While my scan brought brilliant news, it did also show one fairly common effect of chemotherapy; a clot, in this case in my splenic vein. No where near as worrying as a clot in the leg (DVT), but better-safe-than-sorry means for "several weeks" I need to inject a blood thinner into my tummy each day - and that's an experience...!
But it turns out the side effects of Tinzaparin are tiredness and tummy troubles, which have been somewhat annoying [edit: I now know it was more likely simple coincidence]. Still, it's only for a while, and in fact as I sit here now things do seem to have settled down.
(And thank heavens for friends! It is intriguing how good company lifts the spirit - last weekend was a great weekend of entertaining and being entertained; and we're now looking forward to visits from the continent!)
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