Sorry about the gap between posts. Where was I? Part-way through a course of chemotherapy for CUP (cancer of unknown primary) in chest and throat lymph nodes ... and I suddenly realised it's been four months of treatment, and a right drag at that. I think I've been fortunate. I've had a lot of tiredness and aches, but no nausea. And at the beginning of 2013, it feels good to be alive and otherwise well. (I was well aware…
Sandy Bay looking toward the firing range at Straight Point.
I hadn't realised quite how low I felt at the time of the last post. Things have, however, taken a consderably better turn: the full report on the repeat scan result after two cycles of chemotherapy shows "improvement in all areas" - all of the affected lymph nodes in my chest and throat have shrunk measurably. While I know it's not going to be a permanent…
The Exe estuary can be fairly dismal in autumn!
Sorry about the gap between posts. I'm fine, but things have shifted on from "Wow, they're on the case!" to the prospect of a long samey Groundhog Day winter with a three-week cycle, looking at my chemotherapy tablet schedule.
I've just started my third cycle of docetaxel/cisplatin for what is now pretty certainly cancer of unknown primary, and the…
A bright autumn afternoon in Exmouth
I'm moulting, moulting! Ohhhhh, what a world, what a world.
- paraphrased from The Wizard of Oz
So, I was let out of isolation after four days, without mishap. However, on the second day - a bit under two weeks after the first chemotherapy session - I started noticing I was shedding both beard and hair, and within a few days they were so thin and patchy that I decided to cut…
