We are now just a few days away from my last chemotherapy
session which is due on Thursday this week. Luckily I have not felt too bad
over the last couple of weeks, just the usual tired and drugged feeling but
nothing worse. It gives me confidence that the sixth session will be
manageable.
We had our final meeting with our consultant, Dr Yvonne
Rimmer last week. She is moving to Addenbrookes in Cambridge next week. We were
both sad to see her go as we have built up a good relationship with her. It may
be a few weeks before her replacement starts so we are pleased that at least we
have got through the chemo before she left. It is always a bit of a reality
check talking to her as it does mean that we have to focus on the cancer and on
this occasion discuss the future options for when the current hormone treatment
stops being effective. Most of the time I think we both cope best by trying to
ignore it and carrying on with life as normally as possible. The positive point
from our meeting was that there are other hormone treatments available to try
at a later stage and it should be possible to have another round of
chemotherapy if that is felt to be suitable. I did feel a bit down for a while
after our meeting at the hospital. Luckily we had good friends, Gary &
Maurice round for dinner on Saturday night which was just what I needed to lift
my spirits, although this did leave me feeling a little hungover the next day!
We will let you know how session number six goes.
