Living with Desdemona

Chemo Impact, Week 3: Desdemona Back in Check

2026-06-03T20:17:09Z

I’m currently awaiting a blood test before my appointment with my oncologist; time to assess where I am before the next bout of chemotherapy. The anti-biotics did their thing and the cold / flu I’d contracted has almost gone. I’ll n...(read more)

Chemo Impact, Week 2: Desdemona’s Comeback

2026-05-29T06:16:35Z

I’m properly into week two now. Last Friday I had my first need to call the oncology hotline, I was having a slightly troubled night sleeping, when I measured my temperature it was 35.9 DegC, the information I had told me that below 36 DegC was...(read more)

Chemo Impact, Week 1: Dancing with Desdemona

2026-05-22T07:38:59Z

Day 1: 24 hours after the treatment and physically, I’m feeling much the same as immediately before the treatment; I am surmising that this is down to the ‘Dexa’ steroids I had in advance. So, I have taken advantage of this and just...(read more)

Chemo Starts Today: Desdemona's First Date

2026-05-15T12:27:11Z

I'm strangely excited ... and a little apprehensive. I dutifully took my Dexamethasone (or ‘Dexa’) before bed last night, it did make my (now) habitual nightly (two or three usually) hot flushes hotter, but not to the sweating level w...(read more)

Pre-Chemo Appointment: Desdemona's Wake-up Call

2026-05-13T11:11:58Z

I'm currently waiting for a second blood test, they missed my HepB check on the first go around, having just returned from getting an ECG. Good news from the first blood test, my haemoglobin up to 101, from 79, but I had to have two blood transfu...(read more)

The Beginning: Discovering Desdemona

2026-05-10T16:45:17Z

Hi, I'm David, here's the start of my story. In mid-January 2026 I had a bout of flu. It was irritating, but relatively light and passed quite quickly. However, by late January I was starting to feel the impact of post-viral fatigue - or so I...(read more)