Thursday 11 October Ramble
October 11, 2012 — Headless“Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” – Christopher Reeve
Usual start – early and painful, so won’t bore you with the intricacy of it all – but the usual aches and pains and then drugs. Plan to get into the gym but don’t as pain killers slow to work, so get ready to face the day instead. Very nauseous today too. Don’t have any breakfast, even the liquid one, as the mere thought of anything has me nearly reaching. Log in to work, and do a bit while reaching and fighting off fatigue. So want to just lay down.
Lachlan had a mate – Josh stay last night, and they finally appear about 9:30. They keep out of my way and keep themselves entertained. Josh leaves just as Jacob arrives home about 1pm. The fatigue is starting to win the battle 
I eventually give in and have a lay down for a bit. Don’t manage to fall asleep though even when laying on the box sit in the sun. Sue gets home and we all head in to the hospital to visit Nevil. Then head home via the chemist to pick up more of my pain killers.
Have a relaxing evening sitting outside in the sun, and playing with the boys on the tramp. Have a bit of a laugh and play fighting before I start to break down I have a sit down for a bit. Then the nausea gets really bad again. Still haven’t really eaten yet either. Jacob cooks a BBQ for tea. Not liking the smell of the food cooking. Going to try to have a liquid meal for dinner.
Fridge and Nutty come over for a visit. Good to see you both. Do the blog then and watch TV – Mrs Browns Boys & Embarassing Bodies. Wow that poor wee girl. Seeing the bone marrow getting extracted brought back bad memories for me from when I had bone marrow samples taken from my sternum when I almost died in Kenya from internal bleeding. It hurt – they give you a local then use a drill type needle to crack/tap into the sternum. It took 4 people to hold me down while they took it. Hence why I am still paranoid (19 years later) about been hit in the chest.
Do my Chemo routine and off to bed. Absolutely stuffed from doing nothing. It has been a very quiet day really so it is a short ramble – sorry. Hope all have managed to have a good day.
Kia Kaha.