Hopefully a relatively short update today just to bring everyone up to speed and to get back into the swing of things. Hah, yeah right.
PICCed Up An Infection
Last week, the labs at the RUH took a blood sample for culturing and managed to grow the bacteria and identify it; I'm harbouring something called Roseomonas...
Neutropenic Sepsis: Definitely ‘Not Great Fun’
I've not updated, or at least not properly, since I was admitted to hospital on Sunday with neutropenic sepsis. I've been taking my time processing the whole experience. It made the whole situation feel very real, and is actually the first time it hit home that I might actually die from all of this.
PICC Lines 101: What, Why, How…Ow?
I've been meaning to do a write up about my PICC line for the last week, but time got away from me a bit as I also started chemotherapy. So, apologies about the delay as this is one of the topics I've received the most questions about!
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