Last chemo postponed :-(

Am a bit gutted that my final chemo has been postponed a week.  It was kind of expected as I just don't feel very well at all.  I've had a cold for a week, it was getting better but then this week got worse again, my poor immune system has been tested to the limits.  My sinuses are full of snot and I have an ongoing cough too so I have to have a week of antibiotics before chemo.  The doctor said that the dose of Docetaxel I have is just too much to risk having it on top of an infection.  In partly relieved as I was unsure how I would cope as I am feeling really run down, still achy and my muscles burn if I walk too fast or climb up stairs!  Starting chemo like this I'd have no chance!

Luckily one week won't make any difference to anything other than my work.  I will have to run classes next week and not the next, I feel terrible as I've already moved classes around once this term but I'm sure everyone will understand.

Hopefully the antibiotics will kick in soon and I will have a few days of actually feeling well before next Friday.  If I do I will make sure I make the most of it and do some fun things.

I got my MRI results back.  Nothing Cancer related in bones of scull or brain - phew!  But my left eye lid is dropped lower than my right......????   Not sure what this means but there is also a small soft tissue mass above my left orbit apparently.  They are not sure what it is and if this could be the cause of my nerve pain and the reason my left eye swells up with the chemo more than my right.  They were going to discuss it further at their multi disciplinary meeting.  So....watch this space!!  I know MRI's often show up unexplainable lumps and bumps, which is why medical professionals are often reluctant to order scans unless really necessary.  It is possible this mass has always been there and not caused a problem but the chemo has somehow aggravated whatever it is.  I just hope the neuralgia pain subsides after chemo, fingers crossed.

So it's a weekend of recuperation for me but also the chance to help celebrate a friends 40th Birthday which I thought I was going to have to miss due to chemo....there's always a silver lining :-) 

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