<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/jane-feeding-ducksoct14.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2082 alignleft" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/jane-feeding-ducksoct14-150x200.jpg" alt="jane-feeding-ducks(oct14)" width="150" height="200" /></a>We've lost track of where we are in the cycle of treatment but believe she should be half way through now.

Jane's appointment was at 11.30am on Monday and we were concerned we were going to be late but we needn't have worried because she wasn't called until 1pm and the first infusion didn't start until 3pm. It seems they won't order the prescriptions until they know you have arrived and the blood tests are looking sufficiently good. We knew this was going to be a long haul because Jane had three infusions each one punctuated by an infusion of saline solution to flush the system. Her longest infusion of Pertuzumab takes 90 minutes so you can imagine that if they don't start until 3pm things are going to drag on. There was talk that she would have to return the following day but as I said to the receptionist how will they ever catch up if people are spilling over in the next day. Luckily they pressed on and were determined to finish before the unit closed.

We left the hospital at about 7pm so we could at least listen to the Archers on the way home. Our tea and toast was wonderful. Jane feels ok and is determined not to let the treatment get in the way of our lives but by the end of this week she will no doubt start to feel sick again, everything will taste horrid and she will be most vulnerable to infection.