Last week was a little tougher than normal. After my chemotherapy last Friday, I didn’t sleep that night at all, and I didn’t go to sleep until Sunday morning at about 2 am. The strange thing is, I wasn’t tired at all on Saturday but had loads of energy. I always struggle to sleep on the day of chemo, but this was a long period without sleep. This then caused the rest of the week to be a bit of a struggle as I think I exhausted myself. I did speak to my doctor about this when he checked on my cyst, and he confirmed that if I wanted to, I could double the dose of my sleeping tablets if I needed to on chemo days, and on the days I have to take steroids, maybe take them earlier in the day.
Chemo went quickly again today. I was in a room with 3 other women, and we just chatted constantly the whole time. We even got told off by the nurses for laughing too much and being too loud. They were joking, but it just showed how social these chemotherapy sessions actually can be, It is good to talk to people about their situations which may help with your own. There is a lady called Sam in my session this week, and she is going through the exact same treatment as me, but she is 3 weeks ahead. Yesterday, her ultrasound and mammogram showed that the tumour had completely gone, and there were no signs of it anymore which is encouraging. I hope that when I have my scan, it is the same outcome!
