Steve went back in this afternoon for his second chemo treatment. We knew it was going to be an overnight stay as they wanted to keep an eye on him however much to Steve's disgust he will be staying in for a little longer now. They want to give him some more treatment to see if they can help his autonomic problems. This will be via an iv drip and they need to check he does not have any allergic reaction to it. To be honest I don't really understand it, its always a bit hit and miss with the french translation, it was described as 'crazy mad antibodies making him painful'. I'm hoping our lovely professor will be there tomorrow to make more sense of it all!
So will keep you all updated, it should only be for a few nights, i will be smuggling in lots of sandwiches as the food is bloody awful, one thing the NHS is better at!
During my stay in hospital last month I didn't understand a lot of what they were on about half the time . . and their English is perfect. Most confusing was straight after I came round following the lumbar spine op when they said "the tube we rammed up inside you towards your bladder seems to have caused internal bleeding" . . . .Dazed and confused is an understatement - I had thought they were operating on my back!
ReplyDeleteNHS food better than French? Does every meal in Steve's hospital come with frites or is that only in every restaurant I've ever been in in France!?
Btw, does he still use the same old French mobile number?
You're going to have to excuse my ignorance, but what does 'autonomic' mean....?
ReplyDeleteP.s it really is such a good idea having this blog - so nice knowing how things are going x