Going into hospital

Now that I have your attention- relax!

Today I went into Peter Mac to have a minor procedure- I had a PICC Line Insertion. What is a PICC line? It involves XRAYS and Ultrasounds to find a direct vein line into your arm so that you can have chemotherapy without the fuss of lots of injections to get a line in. It is done under local anasthetic and was not too painful.It is more sore right now actually! I have to have it checked every week and dressed again to avoid the possibility of infection. I am pleased we went ahead with this.

The next bit of news.......I am going back in to hospital tomorrow and after seeing the Sarcoma Doctors at the Soft Tissue Sarcoma clinic, I will be admitted into Peter Mac for an overnight stay. Yes, I am OK...
They have just decided to bring my new Chemotherapy regime forward by a week- I have lots of crazy symptoms and appear to be getting worse.... thus the decision. The new chemotherapy is called Yondelis, which is used in Europe to treat soft tissue sarcoma/LMS.

My even bigger bit of news.... after much consultation with family and loved ones, it has been decided that I will take medical leave from work after the up and coming school holiday break is over. So from the 3rd week of July, I will take 10 weeks of medical leave so that I can rest, spend quality time with family, and give this 3rd treatment the best chance I can. Pease keep the prayers and visits coming.

Finally, I have OK'd the idea of a Fundraiser for Team Georgia, which will also include fundraising for the NLMS Foundation. If you are wanting to be involved you are most welcome, please contact me. It will be held in Melbourne on Sunday 15 July in Eltam at 3pm. Special thanks to the super-sisters for their work on this.

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