DVD – Day 8

So I’m back into hospital today for the next tranche of Darathumabub, Dex and Velcade. It should be a much quicker experience this week and whilst last week was two days of 9 hours, this week sounds like it’ll just be one day and that whilst there’s the usual hours of hospital ‘waiting around’, the actual infusion should only take around 3 hours. I’m assuming that won’t lead to extra symptoms, but will know later I suppose!

In terms of the ‘Dex effect’, last week calmed down a little after my last post. I was still a bit more emotional than normal, but felt so much more like my normal self which was such a relief. I managed to do some gardening on Saturday (with everyone checking in every 30 minutes asking if I was overdoing it!), and went to visit my dad on Sunday which I was so relieved to do.

It’s been hard knowing that he’s in hospital at a time that I can’t be there to support him. He’s had the operation on his leg and that went really well, but he is very confused, can’t really put a sentence together any more, and most worryingly for me, doesn’t seem to have any drive to get up and walking. They think he could walk again if we can get him past the mental barrier / pain that he currently has stopping him. Interestingly, they think that his dementia may be influencing the pain and that whilst healthy patients would fight through the pain, when you have dementia, apparently it can stop you from being able to do this so well. The next week will probably be a big one in terms of how things progress or otherwise.

So I’m trying to get myself ready for the week to come. I think I might take myself off social media from tomorrow night for a couple of days while I deal with the potential dex side effects but I need to find a way to make sure I’m good for the weekend. Rebecca is doing her 3 Peaks to raise money for her to go to Romania.

I’m so proud of her as she hates walking so it really is a big thing for her. She’s got to raise over £1800 so hopefully this will help her a lot. But it means I really want to be there to support her. I have admitted to myself that walking 26 miles up and down mountains, probably isn’t the most sensible thing I could be doing but I do want to be able to support by taking them, collecting them and maybe doing some of the easier walking bits alongside them. So, keep your fingers and toes crossed that the end of this week is as good as the end of last week so that I can do all of that…..oh and I need to visit my dad on Friday too so that I fit that in!

Right, I’d better go and do some work now while I’m waiting for the dara to arrive….

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