ABVD - 5/8

not noticeable anymore

All done and not as bad as I thought (again). The anti-nausea drugs I've been having are really doing the trick; I only feel actually awful at the very end of treatment, and after that I am normally just waiting on yet another anti-nausea drug (I have 3 on the go at the moment) to kick in in order for me to feel okay.

I got in about 10, started being treated at 12 and was out by 5, so all in all quite good. I even managed to get up in the evening - normally, I just feel frightfully awful and stay in bed all night - to watch the England game and eat some marmite on toast (random craving). So all in all, not the worst thing to do.

I also have been given yet another new tablet called lansoprozole to deal with my stomach - it's been a bit acidy recently (necessitating a daily diet of gaviscon) so, hopefully, it'll help.

I was feeling my neck this morning and it's so true what the haematologist said - there's nothing there really now. I took a picture of myself yesterday which also shows this, so I'm happy.

bye bye hair

So far this morning, in terms of side effects the only real thing I've noticed is hair. Hair everywhere when I woke up; all over my bed and all over my t shirt and, now, all over my  hoodie. I guess it's a temporary parting of the ways for now as I inexorably accelerate toward baldness after the most recent treatment.

The other little thing is that the mucus in my throat (yummy) is also drying out a bit now so it can often feel a bit raw when I swallow - like two pieces of flesh rubbing together without an interlocutor. Hopefully it's temporary!

Will update soon - I'll just be in for the next ~72 hours playing my PlayStation but I expect I'll have to make an enforced visit to a barbers' soon to get my head shaved properly... let you know how it looks soon.

Anyway, 5/8 down now (hopefully out of 8 still, as I said yesterday) so I'm in the majority now. 3 more to go... hopefully a doddle.

T