Note for the squeamish ~ you'd best not read this.
Sunday morning used to be about getting out walking ... and thinking about a pub lunch ... but as I lay on my bed this [mid] morning I brought to mind Bob Dylan's song 'Things Have Changed' ...
Sunday morning used to be about getting out walking ... and thinking about a pub lunch ... but as I lay on my bed this [mid] morning I brought to mind Bob Dylan's song 'Things Have Changed' ...
Then I started to wonder whether I should post this blog. Do people really want to know about the side effects [assuming that's what they are] of radiotherapy ?
Well, I always intended this to be a full and truthful journey ... warts and all.
Fortunately warts aren't involved.
Phew, I hear you say.
However, I have developed two other rather unpleasant symptoms.
The first is oedema ~ fluid retention in the body ~ and this has occurred in a most personal and private place. My GP recommended frozen peas. So on a couple of occasions I have laid down on the bed with a packet of frozen peas wrapped in a cloth pressed against a certain part of me for over 15 minutes. Thankfully it has worked. Whether this will be a regular occurrence we will see. Fortunately the oedema doesn't hurt.
Incidentally [and I did ask] I couldn't get a prescription for frozen peas.
Incidentally [and I did ask] I couldn't get a prescription for frozen peas.
The vision of me lying on a bed with a bag of frozen peas pressed against me has its amusing side ... many is the wry smile that has appeared when I have told members of my immediate family.
Just in case you wondered, the oedema and the lymphoedema in my right leg are separate matters.
Just in case you wondered, the oedema and the lymphoedema in my right leg are separate matters.
The second problem area is just a few inches away but round the back [in the natal cleft] where I am incredibly sore and which has been seeping blood very slightly. Savlon has been liberally applied by a 'volunteer' ! Did I mention that this is sore ?
On a plus note I am generally feeling better and hopefully the two side effects mentioned above will lessen or go away completely in the next few days.
I apologise if anyone thinks this is going into too much detail but I was never aware of this sort of thing happening and personally I think we should be more open about these things ...and, of course, you don't have to read this.
In other news I have actually made an appointment with the dentist.
In other news I have actually made an appointment with the dentist.
