Sunday 20th January 2019
“I think being busy is a healthy thing.” — Taron Egerton

Thankfully I woke up this morning feeling a fair bit better than I did when I was last night when I went to bed, still a little achy but reasonably well rested.

Jayne keeps throwing my litre bottle of juice at me and reminding me to drink it, good on her as I’m falling out of the habit of staying hydrated. Another needle jab to the stomach this morning was easily administered, I have got the hang of that now. 4 left to go.

I felt well enough to do some DIY, and spent a good chunk of the day outside and up and down a ladder installing some CCTV to the house, better to be safe than sorry. Parker was a great helper and great company.

My family came around to see me today, I’d said randomly that I’d cook pancakes for everyone. After a few hours outside, it didn’t take much standing at the cooker flipping pancakes before my legs were shouting at me to sit down and have a rest. 5 pancakes in and I was absolutely knackered, I honestly felt similar feelings to when I get home from a 100 mile bike ride. The difference being, the aches and pains go away relatively quickly with a bit of rest.

We sat and chatted for a while, then after they left I carried on outside for a little bit and did as much as I had parts for. I’ve been sat down for a few hours now, and other than a bit of back ache, I feel ok again. I think I can stay relatively active like today as long as I have frequent rests in-between.

Earlyish night tonight, and then work from home tomorrow, same pattern as last week. A reminder that it’s 4 days of work as long as I’m well, then another Bleomycin blast on Friday. That will be cycle 1 complete, and a week today I’ll be sat packing my bags for another full on 3 days in hospital to start cycle 2.

I know you shouldn’t wish time away, but I am wishing these 9 weeks to move on as quickly as possible, so I can get back to “normal,” just in the same way you do when you have flu and you want it to bugger off. Being busy helps it along. Week 1 was all new territory, and passed reasonably quickly. Week 2 was still finding my feet, but working through has helped keep up the pace. This weekend has flown by, what with spending time with Jayne and the kids yesterday, and doing some jobs and seeing my family today. Two weeks have gone really quite quickly. I hope the next 2 do, then then next 2…

I still have a full head of hair too. Every day at various points, I can’t help give little bits of hair on my head a quick tug. So far, no sign of it going anywhere although I think I’m right in the danger zone now where if it’s going to happen, it will be any day.