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Today is officially "Hump Day" of the diet but it probably won't feel like that until Wednesday. I started by phoning my GP and sorting out my next fit note and prescription. My fit note expires next Monday - the day I'm due to go in to the Christie, and I'll run out of Lyrica the week after next when I might still be confined indoors.
Next I spoke to the marvellous Debbie at the Christie as I've still not had my appointment letter. And Debbie must be a marvel or, at least,...
The days are fine, litterally no rain for 24 hours! And my pains become less with each day. Today we did our weekly supermarket shop and I was walking almost normally with only a trace of limp. Yesterday I walked around the village and riverfront areas for almost an hour. By the end my legs were tired but today they seem stronger as the result of the exercise. My daytime tablets for pain relief are now down to a half or less of what they were.
By contrast the nights are still very disturbed. My...
Hello all
I'm currently in remission for Head & Neck cancer. I'm sure this will sound familiar to some, but I wanted to write about my experiences. I started off by emailing friends and family on a regular basis, and some of them suggested creating on online blog. They seemed to appreciate that I was 'giving them permission' to speak to me about my experiences, as there was an initial reluctance to discuss what was happening - the elephant in the room syndrome.
Anyway, I have...
Whoops! Yesterday started busy so I didn't make it to the computer. So it's Sunday lunchtime and you're getting the bumper weekend edition.
Saturday
Butcher in the morning and another long conversation. The sausages - with the exception of the chorizo - are okay. The burgers are okay. They're going to phone me on Monday about the bacon.
So lunch was burgers and chips minus bread roll and cheese, but with a dollop of fried onions and extra salad.
Dinner was steak with rosemary saute potatos...
Well I am here again yesterday i saw the surgeon at Heartlands Hospital and from what he saw and from what he said then he will do the operation that i need i will keep you all posted as to how things go the operation will take place in the third week in march so i will be unable to keep youi posted for a while after that date as i am sure i will be sore, any way i want all the group to know that one of our founders has surrcumed to his CANCER and finally died our jonnie will be sadly missed by all...
Hi Everyone,
So I haven't written on here for a while. To be honest I haven't written anywhere, I haven't thought and I haven't felt. It feels weird and slightly stilted coming back here and trying to be honest with myself because I've been doing a really good job of shutting everything off. I want to talk about several things today, to see if can just get back in touch with myself, and with all of you.
When I say I haven't been thinking I mean - I have this new routine, I get...
I woke up with a headache this morning. I thought it was caffeine withdrawal and then the other symptoms set in - light-headed, the sweats - and my blood sugar was 3.8.
So coffee and a couple of rice cakes with a teaspoon of raspberry jam, as I was about to have my morning hit of Lantus as well.
I had a moment of panic half way through eating them - raspberry jam = red - and I checked the jar for E127 but everything was fine. Whew!
So far the only things I've found E127 in are some brands of ibuprophim...
A difficult day emotionally today, so I forgot to take any photos.
As the diet goes, it went pretty well.
I went to bed last night promising myself a lie in, and instead I was wide awake at 5am.
I made myself a coffee and felt sleepy enough to go back to bed at around 8am. I stayed there until nearly lunchtime, so I skipped breakfast and my breakfast insulin.
Lunch was vegetable soup and ryvita with a couple more easy peelers to follow.
Dinner was the chicken chowder minus the cream and salt which worked...
