Feels Good

After feeling good and healthy yesterday it is great to feel the same today.  I gives me a lift to think that I feel good now and the rest of the cycle has the potential to become easier.

I was surprised last night with a call from my GP.  She is notoriously difficult to book an appointment with and it comes down to a Monday morning 8am scrum down on the telephone where you can book for the next two weeks ahead.  The reason is simple, she's very good.

I missed the Monday morning opportunity and told the surgery, as she had suggested that I arrange an appointment ot "keep tabs" on my progess.

She listens to what you say and doesn't necessarily express outright opinons but is clever at guiding your thoughts in the right direction.  I am lucky to have so many quality carers at so many different levels.

The only problem I had left was tinnitus, which is caused by one of the chemotherapy drugs (Cisplatin - the major one that takes 4 hours on the drip at the beginning of the cycle).  This drug can be exchanged for another, so that is something to consider for the next cycle.

I took a visit back to the Canadian oesteopath because I have been treated successfully for tinnitus using cranial oesteopathy in the past (after having a DJing accident).  Generally it is considered that you have to live with tinnitus and when I had it before it was very severe.  I had an ear infection in both ears (in the middle ear) and the ears were also blocked, so having a screaming pitch sound in one of the ears for six weeks was disturbing.  The worst aspects were that the tinnitus was waking me up  in the night and I was also frightened that I had permanently damaged the ear (because of the volume that got shunted through it in the accident).

That puts a perspective on my current problem, which was mild by comparison. 

I had a touch of tinnitus in the first cycle, but it didn't concern me because of what I had previously experienced.  However, it has now been constant since day three of this cycle

The trip to the oesteopath has not cured it and perhaps that is asking a bit much as the problem is caused by the drug rather than by a mechanism.  However, it has eased it significantly and enough so that it doesn't wake me up.  I remember that last time I had the problem it took a couple of visits before it was remedied.  Regardless, I am now in a much better place at night time and also have had an explanation of how the esoteric art of cranial osteopathy is mean to work (courtesy of the mad Canadian).

A good night's sleep and good health; all that is missing is a nice cold beer with condensation sliding down the outside of the bottle.