Florian was at Rochester starting on Wednesday. Same routine: spinal tap and chemo for 24 hours then flushing it for 24 hours until when he hits the 0.1 coveted number.
This time his doctor is here the whole week and week end. She promised that she would closely follow him to be sure he could leave as soon as possible. She wasn't lying, she came in his room at least 3 to 4 times a day and last night she stayed until 2 a.m. to take care of another urgency. Today she is there again the whole day.
This time Florian's moral is much better, he is keeping his sense of humor even though his usual symptoms are back: headace, nausea, throwing up, stomachache,....He will train on the bike, eat a bit (better than nothing). He is proud to be gaining muscle again, according to him he is noticing forms near his abs, especially now that he no longer has a one pack.
At least this time the first two days were entertaining because there was a few adventures.
As always he started his chemo with his pH higher that 7. Usually this comes with the few bicarbonates iodine (I have no idea if this is actually the right thing, I am just guessing by translating) that he receives as soon as he gets there. This time they stayed at the same level for 24 hours, they had to double the dosage to get there.
Next, after a few hours of methotrexate, he realized that all the tubes for his infusion were disconnected. Because the tubes were open his blood and the chemo, which is a yellow glowing liquid were dripping on the floor. At first he didn't really understand. We called the emergencies and nurses who arrived quickly in numbers. Florian didn't stop laughing and joking around while all the nurses were busy around Florian. Apparently a chemo spill is a big deal. You must not touch the chemo: Florian had it on him and his clothes. After that they had to send the bag of chemo to reconnect the tubes. A specialist had to come because this was chemo and not everyone is able to handle this, this took three hours. They opened an investigation to understand what happened: apparently one of the tubes wasn't properly connected. We talked to his doctor that night and she was not very happy to hear what happened.
The next morning, Florian stayed in his bed because he was pretty tired. All of a sudden he got up and told me that his new chemo was dripping on him. He was actually thinking he was sweating but his found out his chemo was dripping his arm, he checked and noticed that it was a bit too yellow. This time the needle that was in his catheter got removed and once again chemo was dripping on his bed. Once again every one was on red alert to clean up everything. The problem is that he can't use his catheter for his infusion but has to have a intravenous (no clue if that's right? intravien?) in his arm which was not pleasant. Once again this took more than 2 hours to put everything back in order. Over all his doctor was once again pissed and everything was delayed by 5 hours: not a big deal for Florian but visibly he can't have chemo in his body for too long.
All these events attract people, they all talk about Florian stories and come talk to him for details. Florian answers their questions and they are all so happy to have their "Florian time", the nurse say "Yes outside their is a long waiting line that are waiting to see him."
Now we are waiting to see if his methotrexate level lower as normal and at what speed,
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Feel good
Since his last chemo with his prolonged hospital stay Florian is getting better. He has gained back a lot of weight.
People that haven't seen him lately tell him: "You look great!'
Florian always responds: "I feel great"
It's true he has been feeling pretty well.
Jacques and him made beer at home, Jacques received a kit to make beer for his birthday. It took about a week end , Florian followed the instructions to the letter by watching a video online on youtube. FLorian went to the store to get more info as well. Overall it was a great deal. The only problem is that you have to wait for a few weeks for it to be drinkable.
People that haven't seen him lately tell him: "You look great!'
Florian always responds: "I feel great"
It's true he has been feeling pretty well.
Jacques and him made beer at home, Jacques received a kit to make beer for his birthday. It took about a week end , Florian followed the instructions to the letter by watching a video online on youtube. FLorian went to the store to get more info as well. Overall it was a great deal. The only problem is that you have to wait for a few weeks for it to be drinkable.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Methotrexate 3eme session
Florian est a Rochester depuis mercredi. Même routine: ponction lombaire et chimio pendant 24 h et ensuite "flush" durant 48 h. jusqu'au moment ou il atteint le fameux seuil de 0.1.
