Onwards and Upwards: Staying stale in the teacup of life

[biscuitsandbandages]

This is my 3rd thread as I go from a shock diagnosis of leukaemia towards what will hopefully be a cure.

Life is shit but I am strong and there will be happy times again.

Thank you everyone for your ongoing suppport x

All makes sense, but so sorry you're having to endure yet more. Glad you got the morphine. Hope it helped you to sleep. Each day endured is that little bit closer to normality. You are so focused.

Urgh, biscuits that sounded really awful. Hope things are on a more even keel this morning.

Had a good nurse on overnight who haa sorted my meds issue I think. Not a sleep but better and now im sitting up in bed with a can of coke and a cup of ice and had most of my morning meds already day 4 here we go

She's worth her weight in gold then

Hope the ice and coke are helping. Thinking of you, as I do every day

Idiot biscuits here just drank 100ml of a lovely vanilla ice cream milkshake. It was gorgeous! Cold enough to soothe my throat and long enough to soothe my thirst.

is there a vomiting biscuits emoticon? this doesn't quite do it justice

how about I offer you a in the hope that a different kind of Doctor might distract help you? .... if he can save the world and defeat the Darleks then vomiting should be easy peasy.....

Best luck for day 4 Biscuits. Am in awe of your resolve and fortitude.

also I now know how to measure someone for a ng tube and what TPN is....don't worry I won't practise on anyone

Damn. Im getting a day trip to the sister hospital for a telescope down my throat as there is more blood in the bowl than vomit.

This doctor diagnose herself with a likely mallory weiss tear. Bastard radiation positing gastly vomiting

sorry you are so poorly Biscuits. Doesn't sound like an enticing day trip. We are all rooting for you.

Oh biscuits I'm so sorry you have having to go through this.

Bastard radiation and bastard cancer indeed.

Hang in there

Ah bobbins biscuits. Hope it's a simple MW tear as you thought and so self-limiting/easily settled. Really hope the pukkng settles down very soon so it has a chance to heal. Your poor mucosa (but in the longer term it will settle and grow back like you say). Strength and tea xxx

biscuits.

So sorry.

It can only get better, right?

Slowly, but surely. XXX

Fingers crossed for no tear. That won't be fun.

Crikey Biscuits, I lose your threads for a few weeks and you get up to all sorts of chananigans!!

Can you calm down now please and just gradually get better??

Sending you love,

Stay stale xx

Sorry you're going through yet another problem... As if you haven't got enough on your plate! The route through this certainly has twists and turns. Fingers crossed it's something relatively straightforward (albeit horrid for you) and you'll soon be back on track

I'm sorry to read about what you're going through. Sounds horrific

Really hope you start to feel at least a little better soon x

Just so hope you feel a bit better tomorrow, Biscuits

If the power of thought & love could heal you, you would be the wellest woman in the world.

So many people who you don't know are willing you on............

We are all here for you, every step of the way.

Sleep well, amazing woman.

Biscuits keep going, sleep this week away if you can! It does get better & bed mats were a god send for the explosive diahorea.

Ok, crap. Make sure they know how much midazolam for the OGD. I can personally vouch that without sedation it is NOT FUN. Too much vomiting on a shredded gut does seem most likely.

Omg what an evening. Finally got back here stoned still and very chatty about 10pm. Scope I have no memory of. Fentanyl good and I told them I need at least 7mg of midaz so it went fine. Small tear. Lots of mucositis ( generally grazed in my gullet) and trauma from ng insertion.

Ive spiked again ( no shock there) so because the night sho was rather wonderfil I acquiesced to a little cannula for cultures and a syringe driver with painkillers and and sickness :-)
Happy slightly stoned biscuit

Keep up the good drugs there biscuits Hope things are looking up soon. Xx

I hope the drugs give you blessed relief and much sleep.

You are very funny and very lovely.

Poor you biscuits I had endoscopy and as you say bring on the midazolam. Glad only a smapl tear. Maybe they will go slower on the feed now. Sounds like ice cold smoothies could be the way to.go. as others have said your courage and humour is amazing. Take care x

Sounds like someone's marked your notes saying, "Listen to Biscuits when she tells you about medication, you'll regret it of you don't!"

Glad you got back safely, hope the tear heals quickly, the cultures come back quickly and the drugs keep doing their stuff.

Xxxx