BronB's Radiotherapy Journey - treatment to the Salivary Gland

My friend took me to the hospital today as mum is having the weekend off and at home in Yorkshire. I still have double vision and I am still taking regular meds (solpadeine and ibuprofen) plus I continue to carry out good oral hygiene - using Oral Nurse unflavoured toothpaste and pink tablet mouthwash. I have stopped using the irrigator (like a mini jet washer auto floss) as my gums were beginning to bleed due to…

I haven't written for a few days ... mainly because I have developed double vision and I don't really enjoy reading or writing as much. I apologise in advance, because this post is really, really long!

It came as a bit of a shock when I awoke on Tuesday morning with double vision. It can be a symptom of MS and, over a decade ago I did experience several visual disturbances, including double-vision. However, my…

After losing the ability to taste on Saturday, I'm glad that I have recovered this sense (around the time of Sunday's roast dinner). 

My mouth continues to feel sore inside my cheek and towards the back of my mouth. I had to stop eating raspberries today because the sensation was too painful - so food choices are important.

On the basis that I haven't lost weight so far, I today started a more focussed eating…

How weird it feels ..... My taste no longer works, except for a slight sense of sugar, a tingle from vinegar, and (so far) I can still taste a bay leaf!! Interesting experiments will follow I'm sure, but the main one will be trying to determine why I eat? For the taste, the feeling of food in my mouth, or because my tummy is empty ..... Maybe there's a 4th option - lets call it 'some other reason'. If I were a betting…

Another strawberries and cream milk shake to start my day and a catch up with one of my friends ... Then it was time to head for my treatment. Afterwards I started to feel a little pre-fatigued (genuine 'get me out of here real soon' fatigue) while doing the Tesco shop and once I got home I took advantage of Mariella being at a friends house for tea .... I had 30 mins rest and snooze. While the 30 mins did leave me…