Hi
It seems like a lifetime ago that i first messaged on the forum but in reality it’s been less than two weeks. In that time my wife has finished her first round of chemotherapy and is now in the very vulnerable stage where she has no immune system. They are treating her with antibiotics to try and minimise the risk of infection.
When we first received the diagnosis we thought that was possibly the worst thing that could ever happen but it’s only one of the terrifying stages on the journey. Next is chemotherapy - slightly less terrifying than leukaemia but still a lot to take on board. Then they tell us that that is just the start and that the stage we are in is the most dangerous stage - any infection is bad news. Wow, we just learn to come to terms with one thing and then they hit us with another. I’m just staggering along putting one foot in front of the other.
My Wife is in fairly good spirits, i mean, what can you do? She’s the one who has got to deal with this physically and i don’t know how i works cope in her position but i think she’s incredible.
All we can do is trust in the doctors and nurses looking after her - they are amazing - and hope that we can get through this.