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Things I forgot to write here because I'd already written them on Facebook.
The first title of this blog was pretty boring. It takes me time to think of the cleverer stuff. (The Facebook page for my wildlife garden was exactly the same - it started life as "Green Haven" and now it's "50 Shades of Green".) The name came about when I mentioned that if they showed me a bacon sandwich in hospital they wouldn't have to worry about being too close to me - I'd probably be...
So much for getting a good night's sleep! I just can't seem to relax properly in a strange place. My backs of my hands are a bit rough and itchy. I've been using hand sanitiser as well as washing them so that's probably done it. I'm gong to put some bio-oil on them instead.
Nothing untoward happened in the evening. After my hypo (low blood sugar) in the afternoon the nurse asked me to keep tabs on it. It shot up to around 14 after dinner and then 18, and then it was back to 6 when...
Up at the crack of 7.00 am, on February 25th, to travel UCLH in Euston Square, for my first pre RT appointment. It was timed at 10.00am and I was seen almost immediately by Nurse Beata (I think). Had I been told the potential side effects such as diarrhoea? Yes, but I should pay close attention as she was going to explain how to minimise the risks. Did I know how to self-administer an enema? Well, she was going to tell me.
She showed me a Micolette, which is a micro enema. It consists of a plastic...
3pm
And so at lunchtime the internet died again. It's still not back and so I'm on Word writing this for later.
I missed the end of Doctors again because I was lying flat on my back while they scanned my radiation level. The news is good. It was 1164 yesterday and at 2pm it was 258, so I'm kicking it out a fair old rate. When it reaches 30 I can be around small children again, and the only ones to worry about are my neighbours' pair (cute little buttons both of them).
I could go home...
When I started this blog, it was not my intention to cast myself as a quackbuster, but it seems to be turning out that way, which is surprising considering that I'm a complementary practitioner myself (or was, retired now). Whenever I hear about someone who has 'cured' themselves of cancer, my hackles rise. I can't be alone in this. So when I read recently about a certain Kris Carr who 'had stage IV cancer that doctors could do nothing about. She became vegan, cut out sugar and...
I finally got the hair-dryer and the nurse changed the shower-head. They have a filter in them that gets blocked up quickly. My hair was almost dry from being in the turban for so long, but I kept my head in the warm stream of air for longer than I needed. It felt so nice - ah, the simple pleasures! I put it in my usual zig-zag parting. I can't be doing with all the faff of a "style", and my hair is normally flattened under a motorcycle helmet when I go out, but this makes it more interesting. And...
Well, I'm sorry to say it but the showers are a let down. Last night, after struggling to get more than a dribble that ran back on the wall, I called the nurse to help. She partnered me in a kind of radiation two-step with her behind the lead screen and me trying to keep as far from her as possible. With a lot of coaxing from her it managed to achieve a weak flow.
The lead screen - aka nurse's dancing partner!
I'm supposed to drink plenty of water to flush out the radiation and take plenty...
Oops! Blood sugar 2.4. Dextrosol get. Nom!
7.30pm. Blood sugar is up in the 7s. Better.
And Skyping with BF is good. I recommend it. Phoning is good but being able to see each other makes all the difference to me. I resisted doing it for ages but I can see myself becoming hooked. Anyway. Who do I know in California? he asks. No-one says I. Well, you've got a letter from them.Then I realised that it was the sticker for my new/old/refurbed laptop.
It's from an anime I like.
Kawaii, ne?
Now just...
