The tonsils have to go!

  • Jigsaw falling into place

    It’s been a while since I last posted. Mainly because there’s only so much you can say about driving or being driven into hospital to be zapped. The journey became so monotonous that I could almost tell where we were on the journey with m...
  • Bulletproof….I wish I was

    Friday’s zap saw me to the halfway stage of radiotherapy!!!  A big milestone and now means I’m closer to the end of therapy than I am to the start!! Got to admit this week has been hard going! The loss of taste combined with my thro...
  • Optimistic

    That’s week two done, or 1/3 through treatment. Things are ok, energy levels are starting to dip and I can feel tenderness in the back of the throat and on my tongue.  My saliva production is a bit diminished so I’m waking in the mo...
  • No surprises!

    So a week into radiotherapy and everything is going well, or should I say as expected. The therapy itself is straight forward and I’m already getting into the swing of things. All I do is turn up at my allotted time, wait for my name to be cal...
  • Time flies when you’re having fun!!

    I can’t believe it’s been five weeks since I had my operation and was discharged from hospital. So what’s new? First of all, recovery has gone unbelievably well…..so much so my plate on Christmas Day was piled high with delic...