Hi
Well here we are at the bottom end of day 2 and I've already decided (for both of us!) that we don't want to play 'cancer' anymore. Who do we see to drop out of the game????
I think I like to play by the rules and know where the boundaries are but I think the cancer rules keep changing and the boundaries keep moving.
Shouldn't you get some time to 'warm up' before the game commences? With most games you know which direction the ball is going to be coming from but with this silly game, I think the balls will be coming from every which way. It's way too confusing.
Already Trevor is tasting 'something' and asking me if the strawberries taste OK to me. He has a dry cough and is clearing his throat a lot (when he has nothing to clear, he says). Then of course there are the hiccups ~ at least I don't remember reading about those but can't imagine why else he would have them if not for the chemo because I don't think I've ever heard him hiccup once! They started around 11am (it's now 9.18pm) and he has had them for the best part of that time.
So, thank you all in advance for being there because I have a strong suspicion I'll be asking someone to help referee!
Cheers
Deborah

I'am still waiting for someone to tell me they were only kidding.

Hi Angie
Anyone playing that kind of a joke would even be considered a bit over the top in our house (which is full of very sick senses of humour!).
How's Bill
Deborah

Deborah, I totally understand what you are saying.

My mum was told all sorts of things (rules) and thought she knew what to expect, but what you can never get away from is that we are all different and react differently to treatment.

She has been fed by a tube for about 5 weeks now - but the RT has stopped and although she has been told the symptoms will peak, she is looking forward to getting better.

Many's the time, she would have called the "referee" in to abandon the game, but she fought on and has come through - at least this half !!

God bless

Deborah,
I'm with you on this one! Many times cancer would throw you a curve ball and i'd shout "ENOUGH! NO MORE! GAME OVER". The first time before i started treatment and they decided to up my chemo dose because of suspicious nodes on my lungs. I was like ... ok... Cancer 1 - Michelle 0. But i'm sure Trev will kick cancer butt in the end!
For me the side effects started from the first R/T treatment. With no saliva. & i could smell funny things (to me it was onions , but no one else could smell it)

Hi Winnie, Chelle
I like to win! I figure if you take the time to join the club, put on the uniform and front up for the game, there is no point in not wanting to win. 'They' say 'it doesn't matter if you win or lose, it's how you play the game that counts' ~ I think 'they' have never been a winner because losing feels a whole lot worse than winning, whether you played well or otherwise.
So girls (and boys, please)~ I'm very happy to have some true champs on my team. Stick around because you may have to be the back up players!
Tricky Trev is still hiccupping madly, poor thing. As always though, he is still chuckling (that's what he does when he isn't chatting away to someone/anyone!)and so long as he can do that, we'll be fine.
We'll keep you posted.
Winnie, I do hope your Mum is getting better each day ~ have followed your posts and she seems like a pretty determined lady. Hats off to your Dad as well. My poor Dad did it tough when Mum was sick since she'd been 'his girlfriend' for 64 years. They feel so helpless, as we all do when our loved ones are doing it tough.
Chelle
Honestly, you really are something special. You have the experience, you can put the right words together to share that experience and to lighten someone's load. Maybe all you have been through with this disease is setting a new path for you ~ go with it. You have a gift, I'm sure.
Toodle oo
Deborah