Back to my second home chemo number three

So time has come for the third round of chemo all the usual; faces are on ward five because it is like a small family, There is an understanding between the patients, and we all know why we are there and we all know that nothing is guaranteed expect the unexpected its probably going to happen.

So chemotherapy has changed for this round. It turns out this time it's one day on chemo and this time theirs a lot more this time first bag made me so sick I wasn't expecting that over sixteen hours of chemo in one session the next day was a rest day and boy did I need a rest this carried on for the week to come I can honestly say I have never felt so ill, I caught myself looking in the mirror and for the first time I looked like a cancer patient this was a really low point for me I am always optimistic about everything glass is always half full and not half empty got to say this felt like a major wobble.

The next few days no in fact weeks I was so ill didn't eat and lost weight over ten kilos in just over two weeks then the infections started which didn't help my cause it's fair to say I did not tolerate round three very well.

By now I am going into week five of my hospital stay and starting to recover somewhat bloods are starting to pick up I have been given the heads up that I can go home and recover.

Getting around the house was a challenge getting upstairs to the bathroom was hard work my breathing was and still is quite poor not sure if this is down to the constant chest infections or the chemo upshot is that I now have to have steroid inhalers.

The time has come to talk about my stem cell transplant I have two sisters Jill and Jan who have been tested to see if they are a match for me, unfortunately, this wasn't possible I was bitterly disappointed just my luck I was convinced my sister Jan would be a match as she is my twin but not to be another challenge coming my way so now the hunt is on for a donner unrelated at this point I have to think to myself what next clearly I know that this is also troubling Jennie.