I had my chemo this morning. I didn’t take the anti sickness drug last night, it wasn’t on my spreadsheet. Yes I know … it sounds geeky, but it is the hospital that provided the spreadsheet not me (for a change). I have taken my anti sickness this morning and will have some more later on as well as tomorrow, just in case. Last time I was sick on the Friday, so hopefully now I have enough anti sickness for two days I should be ok.
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Monkey hands are back
The septrin has made my hands swell (again) with a rash. It isn’t itchy, but does sting and I can’t bend my fingers properly. Similar to the allergy I’ve got to paracetamol. So just like a monkey I can’t grip things. It’s a good job I can still type :)
Christmas Tree (instantly)
Some people call it lazy, I call it efficiency!.
Newsletter fix
I was just informed by Feedblitz that my subscription form for my newsletter wasn’t working. It has now been changed and should be working ok. So if you have tried to subscribe and couldn’t, you should be able to do it now.
The newsletter gets sent out each week with an overview of the weeks blog. I will also use the newsletter to keep people informed of any other activities going on; such as the Parachute Jump being organised by Amy.
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Got through the day
Managed to get through the day OK. My hip was still hurting, but bearable. I took things very slowly. I got upset while talking to some friends though. All of my emotions are screwed up at the moment because of the drugs and everything else.
Getting upset while at work, isn’t a good thing, but can’t be helped and I’m sure the people I was with understood. They were very good and gave me a hug. I hope I didn’t make them feel too uncomfortable.
Monday, 7 December 2009
Sign up to my newsletter
The newsletter option on the blog has now been set up. If you don’t want to check the blog out every day, I have set it up so that a weekly newsletter is sent to anyone who subscribes. I will also use the subscription list to send out various other bits that are not contained in the blog that might be of interest as well. For example to keep people up to date with the progress of the Charity Parachute Jump that Amy is organising. To join simply enter your email address in the sign up box and follow the instructions or fill in the details below. (if it works!)
I’m back on Facebook
Well I have enabled my Facebook account again. If I have set it up correctly, this post should not only go to the Blog and Twitter but also to my facebook page. Fingers crossed.
I have lost my taste again
My taste seems to have gone again, but this time worse than before. I can’t really taste anything at the moment but really strong things. I had my meal which didn’t taste of anything, I was just chewing. I couldn’t eat it as it was so bland.
I then tried the ice cream which was what I could really taste last time it happened. The vanilla I couldn’t taste at all and the mint and choc chip I could only just taste. I can’t taste apples either. I have just eaten a packet of Worcester sauce crisp, which has some kind of flavour to it. I think this is caused by the increase in the Thalidomide tablets I'm taking.
My leg/hip is hurting
I don’t think the chair is good for me at work. Spending a lot of time at my desk doesn’t seem to be doing me any good. By this afternoon my leg/hip was really hurting.
Since being home I've taken some of the strong pain killers to try and reduce the pain and hopefully be ok for work again tomorrow. I can’t really take the pain killers during the day as they will make me drowsy and I wouldn’t be able to drive or concentrate on anything.
Twitter now available
Hopefully you should be receiving the updates again now on Twitter. I have got them to open to the IP address to me.
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