Tuesday 29.7.25
Had a gentle afternoon after the poisoning. No poop by bedtime. I'm feeling ok physically, but apprehensive of my guts exploding. Or imploding. I also think maybe my eyebrows are thinning.
Wednesday 30.7.25
Woke up a few times quite sweaty. At one point I woke up in a delirium stressing over what firewall and load balancer rules I needed to sleep. Had a rest day (no work). At 10:40 did a fair bit of poop. Gave myself my lonquex injection. Wondering if my face is going red. Temperature ok (37.3).
Thursday 31.7.25
Slept relatively well. Definitely have a bit of a red face. In the mid-late afternoon had a bit of pain in my back, felt a bit like referred pain like indigestion. Another thing I noticed - salty food doesn't taste salty! I've noticed with KFC and chips that they're very bland at the moment. Then when I made a rather spectacular blue cheese and potato pizza for dinner I could barely taste it! It's a bit of a disaster that I can't really taste my comfort foods! Urine was a little dark in the evening. I've been trying to drink lots but possibly not enough. Feeling bloated and cranky (with Apple and neighbours).
Also today I wrote up a medical certificate for Dr LM to sign.
Friday 1.8.25
Slept mosty ok. My face is still red. Had some relatively normal poo around 9:30 and again at 13:00.
Kievs for dinner even though I wasn't super hungry. My mouth is feeling pretty blerf.
Saturday 2.8.25
Slept okish. Mouth feeling very blerf. Felt like maybe my heart rate was elevated somewhat during the day. Went for a walk during the day. Got Dumpling Inn delivered for dinner. Even though my stomach doesn't feel like food I still managed to eat way too much because I could actually taste it and it's very yummy.
Sunday 3.8.25
Mouth still feeling blerf and heart pounding/going fast. A few relatively normal poops.
Monday 4.8.25
Had a bit of bowel discomfort during the day. Some poop in the morning, softer blobs in afternoon. In the afternoon had a bit of pain my pelvis - similar to the pain I had Sunday three weeks ago. Mouth still feeling blerf.
Tuesday 5.8.25
Mouth still feeling blerf. Some bowel discomfort from time to time. Did several poos.
Wednesday 6.8.25
Sweaty overnight (been a bit sweaty last few nights actually). Mouth possibly not as blerf today. My hands are red, almost like a sunburn, but have barely been in the sun, and covered up when I do go out. I also have a red spot on the back of my hand where the cannula for the first poisoning went in. I first noticed maybe a week after the hospital visit and thought it was brusing from that (remember the nurse totally blew up my vein). Face is a little red too. And my heart has relaxed the past couple of days.
Thursday 7.8.25
Feeling a little better over all. But I do have definite rashes on my hands and face.
Friday 8.8.25
Mostly ok today. Skin is still red. New symptom though - irritated nostrils. Had some pain in my descending colon in the evening.
Saturday 9.8.25
Awake from 4:30 or so sigh. Last night my descending colon was quite sore. I just had liquids all day - milk and orange juice, but did have some pizza for dinner. Hands and face still red.
Sunday 10.8.25
Mostly liquid diet again until dinner. Less pain so that's good. Nostrils definitely irritated for past few days. Had one beer before dinner (first drink in a couple of weeks).
Monday 11.8.25
Still a little pain in colon but not as bad. My nose is oozing a bit of blood overnight. Skin is still red - more on my face now. Also irritated eyelids and tired eyes (although that happens at the best of times).
Tuesday 12.8.25
I possibly have an infected hangnail on my left thumb. Hurray. Didn't notice pain in my guts as much. My nose was a bit oozy overnight but it's not too bad during the day. Tired eyes again and irritated lright eyelid again. Skin maybe slightly better?
Wednesday 13.8.25
My nostrils are still oozing, and they're blocking up making breathing difficult in bed. Awake early again. Tired eyes all day again, but at least my eyelids weren't irritated. Not much change in my skin. Guts mostly better.
Thursday 14.8.25
Happy birthday to me! Had friends over for dinner (Chong Co delivery) and had a fair bit to drink (oops).
Friday 15.8.25
Not a lot to report. Saw Dr LM. Pretty much just a rinse and repeat of the last cycle. He said I could use Advantan on my skin.
Sunday 17.8.25
Had one beer last night because Kit was here to visit. But otherwise trying to be nice to my liver (because if my liver function tests are too bad they'll defer chemo, and I did have all that alcohol on Thursday..). At the expense of my mental health though hrmmm. Food is all too hard at the moment. Skin maybe a little better.
Monday 18.8.25
Had pathology tests again this morning. The Advantan is maybe helping a little with my skin. Still losing hair (what's left of it).
Another symptom - dropping things. They say you can get neuropathy, and while I haven't felt any numbness or tingling or pain, I have dropped a couple of things (light things, I tend to hold heavier things harder).
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