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Hi everyone,
Just a quick update for you all. I’ve been a bit quiet recently but that’s because I’ve been so busy! :o) I’m feeling at about 95% of my usual, non-chemo self! I have been up at school, dropping the kids and doing a little bit of work too. I’ve been spending as much energy and time on the boys as I can, which has been great, but tiring too! I find that doing normal things tire me out a lot quicker than they used to.
The great news is that I’m at day 16 of chemo and no hair loss yet! Woohoo! I spoke to Richard Paxman the other day, who’s father invented the cold cap machine I am using to try and prevent hairloss. They developed it after Richard’s mum went through chemo and lost her hair. I thanked him from the bottom of my heart! I didn’t realise how strong the emotion would be in regards to losing my hair. Seems silly, but I’m kinda attached to my hair…. 😉
The next chemo session (number 2) is Thursday this week. 1st April… In 2005, April 1st, I was being wheeled into theatre for my first cancerous tumour to be removed from my neck. It just seems funny (April Fool joke perhaps?) that it’s the same date, just 5 years down the line. I was kinda hoping that it would be a celebration, 5 years cancer free. Oh well…
I am trying not to fear Thursday and the treatment, but I know it’s not going to be a walk in the park. Please would you pray for peace and also that I would not feel as sick and tired as I did last time. I am hoping for a better reaction to the chemo this time around. I feel much more prepared as the last time I was still recovering from surgery. Perhaps it was too early to start, but hey, nothing I can do about that now.
Physically I am doing really well. I can drive again, which has been liberating! Those who know me well will understand why not being able to drive was so jolly frustrating. 🙂 The scar is healing really well and my arm is not as sensitive as it was. It is still numb and sometimes still sensitive to touch, but it’s improving a lot. I don’t have full movement back in my arm yet, but again, that’s improving day by day. I have to be very careful about picking up things. I attempted to pick Josh up yesterday and it hurt so badly! Silly girl…
I went to church for the first time in over a month today. I nearly didn’t, I nearly stayed in bed to catch up on the hour lost, but I felt a push to go. I am so glad I did. I love the way God maneuvers people to the right place at the right time so they can hear something crucial to them. I believe that God did that this morning with me. :o) Thanks Jono!
I’d like to ask something of you. If you go to http://www.invadetheairwaves.org.uk/ it will explain how and why. All you need to do is download 2 tracks, the live version and studio version of History Maker by Delirious?. This is what happened at Christmas with the UK chart number 1. Enough people downloaded “Killing in the name” by Rage against the machine and it was named Christmas number 1!! Imagine a Christian song being played all over the radio waves at Easter?
I hope you are all well.
God bless,
Hayley
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