After the chemo etc and a relaxing evening I couldn't getcomfortable in bed at all. After several abortive attempts to rest I must have dozed off about 3 or 3.30am, only to wake with a start at about 4.15 and the most excruciating pain in my right arm. I cannot explain how much this hurts: it makes onr feel sick, breathless, and disorientated. To add to the total mess of the situation, I have run out of my liquid morphine! It's on order from chemist and should be here later today, but thats not now!. Oramorph being liquid, acts fast and gets to the pain quickly.
Not sure what to do I called the Pain Management out of hours number: Talked to a staff nurse, appraised her of the situation: she asked me to call local GP service and explain referral from there. All done and have been advised to take some tramadol which I had in the house from couple of weeks ago. Pain Team will be in touch in the morning, to follow up. The arm is now stable, albeit painful, but better than 30 minutes ago, so looks like the tramadol worked.
A valuable lesson learned: Don't be afraid to use every available resource thats put in front of you, and if you take their advice they can help!.
The sudden realisation that you have cancer hits you like a sledgehammer. On 9th February after 2 months of tests and all sorts thats what they told me. In more ways than one it's a life-changing moment and your mind goes into overdrive thinking all kinds of worst case scenarios.
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