend...

2 days after cycle 4 chemo

Not too bad. Little bit tired and achey but better than cycles 1 and 2 by far. I get a scan in 2 weeks so I will know much better how treatment is going when I get results in mid sept for cycle 5. Fingers and everything crossed!

Hoping I am fit for a busy bank holiday weekend. No baby arrived yet but all set!

Getting close to half way

My 4th of 8 cycles of chemo is due on Tuesday. Been feeling ok most of this week until today - feel tired. I think it's due to having visitors and going out for dinner last night tho. It was great to see my brother and nephew and take Clare out for dinner at Kinghams in Shere but paying the price today. Never mind hopefully a restful sleep and I will be feeling a bit better.

Interesting development in the news - they have discovered that modified ecstasy could be a great treatment for leukaemia and lymphoma. So maybe a future of raves is ahead for me. Sounds like the Shamen were right about Ebenezeer after all :)

Wish me luck for Tuesday!

Every cycle seems a little different

Been working until around 3 this week which has been cool. Lots to keep me busy so enjoying that.
Fatigue has been fairly manageable this cycle but I have had aches and pains to varying degrees throughout. Each cycle really does seem a little different.

Meeting my good old mate Ewen tonight for dinner which will be really nice. He's just become a dad so lots to catch up on!
Also my bro and nephew arrive tommorrow so a busy few days ahead before I hit cycle 4! Half way there nearly!!

Back from weekend away

Just back from a long weekend with the family. Visit to Hastings was a mixture of tacky seaside fun which the kids loved and visit to site of Battle if Hastings in the village called, er Battle. The lodge we stayed at was great with a view over the sea in the countryside They had a great wee pool and cheesy bar with entertainment. All good British holiday fun.

My aches and pains bothered me up until Saturday but now I just have a little pain if I push myself too hard. Hard to take it easy with kids and 8 Month pregnant wife!

Tonight we're home and getting Clares hospital bag ready and overnight stuff for the kids in case baby arrives before her mum comes down.

My brother and nephew visit later this week. Will be nice to see them and get some help with the kids. Back to work on tuesday - aiming to work till mid afternoon all week. Hoping week 3 is a good week as it should be. Certainly fatigue less than before which is strange as that is meant to get worse not better! Not that I am complaining.

Feeling like an old man

So not too tired but lots of aches and pains this week. Mainly back ache. Feel a bit like an old man creaking about. Still managing to work mornings tho.

Really wanted an hour or two on the golf course this week but so sore I can't.

Every cycle of chemo is a little different so far. Thankfully no progression in the numbness in my hands tho so fingers crossed that stabilises.

We are off on Friday for a long weekend so trying to pace myself so I can deal with the drive to the coast and have energy for a few days of fun with Clare and the kids.

Round 3 week 1 - not too tired

Was in work on Friday which was good. Tiredness less for week one so far although suddenly knackered tonight, likely due to late night last night. Clare and I went to see Super 8 - we are really taking advantage of the baby sitting service we joined! Good movie too.

I have slight numbness in my hands. Doc tells me this tingling is likely a side effect to one of the chemo drugs. Hopefully it won't get worse but if it does I may have to come off that drug.

Plan is to work at least mornings in coming week. Off for long weekend on Friday which will be nice. Clare really suffering now. Can't see her go for more than a few weeks. Babies arrival feels close. We make quite a pair with our aches and pains for different reasons!

Day after round 3 drugs

Not a bad day so far, though I think the steroids are making me pretty wired. Really hot right now in Surrey so combination of heat and steroids meant very little sleep last night...although I still seem to be trucking on...

Doc really happy with my progress yesterday. He is planning a scan just after my next cycle to see how treatment is progressing in more detail. Hope he does not do another bone marrow but kind of suspecting he is planning at some point but does not want to tell me. Last one was hellish afterwards and I was under general anaesthetic that time. Normally they do them local. This involves sticking a huge needle into my back to extract some marrow to test. But it is a pretty important test.

Clare's birthday tomorrow. Hardly the celebration we planned but we'll have a nice day. I have planned a weekend away in Hastings for mid way though this cycle when I should be feeling pretty good.

In a way we're both denying this years birthday and planning a big double celebration for next year when I hit 40.