We're halfway through week 3 - by the time chemo is over tomorrow we'll be pretty much half way through the treatment. They did warn that things tended to get worse around now, and I have to say that they really have. Since the weekend eating has been close to impossible, though strangely it was marginally better this morning so I managed to get a tiny bowl of very wet cereals down. However, my weigh-in on Monday showed a 6lb loss of weight, so I'm having to 'bolus feed' now, which is syringe feeding through the PEG. It's actually not too stressful, though it is slow and messy and tends to leave me bloated and over full. Training on use of the food pump is scheduled for Friday.
A bigger problem is the cough I get on and off all night, which for the past two nights has stopped me sleeping much. Not sure if there's much that can be done, but will ask the doctors again today. I am very tired, though, so hope it is just a phase and that it passes.
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