Not the best start....

As expected I responded quite dramatically to the chemo....I was prepared for sickness and vommiting as I know I was prone to it in both pregnancies.  Just wasn't quite prepared for the sudden onset and violence of it all.

I was totally fine for the first 4 hours, then started to feel a little queezy, then within half an hour started vommiting, this contined every half hour to 45 mins.  I had been sent home with two anti sickness drugs and a box of injections to be administered by the district nurse if it didn't get under control.  Unfortunately, being the weekend, the district nurse didn't contact us as promised so after a call to bournemouth hospital my mum gave me the injection (which, those of you who know her will not be surprised, she was planning to do anyway with or without permission....she is a doctor so not too outrageous a plan).  Anyway, that did nothing so I was sent to Poole hospital as bournemouth no longer have an inpatient onco ward.....not the best trip to make from here while sick, about forty min drive :-(  After a couple of hours faffing around I was finally given another injection and put on a drip at about 4 am, that finally did the trick and the vommiting stopped.

Have been wiped out and on a drip to replenish fluids for the last 24 hours but am now home and all more under control.  Still nauseous but no more than in pregnancy so am used to it.

Needless to say its not been a great start but hopefully I'll recover over the next few days and feel a bit more normal.  Thank you so much for all the support from so many people, the messages, help with the children, offers of help and support, and just kind words and love and hugs.  It is all so very appreciated and makes me feel stronger to know there are so many people behind me. 

Love to you all xxx