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#18 – Fatty Boom Boom

19th May 2019 – Happy 19 year anniversary to my wonderful husband Anthony 💖 We spent our anniversary weekend together with my family in Rye and spent the whole weekend eating and drinking our way around the Mornington Peninsula. We got out and about and discovered some new wineries and even a dairy – with cute goats that liked posing for selfies!

At the end of the day I had a little bit of pain in my liver and was feeling a bit moody. I was also feeling ‘fat’. Which I know I’m not, but because I have gained weight (especially while on chemocation) some days it just makes me feel yuk about myself. I really wish I could get into some kind of routine with my diet & exercise but every day I feel different and it’s hard to plan in advance – especially with food. It would be great to say I’m eating this super healthy diet but in all honesty, most days I’m eating whatever it is I can, regardless of how healthy it is.

20th May 2019 – Speaking of exercise, I did another reformer pilates class this morning! But not before I had a complete meltdown in the car beforehand 😭 With chemo being postponed last week, we were waiting to to hear back from Peter Mac to confirm that it was going ahead this week. After 4 weeks of chemocation, I was eager to get Round 8 done! I called them and ended up crying to the poor lady on the other end of the phone. I apologised to her and explained that I was extremely frustrated not knowing what was happening this week with chemo and my PET scan and I just wanted to talk to my oncologist. Luckily, while we were at lunch for Elyse’s birthday, I got a call from my oncologist, Jeanne. I was SO excited to finally speak to her as I knew she would have it all sorted straight away! And she did. She confirmed that chemo should have been scheduled for this week so she squeezed me in for that as well as rescheduling my PET scan to next week (can’t be done within 7 days of chemo). Needless to say, I was very relieved to know it was all sorted. Who would’ve thought I’d be so excited to get back to having chemo again!

21st May 2019 – I didn’t sleep very well last night and was awake early so got up and did some work from home for a couple of hours before walking to Studio 3 to have a myotherapy session. My lower back and hamstrings have been quite sore, like I’ve done weights at the gym except I haven’t… Apparently my glutes aren’t working well at the moment because I’ve been sitting a lot more than usual and exercising a lot less than usual. Makes sense! The massage was so good though and walking home helped loosen all my muscles up even more. We went into hospital this afternoon to get a new PICC inserted in my right arm. It went smoothly and I was definitely a LOT more relaxed going into it this time around as I knew what to expect and knew it wouldn’t hurt. We finished the day off by going to Bingo! Unfortunately we didn’t have any winners this week but we did walk there and back and I totalled 11,000 steps today!

22nd May 2019 – Chemo day – no wonder i was feeling ‘fat’, I weighed in at chemo at my highest weight ever! That explains a lot! I managed to eat lots of brekkie before chemo as it was a later start today. When I got there they said they hadn’t made my chemo meds yet as they wanted to make sure I was actually having chemo this week – not like last time where I was sent home. So it was lucky that I was put in a room by myself (with a bed not a chair!) as I had a few visitors today, which was really nice. Thanks for the visit and presents Emma, Elle, Mum & Baz the volunteer dog! I think it helped keep me distracted from chemo and I got through the day really well. Visitors + Chemocation= Better recovery from chemo 👍