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2026-11-01T02:36:33Z

Not a long wait for meds today. It was the last high dose of steroids last night, they will still be having some protective effect but now will be quite a bump down. I am hopeful that there has been an underlying improvement in my back pain and that ...(read more)

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2026-10-31T03:05:19Z

Not a bad wait for meds this morning. The side effects are coming but the high dose steroids are holding them back and very helpful on the back pain. It has profound effect on the brain fog as in I don't have any. It is treating this ...(read more)

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2026-10-30T14:32:50Z

That was a good appointment now it is done. Got there in good time, found a parking space. Was a bit early but managed to avoid the waiting room with all our lurking strategies. Blood pressure was ok but oxygen was also borderline reading, take deep ...(read more)

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2026-10-30T02:21:29Z

I 'm on the high dose of dex and has done my pain levels a shed load of good, I am enjoying sitting comfy and feeling awake. I feel like I could walk for miles until I stand up, that is. The first two doses work well for me and the next one...(read more)

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2026-10-29T12:39:37Z

Stress levels down. I am good to go for my Chemo appointment tomorrow which is the main thing. It was a ruddy awful wait. I got through everything with Mandy so that is also a relief. At this point I am fairly good at not worrying about t...(read more)

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2026-10-29T01:03:41Z

It was wonderful to be at the beach yesterday, there was the lovely view and the rain held off .The flask was lovely and a bonus, we got to pet a couple of friendly dogs and pass the time of day with their human. Did me the world of good. I also got ...(read more)

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2026-10-27T16:38:00Z

Can't help myself now I am so excited, if everything continues on track we are going to the beach, with the flask and most importantly my best mate. My dear Jeff. My base lines are pretty much the same, so that's good, yesterday's jaunt h...(read more)

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2026-10-27T07:50:34Z

Did it, bloods successfully taken. Getting to the car and back in the house was awful painful but doable. Being in the car and in my chair was ok. This has reduced anxiety about how I am going to manage to get to appointments and deal with it a...(read more)

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2026-10-26T14:51:28Z

The leccy supply is not quite as secure as I thought when I woke up yesterday. I slept through some outages and we are still going off for a while. It's a big clear up out there. The wind is still very strong. Original back pain has toned down. Yeste...(read more)

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2026-10-26T01:15:32Z

Quite a wait, but not the worst given the clock going back. My only options for pain and nausea now is codeine and the oil I get on private prescription. I tend not to take these together but today needs must. I' m not too wobbly on my feet and m...(read more)

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2026-10-25T14:07:42Z

So my phone call on Thurs will be the results of my bloods, which I do fret about, and then check list of has anything changed or been different since the last time, of which there has been quite a lot. Mandy is blunt and she steam rolls throug...(read more)

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2026-10-25T10:42:35Z

The leccy came back after a couple of hours or so and so far has stayed on. Not counting any chickens yet still a few more hours to go. I felt quite rough this morning, I decided that as it was already ropey and am grounded anyway I'd take a bigger h...(read more)

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2026-10-25T01:31:14Z

Ooof, it was a wait for the meds for nausea, I felt quite sick. Baseline pain levels are reduced, this is now a sustained improvement. It's windy out there, gusts sound like small booms of thunder sometimes. The lamp post is doing a lively jig. A...(read more)

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2026-10-24T02:24:14Z

A short wait until meds this morning and I am now beginning to believe there has been an improvement in my back, as well as an improvement in management so feeling chipper about this. Very wet here yesterday. Storm Boelo due mid-morning so the ...(read more)

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2026-10-23T02:15:08Z

The wait for meds was not so bad today and neither was the whole 'getting out of bed and getting to the loo' first thing. The pain has been less and the meds have for pain and nausea have kicked in, I'm feeling more comfy than I hav...(read more)