What . A . Day!
3 hours spent on that CT department! Gotta love the NHS!
No food in me since 23.00 the night before, was told I couldn't eat 2 hours before the scan - 09.30 - and to drink a liter of water an hour before. There I was thinking I would be out of there by 10:30 and be back to eat my Portuguese goodies for a late breakfast. - How naive!
First I can start with the three arm hole gown that took me a significant amount of time to figure out how to do it!
Then the fact that I still felt naked - and the constant feeling I was showing my bum to the world! (I wasn't as that has got a pretty good coverage but is a bit breezy! haha)
Labrat for practice cannulation didn't work so well as my veins (just found that out) are not the best ones once they've been used so many times in the last few days, so here came the Sister to the rescue of the poor girl that was struggling.
The contrast - That is the weirdest experience ever. It hurts a bit if the cannula is so small (I had a yellow one in - means small/pediatric for the ones that are not medical) and by the time the whole contrast was in it was burning on the site of the cannula and the other side effects started - The hot flush - the taste in my mouth - (and the most weird one) a feeling of warmness/hot down below! (I'm still asking myself what the hell was that and how does that work?)
M didn't like the experience and was not very impressed as it was extremely boring to wait 3 hours in a hospital waiting room. But he was very patient and as usual my big rock.
Now have to wait for those results. Might get them Monday and fingers crossed they will be ok!
Fertility Clinic in the afternoon, (and to top up the great day we were having I got the place wrong because I didn't check the address and we ended up getting there late - Shame on us) the staff was so nice overall. The place so clean and inviting. We barely sat down and the doctor called us in. What a nice doctor and human being. From the beginning of the consultation we liked him, and then we liked him even more when he gave us the right answers. The team will be giving us the best and the fastest treatments that they can "because you deserve it" he said!! Made us smile so much, means so much to us! This means that, if the oncologist agrees, and my ovaries are cooperative, we'll be harvesting some eggs and turning them into embryos soon. So exciting!
The best bit of news we've heard in two weeks.
We might have a chance now.
It just means that chemo will be slightly delayed but only just a couple of weeks. Fingers crossed the oncologist agrees and we can proceed - We'll know on Wednesday.
We needed this win! We can't be unlucky forever. And we will perceive until we get our life back and our future under control, because there will be no other way of doing it.
So for now... I'm saying goodbye for a good while to my good old friend for the last 15 years...
Good bye pill!
Sorry about the long post but had to be done! I'll probably tell you more about the fertility next week when I know a bit more about it myself.
P.x
3 hours spent on that CT department! Gotta love the NHS!
No food in me since 23.00 the night before, was told I couldn't eat 2 hours before the scan - 09.30 - and to drink a liter of water an hour before. There I was thinking I would be out of there by 10:30 and be back to eat my Portuguese goodies for a late breakfast. - How naive!
First I can start with the three arm hole gown that took me a significant amount of time to figure out how to do it!
Then the fact that I still felt naked - and the constant feeling I was showing my bum to the world! (I wasn't as that has got a pretty good coverage but is a bit breezy! haha)
Labrat for practice cannulation didn't work so well as my veins (just found that out) are not the best ones once they've been used so many times in the last few days, so here came the Sister to the rescue of the poor girl that was struggling.
The contrast - That is the weirdest experience ever. It hurts a bit if the cannula is so small (I had a yellow one in - means small/pediatric for the ones that are not medical) and by the time the whole contrast was in it was burning on the site of the cannula and the other side effects started - The hot flush - the taste in my mouth - (and the most weird one) a feeling of warmness/hot down below! (I'm still asking myself what the hell was that and how does that work?)
M didn't like the experience and was not very impressed as it was extremely boring to wait 3 hours in a hospital waiting room. But he was very patient and as usual my big rock.
Now have to wait for those results. Might get them Monday and fingers crossed they will be ok!
Fertility Clinic in the afternoon, (and to top up the great day we were having I got the place wrong because I didn't check the address and we ended up getting there late - Shame on us) the staff was so nice overall. The place so clean and inviting. We barely sat down and the doctor called us in. What a nice doctor and human being. From the beginning of the consultation we liked him, and then we liked him even more when he gave us the right answers. The team will be giving us the best and the fastest treatments that they can "because you deserve it" he said!! Made us smile so much, means so much to us! This means that, if the oncologist agrees, and my ovaries are cooperative, we'll be harvesting some eggs and turning them into embryos soon. So exciting!
The best bit of news we've heard in two weeks.
We might have a chance now.
It just means that chemo will be slightly delayed but only just a couple of weeks. Fingers crossed the oncologist agrees and we can proceed - We'll know on Wednesday.
We needed this win! We can't be unlucky forever. And we will perceive until we get our life back and our future under control, because there will be no other way of doing it.
So for now... I'm saying goodbye for a good while to my good old friend for the last 15 years...
Good bye pill!
Sorry about the long post but had to be done! I'll probably tell you more about the fertility next week when I know a bit more about it myself.
"There is nothing wrong with wanting more. There is no reason why you shouldn't get everything you want from life."
P.x
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