Preparation: my Dexamethasone (or ‘Dexa’) has been consumed on schedule and I’m ready for the next cycle. The symptoms from my infection have all subsided, but my gorgeous wife is suffering from a proper bout of flu. She has a very ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