Cette fois-ci son médecin est ici toute la semaine et le weekend. Elle a promis qu'elle le suivrait de très prés pour être sur qu'il puisse sortir rapidement. Elle n'a pas vraiment menti: elle passe dans sa chambre au moins 3 ou 4 fois par jour et hier soir elle est restée jusqu’à 2 h. du mat pour s'occuper d'une autre urgence. Aujourd'hui elle est a nouveau la toute la journée.
Cette fois-ci le moral de Florian est au beau fixe. Il garde son sens de l'humour même si les habituels symptômes sont de retour: mal de tête, nausées, vomissements, maux de ventre.... Il va faire de l’exercice sur le vélo, mange un petit peu (mieux que rien). Il est fier de voir qu'il reprend des muscles: d’après lui on aperçoit des formes au niveau de ses abdominaux, surtout maintenant qu'il n'est plus trop "rembourre".
Au moins cette fois-ci les deux premiers jours ont été assez distrayants car il a eu quelque petites aventures.
Comme toujours il peut commencer sa chimio si son pH est supérieur a 7. D'habitude cela arrive en quelques heures avec les infusions de bicarbonate de soude qu'il reçoit des qu'il arrive. Cette fois-ci il est reste au même niveau pendant 24 h, il a fallu doubler le dosage pour y arriver.
Ensuite, après quelques heures de methotrexate, il s'est rendu compte que le tuyau de son infusion était deconnecte. Puisque le tuyau était ouvert son sang et la chimio qui est un liquide jaune fluorescent coulaient par terre. Au début il ne comprenait pas vraiment. On a appelé en urgence les infirmières qui sont arrivées en nombre. Florian n’arrêtait pas d'en rigoler et de faire des blagues mais toutes les infirmières s'affairaient autour de Florian. Visiblement une "chemo spill" est un big deal. Il ne faut surtout pas toucher la chimio: Florian en avait sur lui et sur ses vêtements. Apres il a fallu envoyer le sac de chimio pour reconnecter les tuyaux. Un spécialiste a du venir parce que c’était de la chimio et n'importe qui ne peut pas s'en occuper. Cela a pris 3 heures. Ils ont ouvert une investigation pour comprendre ce qui s’était passe: visiblement le tuyau n’était pas bien visse. Nous en avons parle a son médecin le soir et elle n’était pas vraiment contente d'apprendre ce qui s’était passe.
Le lendemain matin, Florian était reste dans son lit car il était assez fatigue. Tout d'un coup il se levé et me dit que de nouveau sa chimio coule sur lui. En fait il pensait qu'il transpirait et que cela coulait le long de son bras , en vérifiant il a remarque que c’était un peu trop jaune.Cette fois-ci l'aiguille qui est dans son cathéter s’était enlevée et de nouveau la chimio coulait dans son lit. A nouveau branle bas de combat pour tout nettoyer. Le problème est qu'il ne peut plus utiliser son cathéter pour son infusion mais il doit avoir un intraveineuse a son bras qui n'est pas des plus agréable. De nouveau cela a pris au moins 2 heures pour tout remettre en ordre. Bref son médecin était encore plus énervée et tout est retarde de 5 heures: pas un big deal pour Florian mais visiblement il ne faut pas qu'il ait sa chimio trop longtemps dans son corps.
Tous ces petits épisodes attirent du monde, ils parlent tous des "Florian stories" et viennent le voir pour avoir des détails. Florian leur répond qu'ils sont tellement contents de le voir et qu'ils veulent tous avoir leur "Florian time" , l’infirmière lui a répondu " Oui, dehors il y a une longue file de personnes qui attendent de te voir!".
Maintenant on attend pour voir si son taux de methotrexate va descendre comme il faut et a quelle vitesse.
Cette fois-ci son médecin est ici toute la semaine et le weekend. Elle a promis qu'elle le suivrait de très prés pour être sur qu'il puisse sortir rapidement. Elle n'a pas vraiment menti: elle passe dans sa chambre au moins 3 ou 4 fois par jour et hier soir elle est restée jusqu’à 2 h. du mat pour s'occuper d'une autre urgence. Aujourd'hui elle est a nouveau la toute la journée.
