By Gillian Those of a squeamish disposition should scroll down to the final paragraph for the status update! One of the more surreal parts of the whole hideous weekend was that when Christopher threw up, the vomit was usually a bright yellow. And I mean BRIGHT yellow. Almost day-glow in fact. Which was odd because […]
By Gillian I went to the hospice this afternoon to see how Chris was doing. He was asleep most of the time I was there, so it was a good job I’d taken a book with me. They’ve put him on a continuous pump of pain-killer and anti-emetic drugs, to keep a more or less […]
By Gillian We’ve had a truly dreadful weekend. Chris has had uncontrollable vomiting all weekend – he couldn’t keep anything down, not even water or his pills, so the pain was getting bad too, and he was getting very weak from lack of food and drink. Of all the weekends my sister could have chosen […]
By Gillian When Chris posted last on Thursday afternoon, things were looking up and he was feeling quite a bit better. Unfortunately, that didn’t last. He threw up Thursday dinner, Friday breakfast and dinner, and breakfast and mid-afternoon tea today. He’s spent almost all day today in bed feeling ghastly, though he did get up […]
By Gillian Thanks to everyone who has commented here or spoken to me at work to hope that Chris will start feeling less grotty soon. We hope so too. He has been feeling sick pretty much all the time for the past week, and his anti-emetic drugs really aren’t working any more. He’s really struggling […]
While I was receiving chemotherapy I found myself throwing up almost every morning. I learned not to take all my pills first thing, as I would inevitably lose them, or some part of them, but wouldn’t know how many or even whether I could take replacement pills. But at least the vomiting did stop me […]
By Gillian So Tuesday night was pretty grotty. The next day, Wednesday, I was due to pitch some ideas to one of our major customers at our company headquarters, which is several hours away down the motorway. It was an important meeting, on a project I have been leading for the last few years, and […]
By Gillian Chris had a dose of palliative radiotherapy yesterday afternoon, on the L1 vertebra where he has a tumour. That’s about at the level of his diaphragm, so the radiation went right through his digestive system from back to front. The beneficial effects of the radiation continue for about 6 weeks. However, the unpleasant […]
By Gillian This weekend, we had planned to be at a garden party and dance at the house of a friend’s parents, in London. We went this time last year and both thoroughly enjoyed ourselves – even Chris danced which is not something he does often! This year, we received the invitation several months ago, […]
Hmm. What an odd day! I started this morning knowing I would be going out just before lunch to meet some friends, but I knew I would have plenty of time to start the day normally. I had just finished breakfast, and said goodbye to Gillian as she went to work, when I started feeling […]
