40 Days

Because my immune system was non existent after having my chemotherapy, I stayed in an isolated room, it was very small and I was only allowed 4 same visitors throughout treatment. This meant that I couldn't leave the room until my blood cell count was at a certain level. It used to take up to 30 - 40 days- maximum 43 days.
Yes..It did get extremely boring and annoying, and I had to find a lot of things to do to keep myself occupied so I didn't go stir crazy.

There are a number of things me and my family used to do in hospital to keep ourselves occupied.

• Work Out - The room I was isolated in was very small, I regularly walk around my bed and have a cycling pedal bike I sit and use daily. 
• Watch TV - it wastes so many hours, but there’s only so much you can watch.
• Watch DVD's - I watched all my favourite films, then went onto watching boxsets. Prison Break, The Vampire Diaries, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.
• Complete work - Any college or uni work you have to complete. I finished some of my business apprenticeship paperwork.
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• Complete A LOT of word puzzles - Word Search, Quizzes, Sudoku and Crosswords.
• Colouring - As 'childish' as it sounds I found that colouring used up a lot of time and whatever your age, it is always fun to do. 
• Painting by numbers - Another 'childish' thing to do but you'll be surprised how many hours you can kill when you're concentrating.
• Jigsaw puzzles - These again are very time consuming and always fun to do when you have nothing to do.
• Blog & Vlog - This is one thing I wish I had done whilst in hospital but it never crossed my mind. I was too focused on getting better.  It wasn't until when I left hospital and someone said to me that I should start blogging. One thing I regret is not starting one in hospital. I recorded a lot in a notebook which was useful when I started to write my blog. 
• Youtube - Watching you tube can be so interesting and time killing as start watching a video and then 3 hours later you are watching a dog talking. What!!
• Board Games - Monopoly, scrabble, guess who and card games. 
• I pad/PS3/Xbox - The internet is very time consuming i-pad apps can take up a lot of time, my auntie bought me the sims 3 so I spent a lot of time building my dream house. 
• Skype - This was a huge life saver during my treatment. I could keep in contact with all my friends and family and was never alone as could always Skype people. I had time slots and used to Skype at least a few people a day.  I watched my cousin in labour on Skype and even went to a few parties. 

At times we would even make up our own games. Once when I was sleeping my mum and friend Kate thought it would be funny to play buckaroo on me while I was out of it on chemo drugs and try and place as many items on my body before I woke up. This became a regular game for us to play and passed a lot of time. You have to see the funny side of things when you are in a situation like this. :)

Me and my mum on Skype to my brother & sister at home.