Cette fois-ci le moral de Florian est au beau fixe. Il garde son sens de l'humour même si les habituels symptômes sont de retour: mal de tête, nausées, vomissements, maux de ventre.... Il va faire de l’exercice sur le vélo, mange un petit peu (mieux que rien). Il est fier de voir qu'il reprend des muscles: d’après lui on aperçoit des formes au niveau de ses abdominaux, surtout maintenant qu'il n'est plus trop "rembourre".
Au moins cette fois-ci les deux premiers jours ont été assez distrayants car il a eu quelque petites aventures.
Comme toujours il peut commencer sa chimio si son pH est supérieur a 7. D'habitude cela arrive en quelques heures avec les infusions de bicarbonate de soude qu'il reçoit des qu'il arrive. Cette fois-ci il est reste au même niveau pendant 24 h, il a fallu doubler le dosage pour y arriver.
Ensuite, après quelques heures de methotrexate, il s'est rendu compte que le tuyau de son infusion était deconnecte. Puisque le tuyau était ouvert son sang et la chimio qui est un liquide jaune fluorescent coulaient par terre. Au début il ne comprenait pas vraiment. On a appelé en urgence les infirmières qui sont arrivées en nombre. Florian n’arrêtait pas d'en rigoler et de faire des blagues mais toutes les infirmières s'affairaient autour de Florian. Visiblement une "chemo spill" est un big deal. Il ne faut surtout pas toucher la chimio: Florian en avait sur lui et sur ses vêtements. Apres il a fallu envoyer le sac de chimio pour reconnecter les tuyaux. Un spécialiste a du venir parce que c’était de la chimio et n'importe qui ne peut pas s'en occuper. Cela a pris 3 heures. Ils ont ouvert une investigation pour comprendre ce qui s’était passe: visiblement le tuyau n’était pas bien visse. Nous en avons parle a son médecin le soir et elle n’était pas vraiment contente d'apprendre ce qui s’était passe.
Le lendemain matin, Florian était reste dans son lit car il était assez fatigue. Tout d'un coup il se levé et me dit que de nouveau sa chimio coule sur lui. En fait il pensait qu'il transpirait et que cela coulait le long de son bras , en vérifiant il a remarque que c’était un peu trop jaune.Cette fois-ci l'aiguille qui est dans son cathéter s’était enlevée et de nouveau la chimio coulait dans son lit. A nouveau branle bas de combat pour tout nettoyer. Le problème est qu'il ne peut plus utiliser son cathéter pour son infusion mais il doit avoir un intraveineuse a son bras qui n'est pas des plus agréable. De nouveau cela a pris au moins 2 heures pour tout remettre en ordre. Bref son médecin était encore plus énervée et tout est retarde de 5 heures: pas un big deal pour Florian mais visiblement il ne faut pas qu'il ait sa chimio trop longtemps dans son corps.
Tous ces petits épisodes attirent du monde, ils parlent tous des "Florian stories" et viennent le voir pour avoir des détails. Florian leur répond qu'ils sont tellement contents de le voir et qu'ils veulent tous avoir leur "Florian time" , l’infirmière lui a répondu " Oui, dehors il y a une longue file de personnes qui attendent de te voir!".
Maintenant on attend pour voir si son taux de methotrexate va descendre comme il faut et a quelle vitesse.
Feel good
Depuis la dernière chimio avec son séjour prolonge a l’hôpital, Florian a bien recupere. Il a repris pas mal de kilos.
Les gens qui ne l'ont pas vu dernièrement lui disent :"You LOOK good!"
Florian leur répond invariablement : "I FEEL good!"
Il est vrai qu' il va assez bien.
Jacques et lui ont fait de la bière a la maison: Jacques avait reçu pour son anniversaire un kit pour faire de la bière. Cela a pris tout un weekend, Florian a suivi les instructions a la lettre, ils ont regarde des video sur youtube, Florian a ete dans le magasin pour se renseigner. Bref c’était le big deal. Le problème est qu'il faut attendre plusieurs semaines avant que cela ne soit buvable.
Les gens qui ne l'ont pas vu dernièrement lui disent :"You LOOK good!"
Florian leur répond invariablement : "I FEEL good!"
Il est vrai qu' il va assez bien.
