In the struggle against nausea (which is getting harder), my nose is fast becoming an enemy.
A particular smell, that doesn't bother the other guys in my bay, is driving me to distraction.
Am i pregnant? It must be a side effect of the chemo drugs (and nothing to do with my personal hygiene.. honest)
Apart from the natural (noises &) smells on our ward, there are a host of synthetic scents. On an individual basis they'd probably bring some relief. Together, they form a nightmare cocktail.
There's the motion-activated air freshener spray containers in the hall (fruity alpine yuck). A myriad of soaps, sterlising hand rubs and wipes (uuuuh). The lovely cleaner lady has just mopped our floor, using some strong lemon smelling detergent (please..)
But the real culprit turns out to be a new rubber tornique product (on every bed), used around your arm when taking blood. Its floral-perfumed rubbery stink is simply stomach churning!! Since wrapping mine in a plastic bag, its not been SO bad. Sorry for going on...
My next door neighbour is chundering again.
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Pete we'll have to find you a industrial sized peg! Poor you, yes it does sound just like being pregnant. We got a new sofa just before Chris was born. I cried because I couldn't sit or lie on it (as I'd so looked forward to) because the "Scotch Guard" protection, we'd paid extra for! was soooo nauseating:-$
ReplyDeleteMuch love and thoughts as always XXXX
Hang in there, Pete. We'd have a few natural smells to add should they run out of synthetic ones on your ward...I ask myself where Ben gets it from :-)
ReplyDeleteFocus on Tuesday morning! Thinking of you as always,
Reece, Kira and Ben xxx
Keep on going, Pete!!
ReplyDeleteWe pray and think of you daily...!
Kisses from Hamburg
Eva & Ingbert
Uhuh, yep, that sounds familiar. To this day I can not use a certain kind of air freshener. . . I hear you!
ReplyDeleteHi Pete,
ReplyDeleteSo Good to speak to you today - sorry I have been out of touch for so long! You are a star! Of course you are in my prayers - but you are really inspirational - you really reminded me of the scripture - press on towards the goal!
God Bless
Pods
Hello Pete.
ReplyDeleteWe are so glad you are writing this blog. We love it! (if that isn't a bit of a strange thing to say).
It seems that the high drama of illness is often punctuated with mundane details; that plastic covered chair, the way the door sounds, this nurse's slightly non-regulation shoes... feeling sick all the time...
We love you Pete. The drip-drip of your treatment is a background tick-tick in our days. We walk round with a sense of having "everything crossed" for your speedy recovery.
Jonathan Emma Lily and Mia xxxx
Please can you publish your visiting times!?