5 needles

[thereyougothen]

it took 5 sticks to get me stuck.

1. back of left hand
2. back of left hand again
3. left elbow
4. left wrist (most incredibly painful bringing tears to my eyes needle stick i have had in a long time)
5. right hand, successful

becasue i still have all my lymph nodes it's acceptable to have the drug in my right arm, but not the preferred option, since i still had my lymph nodes "injured" by sampling. but if it's either that or no treated, it's doable.

i have a lump on the inside of my left wrist now. it's sore and black and blue. great.

the boys watched telly through the whole thing, completely unfazed. completely.

Margaret is very nice, but I don't know if it will be her next time or not.

i didn't get to knit today, becasue i had a lot of stuff to sign. which of course means that fact that i had the needle in my right hand was much more convenient in the end.

so it was fine. next treatment i should be back to wednesdays, so it should be 13 August. i'll get a call the day before.

Comments

[bloody-nora.livejournal.com]

5 times! goodness me

[thereyougothen.livejournal.com]

indeed. inside my head i was saying something else entirely, but luckily it came out as "oh my goodness"