Jacques et lui ont fait de la bière a la maison: Jacques avait reçu pour son anniversaire un kit pour faire de la bière. Cela a pris tout un weekend, Florian a suivi les instructions a la lettre, ils ont regarde des video sur youtube, Florian a ete dans le magasin pour se renseigner. Bref c’était le big deal. Le problème est qu'il faut attendre plusieurs semaines avant que cela ne soit buvable.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Methotrexate 2
A big thank you for your patience and of course for checking up on the blog as we update it. Many of you have told me that you haven't had news from Florian in a while, we are really sorry and we don't really have any excuses. We try to make sure the blog gets updated as soon as we have more information.
Anyway to start back to where we were (not much new), Florian went to NYC and got to see all his friends, obviously he was very happy. Overall not too much detail, but him travelling is a good sign.
He came back a bit tired and was happy to be back in a calm setting. He was supposed to have his chemo on Thursday October 10th, but he had a cold and was coughing a bit. They decided to delay the chemo until Monday and to give him antibiotics to make sure he would avoid any complications.
That Monday we went to Strong, without much enthusiasm. It's pretty hard to get to the hospital feeling well (everything is relative) and knowing that a few hours it would change for the worse. It's once again the same chemo that he has to take for 24 hours after having been declared "basic". Next they have to remove any residue and wait for his methotrexate levels to be back to normal.
The chemo's effects are fairly quick to start up: nausea and mucus in the mouth. Digestive problems are also quite frequent. As soon as Florian arrived they diagnosed him with a "hard clostridium" meaning an inflammation of the big intestine caused by bacteria. Apparently it's normal when there are lots of antibiotics, which he has taken often lately. This means that he has diarrhea (sorry for the details) and cramps: not great on top of everything. At first I didn't understand all the names of the diseases and I had to ask the doctors to spell things out which was when I understood then meant "difficile". With the pronunciation it was impossible to make the link with the translated word in French (difficile = hard). Overall, not sure who gave that name to that bacteria or the reason for such a name but the nickname is "C diff" making it sound "fancy".
Because he only had a stuffy nose, he was coughing and had C diff, everyone entering his room had to wear a mask, gown, and gloves. This was to protect him and to not spread microbes to other patients. This meant it wasn't always easy to understand the people that would try to talk to us. At one point, with all the precautions taken, Florian asked them if he didn't have the plague! There was big signs on his doors warning people that would enter his room to be careful. I should have taken pictures.
They started his chemo on the first day, and then they needed 2 days to flush the product out. Florian thought he could leave by Friday, however on Wednesday they announced his level was 3.2. Florian had told me he could leave if his level was 1 and so he was confident that he would be fine by Friday. Wednesday and Thursday Jerome stayed with him at the hospital. He appreciated it a lot and it helped him bear though his stay. It was much harder to see him have to leave while he stayed.
Until then, he didn't have much of an appetite and wasn't in great shape. Thursday morning the doctors told him that he unfortunately could not leave until his level of methotrexate were under 0.5. He wasn't very happy to hear that knowing his level was at 2.2. His morale wasn't at the highest, he wasn't eating, speaking, overall it wasn't really the Florian we all know. His level stayed at 0.8 for 3 days. It got worse and worse day by day, he was pissed at everything which was understandable considering his state, especially since it was the first time in 6 month that he has finally been outspoken about his anger. It was hard to see him in such a state without being able to do much. even the nurses who know him well didn't feel very comfortable. They didn't want to come and give him analysis results anymore.
Monday morning, 8th day, he was still around 0.08. We asked his doctor to check what she could do since he couldn't keep on going like this. She understood right away and authorized him to go home: this was the only thing he absolutely wanted, though they weren't too quick to let him leave and get all the paperwork done. Jacques and Florian only got back that afternoon, but as soon as he got back he started eating again. The next morning they had to go back to get his blood checked. In less than 12 hours he had dropped to 0.04 while in the prior 4 days it hadn't budged.
Conclusion of the story, whether we like to admit it or not, even if it's not scientific this is proof that moral plays a huge role in health and helps with curing the disease.
