Two Laxido sachets the day before yesterday, two more sachets yesterday. Still waiting... there may be another glycerine suppository coming my way.
I hope not.
I don't want to keep going on about it, but of the various chemo side-effects (constipation, thin skin on hands with multiple finger splits, ankle and foot oedema, taste changes with fruit juices) this is by far the most difficult to live with. I'm lucky in that I haven't had the extreme reactions to Dex or Bortezomib (Velcade) that many people on the forums describe, but that doesn't make severe constipation any easier, especially when it means you hardly dare leave the house just in case the Laxido effect happens and you have very little time to deal with it...
28/04/24 Cement!
An early morning trip to London last Thursday morning, and straight into anaesthesia and the procedure. I gather it took a bit over two hou...
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The first frost of the year on the flat roof at the back of the house this morning: Bright and sunny at the front, with the maple doing its ...
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I got into the habit of blogging at night after my shower but now I always seem to have other things to do. If it isn't the Facebook gr...
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A bit of a complicated day yesterday. Speaking of "normal life", my plan for the morning was to make a loaf of soda bread with the...
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