More good news - no more chemo

End of CHEMO on Friday! Yep, no more chemo, so hopefully I'll regain some of my energy. I have about 6 weeks till the bug op so I'm going to Vegas and splash some cash. Don't worry Shirin will be there to stop me going wild/broke.

I have to have the line removed from my arm. The doc said it's not painful, just like removing a 1ft needle from you arm....nice! Shirin didn't help by mentioning that the line is actually 2ft long.

I've been getting lots of phone calls about the good news and quite a few text msgs and emails. It'll still be late June before my second round of chemo finishes after surgery, so there's still some way to go.

It was Alyssa 1st birthday on Thursday, we took her to Hamleys. She had a great time. Her aunt and uncle bought her lots of new toys. I'll get some photos of her party on the blog soon.

I've been told that I can't fly until by blood count improves...I'm currently at 0.6 and the norm is around 3. This means I can pick up infections quickly and hence not allowed to eat out. I was thinking about opening a bottle of wine and getting trashed today to celebrate, but thought that wouldn't be too good for my blood count either.

Shirin is gearing up to give me every pill under the sun. I'm going to be OD'ing on vitamin C and mushroom extracts. Unfortunately none of the mushroom pills have the same affect at those you can purchase in Amsterdam. Also thinking about a long weekend away somewhere warm, anyone up for it? It'll be in Januarary 2007.

I met a friend at the clinic today, he looked rather tired and warn out. I hope he got some good news today about his cancer.

Energy Level : 5/10
Sickness : 2/10 - not taking any anti sickness pills!