This morning I saw saw my oncologist who was pleasantly surprised by my reaction to the first round. I must admit it was scary - tingling from the oxalyplatin with any contact with cold things, but I found ways to improve it, eg warming water a bit before washing vegetables, using the most affected hand quite a bit seemed to help and getting my husband to deal with anything to do with the freezer!
Tiredness was the biggest shock, but I will expect that this time. I'm lucky that in the last few days of the week off tablets I feel almost normal and we are trying an outing tomorrow, before Wednesday's intravenuous chemo. With some sunshine to help, the next 3 weeks should soon pass.
Reading the postings from other bowel cancer sufferers I appreciate how lucky I have been so far and don't feel qualified to make useful comments yet - I 'lurk' but am beginning to feel I belong here, the first experience I've ever had of an on-line community or even of blogging.
