A blog is supposed to be a personal account of the cancer journey. I've waited a few days before posting anything more, hoping or improvement. This hasn't happened.
First of all my wife; she is much worse and is almost unable to get about at all. We went to see the rheumatologist, I call her the Headmistress, who has diagnosed three things; osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and gout. My wife has been on the Headmistress…
After a hectic few days and nights the storm seems to be settling today. The symptoms have ranged from energy to lethargy, optimism to pessimism, sleeping well and not sleeping well at all.
By day, all was well until two days ago when the flow started to seize up. I was having both pain and frequency by day as well as night. Yet the symptoms were not quite like the unrinary infections I had some years ago. So I upped…
The 'wonder drug' finally arrived by courier van yesterday afternoon. Opened the pack and read the instructions. I am to take abiraterone on an empty stomach, not less than two hours after a meal and not less than one hour before eating. (!) My colleagues on the Prostate Cancer group know all this of course. Prednisolone too, a drug I have always hoped to avoid; now it's supposed to help me. So, as meals are…
Interesting day. First the regime: lots of fruit and now the visualisations with bone breathing as mentioned in Day 2. I have extended the bone breathing to include the whole skeleton. As many will know the human skeleton from museums etc, imagining this is not too difficult. To the foot-leg-thigh-pelvis breathing I have now added the arms to include the rib cage and spine at the same time; from left hand through forearm…
Another good day, too early to be due to my diet attempts. I'm doing Chinese bone breathing and visualisation as well, as advised by Professor Gearin-Tosh.
Saw my GP today to get him up-to-date since my oncology visits. He spent more time gazing into his computer screen than looking at me, in order to find answers to some of my questions. At least that sign outside his door about appointments for 10 minutes and one…
