Bl@@dy Dexamethasone.

Hey Shaz

I will try taking my Dex earlier this cycle.  I am due for my last Taxotere on Wednesday YES YES YES!!!!!!!  I have sleeping tablets to take if I need to get a good nights, especially if I haven't slept for a number of day/nights.  I not good without sleep.

I have been to the doctors again today to check on the pain patches she prescribed for me.  Unfortunately 10mg isn't doing the job so I am going to try 15mg.  I suffer excruciating pain at present which could be a combination of the chemo and Neulast injection.  She also sent me for an X-ray today to check there is nothing more sinister going on mmmmmm

I am up to day 17 after my 5th cycle of chemo so should definitely be in a lot less pain by now so we will see if the pain patches give my some relief and what the outcome of the X-ray will be.  Doc didn't want to do anything more invasive like CT's and MRI's at the moment. 

I am glad I still can read cause I love my reading now.  I have also recently watched a part of a series of DVD which is very unusual for me as well.  I guess when you got no energy there isn't too much else you can do.

I hope you are continueing to travel reasonably well and glad you not getting too much pain as I find the pain totally debilitating.  It has managed to bring me to tears a few times recently and it has even managed to cause me to vomit. 

You take care, stay as well as you can and keep yourselves out of them hospitals :-)

Mich xoxo