Holidays

In the holidays that have just been I went down to Himatangi Beach for the first week with my family and 2 friends - Tom and Jacob. It was good fun out there running through the sand dunes, building huts and whitebaiting. We managed to catch a little whitebait but not enough to feed all of us.! In the second week i had to go back to Starship to start Cycle 2 of 4  of my Chemotherapy treatment.It was a long day up there as first of all I had to have a blood test and then I had to have another Lung Functioning test to see how the Bleomycin chemotherapy drug is affecting my lungs. To the surprise of the man doing the testing and us my lung functioning had improved! so much so he even checked the machine was working properly. Bleomycin can cause damage to the lungs and because of this drug I now have to wear a medic alert bracelet all the time as I am not allowed to have full strength oxygen in my lungs.I then had to sit on the drip for 8 hours having the Chemotherapy they make you do pre and post hydration with it because of the side effects and bladder damage.Later on that night I wasnt very good, feeling sick and very tired, straight to bed with no dinner. The next day I was feeling better and we went down to the Coromandal for the rest of the week. We stayed at my Uncles house in Whangapoua.We explored the rocks and beach tried to catch fish and visited the skateparks in Coromandal and Whitianga. We also went to the Waterpark just out of Coromandal. Todd came with us for the week it was lucky he was there to help entertain me!