Since then Florian has gained 6 kg in less than a week, obviously finishing his "hunger strike" and once again beat a new weight record. The following week didn't have too many issues, he was a bit tired and still had his sneezing and coughing but other than that everything is well.
Having understood Florian may need a bit of a rest, they proposed to leave an extra week between treatments (usually 2 weeks). His next chemo was supposed to be Monday 4/11. Once again we just learned that it was suspended to next Monday (11/11) because his white blood cells count was not high enough to administer a new round of chemo. He will then have a lumbar puncture with an injection of chemo and then methotrexate once again. We are hoping it goes better than last time.
Other than that this week went pretty well, he still has his usual sense of humor. Small example: his hair are growing again but they are darker. He explains that because he wears a hat on his heard (yes it's starting to get cold here) and so his hair don't see light anymore. "Of course you know full well. the redheads are chidlren of the sun, which is why my hair are no longer red.", he adds "to be honest I am pretty proud of that"
Anyway to start back to where we were (not much new), Florian went to NYC and got to see all his friends, obviously he was very happy. Overall not too much detail, but him travelling is a good sign.
He came back a bit tired and was happy to be back in a calm setting. He was supposed to have his chemo on Thursday October 10th, but he had a cold and was coughing a bit. They decided to delay the chemo until Monday and to give him antibiotics to make sure he would avoid any complications.
That Monday we went to Strong, without much enthusiasm. It's pretty hard to get to the hospital feeling well (everything is relative) and knowing that a few hours it would change for the worse. It's once again the same chemo that he has to take for 24 hours after having been declared "basic". Next they have to remove any residue and wait for his methotrexate levels to be back to normal.
The chemo's effects are fairly quick to start up: nausea and mucus in the mouth. Digestive problems are also quite frequent. As soon as Florian arrived they diagnosed him with a "hard clostridium" meaning an inflammation of the big intestine caused by bacteria. Apparently it's normal when there are lots of antibiotics, which he has taken often lately. This means that he has diarrhea (sorry for the details) and cramps: not great on top of everything. At first I didn't understand all the names of the diseases and I had to ask the doctors to spell things out which was when I understood then meant "difficile". With the pronunciation it was impossible to make the link with the translated word in French (difficile = hard). Overall, not sure who gave that name to that bacteria or the reason for such a name but the nickname is "C diff" making it sound "fancy".
Because he only had a stuffy nose, he was coughing and had C diff, everyone entering his room had to wear a mask, gown, and gloves. This was to protect him and to not spread microbes to other patients. This meant it wasn't always easy to understand the people that would try to talk to us. At one point, with all the precautions taken, Florian asked them if he didn't have the plague! There was big signs on his doors warning people that would enter his room to be careful. I should have taken pictures.
They started his chemo on the first day, and then they needed 2 days to flush the product out. Florian thought he could leave by Friday, however on Wednesday they announced his level was 3.2. Florian had told me he could leave if his level was 1 and so he was confident that he would be fine by Friday. Wednesday and Thursday Jerome stayed with him at the hospital. He appreciated it a lot and it helped him bear though his stay. It was much harder to see him have to leave while he stayed.
Until then, he didn't have much of an appetite and wasn't in great shape. Thursday morning the doctors told him that he unfortunately could not leave until his level of methotrexate were under 0.5. He wasn't very happy to hear that knowing his level was at 2.2. His morale wasn't at the highest, he wasn't eating, speaking, overall it wasn't really the Florian we all know. His level stayed at 0.8 for 3 days. It got worse and worse day by day, he was pissed at everything which was understandable considering his state, especially since it was the first time in 6 month that he has finally been outspoken about his anger. It was hard to see him in such a state without being able to do much. even the nurses who know him well didn't feel very comfortable. They didn't want to come and give him analysis results anymore.
Monday morning, 8th day, he was still around 0.08. We asked his doctor to check what she could do since he couldn't keep on going like this. She understood right away and authorized him to go home: this was the only thing he absolutely wanted, though they weren't too quick to let him leave and get all the paperwork done. Jacques and Florian only got back that afternoon, but as soon as he got back he started eating again. The next morning they had to go back to get his blood checked. In less than 12 hours he had dropped to 0.04 while in the prior 4 days it hadn't budged.
