I was supposed to have the first treatment of
my 2nd Cycle of Chemotherapy on 16TH August and thus my
blood test on 15th August. However, on 15th August
morning around 5:00am, I developed a fever and it was as high as 39.5 oC.
In actuality, as soon as I developed a high fever, I should have headed to
TTSH’s Accident and Emergency Department to have a blood test done and for the
observation but as with most of us including myself, I did what came purely automatically
and popped 2 panadol and went back to sleep hoping that the fever will subside.
The fever did subside and it was down to about 37.5oC to 3.9oC
at around 8:30am.
There is an overlap to this entry as it
happened on the same day as my appointment with my Palliative Care Specialist
Called the chemotherapy clinic at about
9:30am to update the nurses there and ask as to what I am supposed to do next
and well… I got a ticking off from the nurse as I was not supposed to take the
panadol. The simple reason been that the panadol could mask the primary cause
of the fever and this would make follow-up and treatment difficult should the cause
be something serious. It was also from here on that I had difficulty “restarting”
posting on my blog as a whole host of events occurred that really make me feel
unwell that I simply do not have the energy to do anything else especially
blogging.
The
nurse was “at a lost” as to what to do next and I told her that I have an
appointment with the palliative care specialist that afternoon and thus I was
told to proceed to TTSH anyway to have
the blood test done and decide what to do next. Based on the blood test done on
15th August, I should be able to proceed with the chemotherapy on 16th
August as my platelet count was very good at 250+. The first time it had hit
150+ since last August 2012. Long story short again, in the previous post, I
had spoken about the situation and appointment with the Palliative Care Specialist,
based on blood test result and consultation with Chemo-MO on duty, they will
plan to proceed with my chemotherapy on 16th August.
However on 16th August, I was
having this terrible backache like those that you get when you have a bad flu
and you have aches all over your body especially the back. Checked with the Chemo-MO
on duty and she checked with my Medical Oncologist and they concluded that
better to be on the safe side and postpone my chemotherapy and put me on flu
medical (i.e. Panadol and Antibiotic).
In
God We Trust and in Christ alone my hope is found.
Hebrews
11:1
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