Hello again.
I have now finished chemo number six. I hope to do twelve. Halfway now. I am now feeling very sick after each session and completely fatigued on chemo day. I have a job to walk upstairs to bed when I get home. I usually go up stairs slowly on all fours. My wife often helps me to get undressed and guides the attached chemo bottle and pipe through the sleeves of my clothes for me. I feel fatigued for the first week after chemo, then for a few days do not feel so bad, but know the next session is due soon. It is the worst feeling I have ever felt but take great comfort in the fact that hopefully feeling this awful means any cancer is feeling worse and is wiped out :) . The steroids I took was to stop a lot of this nausea but they caused terrible insomnia. I spoke to my oncologist and asked if they were necessary in treating cancer. My oncologist said they were purely to stop a lot of the sick feeling and the choice was mine whether to keep taking them or not. I have chosen to stop them. I was getting hallucinations at night which apparently sometimes steroids can do so I prefer the nausea. Will let you know if that is the right choice ha ha. A few days before my chemo I managed to get outside in the garden and felt well enough to take some more photos for dreamstime. I love setting up my camera on the tripod and using the thirty second timer. I work out how I want me (Senior man) to look in the photo. I often dress accordingly and practice my pose in the mirror. I focus on the spot where I will be, press shutter dash into the photo area then pose accordingly. Perhaps a happy or angry man using mobile phone or lie down on grass twisted up simulating a garden accident. I love researching what customers are buying and trying to act out the scene they need to buy. I have acted out many strange scenes in my garden. I am usualy in the house on my own but goodness knows what neighbours must think if they see this strange behaviour. Thank goodness I have this pastime.
Bye for now, Enjoy every minute. xx
I have now finished chemo number six. I hope to do twelve. Halfway now. I am now feeling very sick after each session and completely fatigued on chemo day. I have a job to walk upstairs to bed when I get home. I usually go up stairs slowly on all fours. My wife often helps me to get undressed and guides the attached chemo bottle and pipe through the sleeves of my clothes for me. I feel fatigued for the first week after chemo, then for a few days do not feel so bad, but know the next session is due soon. It is the worst feeling I have ever felt but take great comfort in the fact that hopefully feeling this awful means any cancer is feeling worse and is wiped out :) . The steroids I took was to stop a lot of this nausea but they caused terrible insomnia. I spoke to my oncologist and asked if they were necessary in treating cancer. My oncologist said they were purely to stop a lot of the sick feeling and the choice was mine whether to keep taking them or not. I have chosen to stop them. I was getting hallucinations at night which apparently sometimes steroids can do so I prefer the nausea. Will let you know if that is the right choice ha ha. A few days before my chemo I managed to get outside in the garden and felt well enough to take some more photos for dreamstime. I love setting up my camera on the tripod and using the thirty second timer. I work out how I want me (Senior man) to look in the photo. I often dress accordingly and practice my pose in the mirror. I focus on the spot where I will be, press shutter dash into the photo area then pose accordingly. Perhaps a happy or angry man using mobile phone or lie down on grass twisted up simulating a garden accident. I love researching what customers are buying and trying to act out the scene they need to buy. I have acted out many strange scenes in my garden. I am usualy in the house on my own but goodness knows what neighbours must think if they see this strange behaviour. Thank goodness I have this pastime.
Bye for now, Enjoy every minute. xx