Didn't have too bad a night last night. Still waking up every 3 hours to take my various medicines, and dealing with the dry mouth/ saliva issues but am getting back to sleep very quickly. The Dr had said I would need to increase the oramorph up to 5ml this week, but I'm still getting by on 2.5ml, along with the Paracetomol and voltorol.
I went into work yesterday, by train, and ended up having to walk back to…
The weekend seems to have been a good break, although the skin on my cheek/ neck is still very tingley.
It was really tough getting the mouth piece in today, and the fit of the mask is quite tight, but I can just about put up with it.
Saw the registrar rather than the consultant today with the nurse and the dietician. I still weigh the same which really surprised me when I think about how much rubbish I was eating before…
Well last week I couldnt see myself making it into week 4 but I am more mentally prepared for it. I still have a mouth full of sores and ulcers, and the saliva has definately thickened up and become cloudy. I have a complicated drug taking routine which sees me alternating between paracetamol and diflofenac every 3.2 hours, with a 2 to 3 ml of oramorph every 4 hours. It does allow me to get some sleep but I still wake…
