Wednesday 1st July 2009

Chemo Cycle 1 day 3

Hi All,

All good so far, not suffering any side effects at all, and the steroids I am on are helping boost my appetite.

I'm managing quite well with the complex drug regime at the moment - I've not forgotten any as yet!

I'm now preparing for my trip to London tomorrow. I'm quite concerned about the heatwave down there at the moment. It's been muggy up here, with occasional sunny outbursts, but it seems a bit full on in London and I'm supposed to be avoiding direct sunlight whilst I'm on the chemo!

main irritation is having to flush the loo twice again, to avoid any toxic incidents - I think it's a little over paranoid (after all, who licks the toilet bowl?) but i suppose I should do as they say!

In fact, don't you get irritated by toilet cleaning adverts? First it was making sure that the bowl was clean, then it became really, really important to clean right under the rim, to stop people who were really determined to get their fingers up there to seek out some lovely germs to suck on! Now, all of a sudden, the germs are able to jump out of the bowl, and we are being convinced that cleaning the toilet bowl and rim with every flush is no longer enough and now we have to make sure we catch the critters in the air as they fly about. It's a wonder we're not all dead - after all, toilets are such ridiculously dangerous places!! :)

May get a chance to post from the mobile tomorrow, otherwise I'll report back on the London trip and the state of the Ritz on Friday or Saturday.

Bye for now!

Colin.