Oh what joy!

[dianesistern]

would love to be planning a nice relaxing weekend but mine will consist of treatment on saturday, going into papworth on sunday on public transport as their is no transport available, having picc line fitted monday followed by two weeks of iv antibiotics to get me ready for an endoscopy oh what joy i should..... should feel better after that lot Diane

[glowing]

Hi Diane.
Poor you. Good luck with it all and I hope you do feel better very soon.
Glowing

[alittlebean]

Wishing you a speedy recovery Diane. I had IVs for the first time this Summer, they certainly got me out of a very deep ditch that I'd be trying to climb out of for many months; hope they do the same for you very quickly. Louise

[dianesistern]

Hi everyone ivs went well home on them for two weeks knocking the stuffing out of me but doing the job When i came home i found my dog lizzie who is 12 was really ill so my first day i was home i took her tthe vets and got devastating news she is full of infection and needs a full hysterectony that she is not well enough to cope with at the moment, she may not survive the operation and might have to be put down on monday, i am devastated she has been my best friend for 12 years and i dont know how i am going to live without her. Diane

[john]

hi diane,
i don't know what to say that can make your pain any easier.
the price we pay for the love of our pets is the terrible loss we feel when they go before us and so often it's us who have to make the decision of when that is.
i've been there before with two fabulous cats, they were sisters and absolutely adored by sue and i. we can still never contemplate having any more, losing them scarred us forever.
on the plus side it's good that the iv antis have done you some good and that the trauma of having the line in is over.
chin up diane, be thinking of you on monday
john

[dianesistern]

Hi everyone Lizzie got a new lease of life and i am utterly thrilled to see her so much better, she is starting to eat and wants to go for a walk so that shows she is on the mend . Diane

[glowing]

Great to read the good news.
Glowing

[liz2mac]

Hi Diane,
So glad that both you and Lizzie are feeling better. Glad the I.V. antibiotics are working even though they do knock you back. How are you finding the pic line?
Liz

[dianesistern]

Hi Liz couldnt have the picc line fitted when they got me to addenbrookes they found that my platelet count of 24 was to low and to much of a risk do the procedure so i ended up with a long line instead still on ivs but now my liver is playing up so still a few probs to iron out they cant do the endoscopy until my platelet count is better,lizzie is really well now back to her old self so i have something to be grateful for my best friend is on the mend. Diane

[liz2mac]

Oh Diane,
that's all good news. My two wesies are currently driving me insane. It's miserable weather here (you know, that sorto of damp invasive drizzle) and I'm just catching up after two weeks on holiday and a few days away for UKPIPS, so feeling the tiredness creeping up on me. The odgs, however, KNOW that all I want or need to do is walk them...........lol, I wouldn't be without them though.
Sorry you're having problems with your liver and platelets. it all sounds worrying but I don't know enough to know. Is the liver thing a side effesct of the I.V. antibiotics that will reverse when you've finished them? I'm guessing the platelets is to do with your thrombocytopaenia? It gets so difficult to seperate out all the different things we're dealing with and to know what is worrying and what isn't? Hope you're continuing to improve and give lizzie a pat from me.
Liz