Not entirely certain I'm not in the midst of a technical glitch, but I'll press on anyway, despite it being very difficult to type with fingers crossed!
Sit rep: second cycle accomplished on the 30th of June. I was in hopes that the state I got into following the first cycle wouldn't be as awful this second time around, my reasoning being the first was in the period when the worst of side effects of my Radiotherapy treatment were starting to be manifest. Well, that wasn't so at all; on the day of treatment I felt pretty good until about 21.30 when the aches in the bones were very uncomfortable, despite being all over my analgesia, and I had to go to bed, lying still until they eased off and I fell asleep. Woke early and had to take oramorph to get more rest until 08.30 when I had to get up and take the slow release morphine and paracetamols, etc. Didn't by really get on top of the aches and pains although they lessened a little later in the afternoon, but by 19.00 was in the worst of it again, and by 20.00 I needed to be in bed again but I couldn't get my body temperature up, and shivered in bed under the summer throw and two blankets, finally dozing off after what seemed like an age. Third day, with some oramorph I managed to rest up until 09.00 then got up. Now, early evening, and I'm much more able to get ahead of the pain, relieved to be over the worst. I wonder whether this is what's going to occur with each treatment? I hope they will lessen.
