Lets get up to date!

Tuesday 28.03.2017 - from Thursday last week until yesterday it's been all rest! Reno and Sam have been great as usual doing everything for me and waiting on me hand and foot insisting that I do nothing! Saturday I still felt really tired and washed out but on Sunday I felt much more awake, however, that wasn't my cue to 'carry on as normal' I realise that I need to rest further to build myself up ready for my next chemo. Yesterday I went into work from 9.00 a.m. - 2.15 p.m. and have informed them that I will only be at work on a Monday and Thursday from now on to see how it goes and then cutting back still further later on if necessary. I was tired again after work but that's expected really so I rested completely once back home - including an early night.  Today I am at home and felt able to iron a few garments before spending the rest of the day (apart from the 6th form run!) with my feet up.
With regards to side affects, once again there are a few but nothing that is unbearable and as always I know that within about a week they will subside and I will be able to enjoy a restful holiday on the broads next week! My taste was not great at the weekend, not unbearable just distorted! A roast dinner looked so great on Mothers day but in reality it was a meal I knew I had to eat to build myself up (just like most meals at the moment!) Since Monday I have had a sore mouth and my throat feels like it is on fire! I am using the Difflam Mouth Wash which helps and enjoying Ice cream and mashed banana for breakfast! Bland foods are best really because they don't seem to leave a strange aftertaste for ages! Scrambled Egg is great and healthy too!
The strangest thing I have noticed is my sense of smell to some things is heightened and some smells seem to have got into my brain and I can't let them go! We have some automatic air fresheners at home which ordinarily I love - but at the moment they have all been switched off! I can smell them constantly and very strongly and they are awful! I can even taste them and during last night the smell was even strong in my pillows and bed linen to the point that this morning everything has been stripped from my bed and put into the washing machine - pillows and all!! When I last saw the oncologist he said that he had known some ladies to even throw away their favourite perfume! - hopefully my sense of smell will get back to normal so that I don't want to go to those extremes!
Tomorrow will be another restful day before work on Thursday!