Chemo2, Day7

This is my third unpleasant day.  Day 5 and 6 I was very tired, just wanted to keep lying down to go to sleep.  I lost 6 lbs too, presumably from diarrhoea and dehydration, but because I can only drink warm things and I feel a bit sick, I didn't want to drink either.  The worst thing was light-headedness which made me feel I was going to keel over.  Dave hasn't been too good either, with some sort of tummy upset, so we have done what was essential and laid about a lot.  I didn't think I was going to be this pathetic, but I was warned.

Today I am less tired but my tummy hurts and is even quite tender to touch.  I have helped myself to one of Dave's ulcer tablets for the last two days, which usually work like magic, but they don't make a lot of difference so I am resigned to another day of rest.  The cold sensitivity is still there, but not too bad indoors, and I had some sips of cold drink yesterday without ill-effect.  I am still getting a bit of jaw spasm when I start eating and when I put toothpaste in my mouth.

What a miserable tale!  I am not looking for sympathy, but next cycle I want to be able to check out the pattern.  Sorry, Mary, but as you say that is how I am.  I also want to know the mechanism of these symptoms, because I feel if I knew what was happening in there I would know how to make it more comfortable.

I did manage to get two sketches off to Mary-Ann for Joe's cabin bed, a pirate ship and a bed in a tree.  The Lightning thing was Lightning McQueen, a Disney car that I knew nothing about whose main feature seems to be a huge grinning radiator grille.  This wouldn't show on a profile, and a front view would have him climbing in over the bonnet, so I opted out of that one.  Mary-Ann says that neither Dom nor her can draw, but they are going to have to paint in the detail, so it is going to be very interesting.  Mary-Ann has always had someone to do it for her - Ruth, who painted amazing Dragonlance scenes on the sliding wardrobe doors in their teens, Rachel at college and me decorating the children's rooms here.  I think she may find she discovers hidden talent when she has to get stuck in.  Little Joe has spent his spare time this spring making cards.  His favourite theme is a collage of letters.  He knows all therir names but Mary-Ann is determined not to force him into spelling and reading before he goes to school, so to him they are just interesting and varied shapes.  I don't know if any particular thought goes into the arrangement of shapes and colours but they look fantastic.

I think I'll attach the cabin-bed plans, as they do prove that I am not just laying about feeling precious. Don't know if they are clear enough to see.