Medication! That’s What I Need!

As I write this I’m sitting in the sunshine in the Churchill Hospital Roof Garden adjacent to the Renal Ward. My final drain was removed today leaving me unchained to any devices. You might recognise the title of this post is an analogy to 1970s -80s BBC TV Show “Record Breakers” 😀 Theme Tune. I …

Changing Tastes

One of the strangest outcomes of my recent chemotherapy is the effect upon my appetite and tastes. This maybe partly due to the hospital food, which was not particularly appetising. However, during my most neutropenic period I lost all desire for food. One of the effects of the Melphalan is to strip the lining of …

Three AM

It's 3am. I should be fast asleep I am not. I've tossed and turned in vain. My stomach in knots. The morning is still far off. I await the grey of dawn. Another day. This is the longest I've been ill. A lack of feeling whole. It seems never ending Will I ever be well …