Hi again lovely people just a little update on my progress after Chemo session number two, number one left me all over the place as i really thought 4 days after Chemo i had somehow managed to dodge the dreaded side effects, however they ambushed me good and proper on the Saturday ( Chemo was the previous Tuesday ) stomach cramps, toilet issues, fuzzy head, worst of all was the sleep or lack of it, after some sterling work from my daughter speaking to my GP and a couple of phone consultations with the GP i fell so much more prepared for the aftermath of round two, this includes a mild laxative and combined with taking senna seems to have almost solved the toilet issue, the other major issue was the sleeping and i am not sorry to say but prescribed sleeping pills are giving me in excesses of 7 hours sleep a night as opposed to the odd hour at night, the rest was spent binge watching Netflix Clarkson's Farm ect, so all in all i am felling a lot more confident to tackle what comes my way this time,
PSA has come down from 177 to 18.2 since HT started 3 months ago that combined with the Chemo i am guessing, one side effect i forgot to mention is my total lack of appetite to the point where i have lost 10 kilos in between Chemo sessions 21 days to be precise, i am now on food supplements to help me gain some weight that and a concerted effort to eat more, little and often is the way forward for me i think high calorie milk shakes ect, well enough from me i wish all my fellow patients good fortune and like me i hope you are all enjoying this lovely weather. all the best guys.