Conclusion of the story, whether we like to admit it or not, even if it's not scientific this is proof that moral plays a huge role in health and helps with curing the disease.
Since then Florian has gained 6 kg in less than a week, obviously finishing his "hunger strike" and once again beat a new weight record. The following week didn't have too many issues, he was a bit tired and still had his sneezing and coughing but other than that everything is well.
Having understood Florian may need a bit of a rest, they proposed to leave an extra week between treatments (usually 2 weeks). His next chemo was supposed to be Monday 4/11. Once again we just learned that it was suspended to next Monday (11/11) because his white blood cells count was not high enough to administer a new round of chemo. He will then have a lumbar puncture with an injection of chemo and then methotrexate once again. We are hoping it goes better than last time.
Other than that this week went pretty well, he still has his usual sense of humor. Small example: his hair are growing again but they are darker. He explains that because he wears a hat on his heard (yes it's starting to get cold here) and so his hair don't see light anymore. "Of course you know full well. the redheads are chidlren of the sun, which is why my hair are no longer red.", he adds "to be honest I am pretty proud of that"
Methotrexate 2
Un grand merci
a tous pour votre patience mais surtout merci pour l’intérêt que vous avez pour
le blog de Florian. Beaucoup d’entre
vous m’ont dit que cela faisait depuis trop longtemps que nous n’avions pas
donne des nouvelles: j'en suis vraiment désolée et en plus je n’ai pas vraiment de
bonnes excuses. J’essayerai la prochaine fois de prendre le temps d’écrire plus rapidement.
Pour en
revenir à la suite des évènements depuis le dernier blog (nouvelles pas trop
fraiches), Florian est bien parti a NYC, il était très content, a revu tous ses
copains. Bref je n’ai pas eu trop de détails,
mais c’est bon signe.
Il est
revenu un peu fatigue et était content d’avoir un peu de calme. Il était supposé
avoir sa chimio le jeudi 10 octobre, mais il avait un rhum et toussait assez
bien. Ils ont préféré retarder la chimio
au lundi suivant et le mettre sous antibiotique pour être sur d’éviter toutes
complications.
Le lundi,
nous sommes allés à Strong, sans grand enthousiasme. Il est difficile d’arriver a l’hôpital en
forme (tout est relatif) et savoir que quelque heures après cela n’ira plus.
Il s’agit
encore de la chimio qui doit être donnée durant 24 heures après avoir été déclaré
« basique », ensuite il faut enlever tout résidu et attendre que le
taux de méthotrexate soit inferieur a un certain niveau.
Les effets
de cette chimio sont assez rapides a sentir : nausées et muqueuses de la
bouche très sensibles. Les problèmes digestifs sont aussi fréquents. Des que
Florian est arrivé, ils l’ont diagnostique avec une « clostridium
difficile » : inflammation du gros intestin par de mauvaises bactéries. Visiblement c’est courant lorsque l’on
prend beaucoup d’antibiotiques, ce qu’il a fait souvent récemment. Cela veut dire qu’il avait diarrhée (sorry pour les details) et des crampes au ventre : pas très agréable
en plus du reste. Au début je ne
comprenais pas vraiment le nom de la maladie et j’ai demandé au médecin de l’épeler,
c’est là que j’ai compris qu’il disait « difficile ». A la
prononciation, il était impossible de faire le lien avec le mot en français. Bref je ne sais pas qui a donné ce nom a
cette bactérie et la raison d’un tel nom mais le surnom dans le milieu médical
est « C dif » prononce « C def », très « fancy ».
Puisqu’il
avait un rhum, il toussait et avait sa C dif, toute personne entrant dans sa
chambre devait porter un masque, une gown, des gants, … pour se protéger et ne
pas propager les microbes chez les autres patients. Ce n’était pas toujours facile de comprendre
les gens qui parlaient avec un masque. A un certain moment, au vu des multiples
précautions, Florian leur a demandé si il n’avait pas la peste ! Il y
avait de grands panneaux sur sa porte pour prévenir toutes personnes entrant
dans sa chambre. J’aurais dû prendre une
photo.
