Glioblastoma Chronicles

Ok, let's get on with it.  Legs - like lead weights at times, difficult to walk upstairs. I manage but it's tiring.  Skin - it's...

So here we are, another week begins. It's Monday and I have my 'list of things' to do this week (which take forever to get done ...

The dandruff-style effect of my dry skin is back. Every time I move clothes which are touching the dry flakes it's like a mini snowglobe...

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...

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...

Oh my word, did the nausea make an appearance. No sickness, just feeling nauseous.  But it's affecting what I eat (again). So I guess th...

Okay, this ants thing is getting out of hand. Husband is trying to find the nest (no luck so far) but there aren't enough ants to trace ...

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...

Last night I was awake until gone 2am as guess what? My skin was really itchy - all over.  I am putting it down to taking a drowsy antihista...

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

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...

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...

Oh my word. The itching. It was a whole new level of torture under my skin with no creams stopping it, just giving me a break until tirednes...

Oh, so here's a good one - some good news at last. My hairloss has really slowed down - I'm not getting as much hair coming off on m...

Did I mention my flaky Palms? The softer side of my hand is trying to make the evil rash go away  The rougher palm of my hand has what looks...

I just checked, a normal, full skin cycle is 28 days. I know this isn't the case for my weird skin at the moment though.  Currently I ha...

"The cells look very abnormal. These are the fastest growing tumours. They often come back after treatment and can spread to other part...

I appear to have lost a lot of hair suddenly. I was expecting something to happen but not as much at once. I've been washing my hair (wh...

This blog started out as somewhere to keep notes, but I think is lacking coherent content. So until my brain forgets what I'm writing ab...