Round 2 of BEACOPP nearly completed! This time my nausea kicked in a lot earlier then the first time. I was just coming to the end of the day and I started to feel quite sick, they gave me some Maxalon to help and wanted me to stay another 30 minutes on fluids, I told them I just wanted to go home, so they let me go. We got about 5 minutes from home when the vomiting/dry reaching started, this lasted for the next 4 or so hours until about 9:30pm when I tried to get some sleep. I managed a few hours sleep and then woke up again, laid awake for a while and then fell back asleep, thankfully no more vomiting through the night. Once again it was hard getting back up the next day to go back for more! Sometimes I think back and wish so badly that the ABVD worked so I didn't have to go through this chemo!! With this chemo I seem to have a lot more side effects including:
Vomitting
Sore skin... Yep it hurts haha!
Sore mouth, ulcers, burning etc
Blood noses
Low platelet count
Low white blood count
Bone pain from the Nuelasta needle i have on day 9
Chest pain after day 8 chemo
Dry skin
Like the song says... I get knocked down, but I get up again! This is what it feels like with the BEACOPP Chemotherapy regimen, it knocks me down.. but then I still have my "good" days!
I also thought i would share some photos with you with what an oncology day centre looks like...
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| The lifts! |
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| The corridor that I walk so many times a week! |
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| The waiting room! |
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| One of the bays! |
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| Meet BOB! He makes a great cocktail.... |
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| Different bay - I take my Ipad to pass some time! |
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| Nurse setting up to change my PICC dressing! |
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