I’m now half way through my chemo: both half way through the third two-week cycle, and half way through overall, as there are six cycles. \u00a0I’m mostly on top of it, following an overflow of pain in the first cycle, nausea in the second, and constipation in the third, though there are still bad days and I get rapidly and vividly exhausted, so have extra sleep at numerous points in the day. I’m MUCH better in the mornings (like now, 5am) than the evenings, when I flake out. \u00a0I only get to find out if the chemo has worked – eg reduced the size and ferocity of the cancer, at the end of the process, some time in March
\nWe have my sister Clara visiting at the moment, helping out with Adam-care, child-care, and being a general benign presence!
\nDespite the cancer, I most certainly am enjoying life; I’m not used to life being slow and gentle, and having ample time to enjoy the view out of the window, the pictures round the house, BBC Radio 3 playing gems from the classical repertoire, for writing this blog. \u00a0It’s all very nice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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