So Far, So Good

Nearly 48 hours in from my first lot of treatments, and I'm feeling pretty good. Yes, I'm quite nauseous, and tired, but nothing like as much as I was expecting - more like a general feeling of being a bit under the weather, rather than being all out ill. This bodes well as the reaction to the treatments is usually cumulative

I'm managing to keep the nausea largely under control at the moment with the drugs they've given me. I'm starting to come off the stronger ones though, so we'll see how I carry on. The worst reaction so far is to chilli - apparently my stomach lining doesn't like it any more. I think this is a side effect of the steroids though, which I only take for the first 4 days after treatment, so hopefully my stomach will recover towards the end of the cycles. It's mainly a problem because I'd estimate that 2/3 dishes that Simon and I cook regularly contain chilli.

Simon is able to work from home as required during treatment. He stayed at home yesterday but has gone back into the office today. It's great that he's able to be flexible. We managed a walk, but mostly I played computer games whilst he worked. I was hoping to do some work in the garden today, but its raining, and I am a fair weather gardener - at least at the moment, I think it's only fair!