CARBOPLATIN + GEMCITABINE CHEMO - CYCLE 4 DAY 8 - GEMCITABINE ONLY - 25 AUGUST 2022
Neutrophils coming out of my ears - 13 point something. Shame they don't last long. As I understand it, they could be almost all gone in 24 hours under the onslaught of today's gemcitabine. Cannula inserted easily and successfully by Senior Nursing Assistant (so many ranks) after difficulties a week ago, but a bit closer to my hand than I like. This is the second time I've been told that gemcitabine is hard on the veins. The circular benches in the middle of the chemo suite are being dismantled to make way for more chairs for patients. My lovely chemo nurse says chairs are not so critical, but staff and pumps are. Here is the pump she has found for me - I am guarding it while she searches for a compupter console so she can get me going. I have promised to bark if anyone else threatens to claim it. There's been a bit of a delay while I finish other things but I have started Booth which arrived unexpectedly as a birthday present some months ago. Thank you to the se...