Glioblastoma Chronicles

can I mention how confused I am again? Only Connect, Mastermind, University Challenge. All quizzy Monday programmes ON A THURSDAY. Husband a...

Here's one that I keep meaning to type up, maybe I already have. Who knows? Anyway.... loneliness.  It's a weird one. I quite enjoy ...

I'm pretty sure this isn't the second but guess what? I've forgotten the system I set up. Normal behaviour here, it has to be sa...

So here I am, no longer updating daily like I was. Mainly as my repetition is quite obvious when I post things, but also there's nothing...

So that electric shock feeling that I got on my body (which I'm still putting down to chemo) has come back. It's a 1/10 level, easil...

Last week I finished my second session of Radiotherapy. I kept it quiet, apart from a handful of people because I felt a bit like I had fail...

I've always been aware that hairloss would be something I'd experience. 2023 has been the year of the hairloss, most definitely.  I ...

So we were back at the hospital today to discuss the results of my MRI from last week. Plus talking about chemo, the side effects and the ne...

There's a great* article about Michael J Fox in The Guardian. He talks about his Parkinsons diagnosis and how he won't live to 80. T...

One thing that bugs me a lot, when other people describe someone who has been diagnosed with cancer, they'll tend to refer to it as  ...

So after hating my now-healed hands, the dryness has spread to my feet.  Cracked palms vs cracked soles, the feet lose big time. So off to t...

Good lord, I'm still bad with dates. In all my calendars I had my next hospital appointment as a certain day, when actually, it's th...

Last night I slept all the way through and didn't need cream to calm the itching. That's all. 

Disclaimer - I am not picking out any individuals - just writing what has happened. Please don't take offence.  Back in the radiotherapy...

Hands : very very dry and peeling. The good news is the peeled area has lovely soft skin.  Legs : It feels like the heat - rash - peel and i...

Chemo side effect? Look at my wedding ring finger. Fortunately some skin has peeled away so the skin feels less tight.  ...

I haven't shaved my underarm area for two months or more. A chemo side effect. So I thought I'd shave my legs for the first time in ...

Oh this is horrible. Previously when I've had dry skin I've had a few days of intense moisturising and it's gone. It has stuck a...

It's funny how when you stop taking the tablets, certain side effects disappear.  So for example, I'm itchy, but not as much. My ski...

Aaaand that's the second lot done.  My skin has alternated from burning hot, pale with a rash or the always familiar electric shock feel...