Ils ont commencé
sa chimio le soir du premier jour, et ensuite il fallait 2 jours pour
« flush » le produit. Florian
avait compte que normalement il pourrait sortir sans aucun problème le
vendredi. Le mercredi ils lui ont annoncé
que son taux était à 3.2. Florian
m’avait dit qu’il pouvait sortir si le taux était à 1 et donc il était confiant
que le vendredi serait bon.
Mercredi et
jeudi, Jérôme avait reste avec lui a l’hôpital. Il avait beaucoup apprécié sa visite. Cela l’a pas mal aide a accepter ce séjour a
l’hôpital. C’était plus dur de le voir partir et de rester dans cet hôpital.
Jusque-là,
il n’avait pas beaucoup d’appétit et n’était pas très en forme. Le jeudi matin, les médecins lui ont dit que
en fait il ne pouvait pas sortir avant que son niveau de méthotrexate ne soit
inferieur a 0.5. Il n’était pas très
content, sachant que son taux était à 2.2.
Son moral n’était pas au beau fixe, il ne mangeait plus du tout, il ne
parlait plus, bref ce n’était plus tellement le Florian que l’on connait. Son
taux est reste coince a 0.8 pendant 3 jours.
Son moral s’empirait de jour en jour : il était en colère contre
tout. Son état était compréhensible,
surtout que c’était vraiment la première fois en 6 mois qu’il a exprimé cette espèce
de révolte. Mais il était difficile de
le voir dans un état pareil sans pouvoir faire grand-chose. Même les infirmières qui le connaissaient bien
n’étaient pas très à l’aise. Elles n’osaient plus venir lui donner les résultats des analyses.
Lundi
matin, 8eme jour, il était toujours à 0.08.
Nous avons demande a sa docteur habituelle de voir ce qu’elle pouvait
faire car il ne pouvait pas continuer comme cela. Elle a tout de suite compris et autorise qu’il
rentre à la maison : c’était la seule chose qu’il voulait absolument. Ils n’ont pas été très rapide à autoriser la
sortie et faire toutes les paperasses habituelles. Jacques et Florian ne sont
rentres seulement qu’en fin d’après-midi.
Aussitôt à la maison, Florian a remange. Le lendemain matin, il a dû retourne
pour mesurer ce fameux taux : en moins de 12 heures il était descendu à
0.04 alors que durant 4 jours, il n’avait pas bougé.
Conclusion
de l’histoire, qu’on l’admette ou pas, même si ce n’est pas scientifique, ceci
est la preuve que le moral joue un énorme
rôle dans l’évolution de la sante et la guérison de la maladie.
Depuis Florian
a repris 6 kilos en moins d’une semaine, évidement en rentrant de sa « grève
de la faim », il avait de nouveau battu un record de poids. La semaine
suivante s’est passée sans trop de problème, il est toujours un peu fatigue, il
a toujours son rhume et sa toux mais à part cela, tout va bien.
Ayant compris que Florian avait besoin d’un peu de répit, ils ont proposé
de laisser une semaine de plus entre les traitements (normalement 2 semaines). Sa prochaine chimio était programmée pour
lundi 4/11. A nouveau, on vient d’apprendre qu’elle est reportée a lundi
prochain (11/11) car son niveau de globules blancs n’est pas assez élevé pour
administrer ce nouveau round de chimio. Il aura un ponction lombaire avec injection de
chimio et ensuite cette méthotrexate encore une fois. Espérons que cela se passe mieux que la dernière
fois.
A part
cela, cette semaine se passe assez bien.
Il a toujours son habituel sens de l’humour.
Petit exemple :
ses cheveux sont en train de repousser mais ils sont fonces. Il explique cela
par le fait qu’il porte toujours un bonnet sur la tête (oui il commence a faire
froid ici) et que ses cheveux ne voient plus la lumière. « Eh oui, tu sais bien, les « red
hair » sont des enfants du soleil, c’est pour cela que mes cheveux ne sont
plus roux.» , il ajoute ensuite « à vrai dire, je suis assez fier de celle-là ! ».
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