Diagnosed with stage 4 cancer - the long winding road it has become

[Robbie Stewart]

Ek bid vir jou Francois. En vir Reinette. Mag julle vrede vind in hierdie tyd. En mag jou pyn verminder.

[Scary Rider]

Sterkte, Cois. Ons bid en glo die chemo sal werk. 

[BigDL]

Hi Francois,

 

How's it going china?

[Cois]

On 8/17/2021 at 4:12 PM, BigDL said:

Hi Francois,

 

How's it going china?

Thanks for asking BigDL, and sorry for the late reply.

this was a week from hell. Constant vomiting and nausea. And spent two hours on 3 IV’s replacing fluids and feeding me meds. Spent Wednesday night on the bathroom floor in-front of the toilet. At least Grant at our offices understands what I am going through.

today I was very shocked to hear that my chemo buddy passed away this afternoon. He lost his almost 3 year year battle with this bastard of a disease. But again he gave up few months ago and started thinking the doctors was out to kill him.

 

so a rather crap week for me.

Edited August 21, 2021 by Cois

[Muttley]

@Cois so happy to see a reply from you - was concerned that we hadn't heard from you!

So sorry to hear about the week you've been through and about your mate ????

Wishing you a much better week ahead!

 

[Robbie Stewart]

Hey @Cois

Still praying for you bud. Good to see that you are fighting. Sorry to hear about your chemo buddy. That is sad to hear.

[Bicycle Yard WESTERN CAPE]

Thinking of you Man!! ????

 

[Cois]

Currently receiving chemo.

Will be admitted to the hospital tomorrow afternoon for intravenous feeding. The downward spiral of my weight loss became a worry for the oncologist.

So will spend the weekend in the hospital (Wilgers hospital)

Just have to get a Covid test again...

[BigDL]

1 hour ago, Cois said:

Currently receiving chemo.

Will be admitted to the hospital tomorrow afternoon for intravenous feeding. The downward spiral of my weight loss became a worry for the oncologist.

So will spend the weekend in the hospital (Wilgers hospital)

Just have to get a Covid test again...

So sorry Cois. Hopefully the time in hospital will be the best thing to get you back on track. 

[Cois]

Received my Covid results very late last night. I am negative so will be admitted today.

Can’t wait to get a bit of energy back into this body of mine. 

[ChrisF]

Voorspoed Cois

[erikt123]

All the best Cois, praying for you my friend, I had melanoma a year back and very lucky and with God's help managed a full recovery. Stay positive and try and keep your sprits up. Good luck

[Cois]

Being moved to the oncology ward from the cardio ward.

And will receive my first ever blood transfusion of two units of O+

My blood count took a huge plunge since Thursday. So the doctor said I need a transfusion.

Will explain why I passed out on campus yesterday.

[Scary Rider]

Sterkte, Cois. Ons bid vir jou en jou vrou. Vasbyt.

[Cois]

One unit in. Doing fine so far. They are just running nausea meds, then starting the second unit of blood.

can feel energy returning to my body, that I have not known for more tan r months. Enev my heart rate dropped by 10 bpm. And my bloodpressure is lower as well.

Update: even though I have not slept an hour last night I feel much better. I am no longer a weird green colour. More of a pink hue. I am no longer lightheaded when I have to move so it is scary what two units of blood does.

The transfusions were done by 02h30 this morning.

Edited August 29, 2021 by Cois

[Cois]

For the people who have not met me yet. This is a photo of me…

the worst thing I found with weight loss… your arse bones hurts when you sit on hard surfaces.

The pain patch that I use was increased to 20mg from 10mg. Made a stupid mistake and had a few pieces of fruit for breakfast. Have a rather uncomfortable pain due to gas. But hope that will pass.

had a few piecces of steak last night with some fries (6). At least that stayed in.

Was caught yesterday with a bit of exhaustion. The heat caught me out while walking on campus. The only worry is that I will need a wheelchair that is motorized. The weakness is an issue. And walking great distances is a problem. I had to take 3 breaks on the 1.6km trip on campus yesterday.