Two lines

[smokingboot]

This morning the test confirmed what I knew yesterday.

Quick too, no hanging around for quarter of an hour. Big and bold, the T line declared itself with a mighty 'Tis I!' less than a minute after the test fluid was applied.

Up at 3.30 am because of severe breathlessness and pain above stomach/below lungs. Extremely unpleasant state.

I must sleep, but it gets very difficult if I lie down.

2023, you're not behaving yourself are you?

Comments

[asakiyume]

Dear me, that is NOT what you needed. Do you have access to drugs that help cut down on it severity (are you able to take them?)

[smokingboot]

I am, thank you, checked with the Cancer team yesterday and should be fine with over-the-counter medications, as long as I keep hydrated and move around a bit (apparently there's a very small issue with potential blood clots) This morning's breathlessness/pain is the worrying issue though. It is debilitating but I don't know what one can take for it.

[asakiyume]

Yes, one worries about blood oxygenation. Do you have an oximeter, the little devices one puts on a finger to check that?

I remember in the early days of covid they had people lie on their stomachs when resting to help make it easier to breathe. I hope you're not in bad enough shape breathlessness-wise to need that, but even in better shape, it may provide some relief?

In addition to over-the-counter meds, I was thinking about things like paxlovid, a medicine designed to dampen the effects of covid. My father (whose vulnerability is that he's 92) took it, and he did start feeling better sooner than he might otherwise. (Of course those things are also kind of like tiger powder--one never knows what would have happened without the med.) But in this country at least, that's a common medicine to give people who get covid and who also have some other vulnerability.

(NHS on paxlovid--I should think you'd be in the highest-risk group!)

[smokingboot]

Thank you for these tips. I have been resting in that position, it really is more comfy... for a while at least. And your words reminded me that yes, we do have an oximeter, barely ever seen the light of day! I dug it out and have been using it consistently since reading your suggestion.

Paxlovid is new to me, I will be discussing it with my doctor when I can.

[flemmings]

Luckily it only has one more month to run. And at least it did for Kissinger.

Hope you can get some rest soon.

[smokingboot]

Only a month left and this street has its Xmas decorations up already!

I won't be sorry to say goodbye to this year.

[summersgate]

Sorry you've got "it" now. Get well soon!

[smokingboot]

Thank you, this one really has been a stinker! But I think the day I wrote this was the very worst,
it's dwindling day by day now.