Friday
Apr 7th 2006PeterPost Hospital
Forget to mention that yesterday was 77 days post transplant – time flies!
Feeling a bit better this morning – the topical steroids are working, although how much is being absorbed and dampening down the GvHd systemically remains unknown, and of course it doesn’t want to be dampened too much to inhibit the wanted Graft V Lymphoma effect! Bizarrely it is now the palms of my hands that are really itchy – usually that is the first sympton, and one might expect it not to show there as it is my palms that massage in the cream! Oh well, to be different!
Other than that, all is quiet. The weather is typically April – the sun was shining this morning, before a really heavy downpour, and is now back out again.
The bird feeder had to be moved (5 feet) to thwart a squirrel (Richard’s idea of lead seems good) but seems to have confused the jay, which has given up the quest for food at the moment and is back attacking its reflection in the shed window.
The post brought an appointment for a lung function test next Thursday, the same day as the outpatient clinic, so it will be nice to know if I am still breathing or not! Seriously, that is a particularly important test for me, as proof that my lung function is not impaired will go towards getting my diving medical back – and there is that diving expedition to Cyprus in October to look forward to! (Have to get down to gym before then and build up some muscles again)
Time to plaster on some more cream!
2 Responses to “Friday”
Richard Bushrod on 08 Apr 2006 at 6:40 am #
Oh, itchy palms……….no good for Baloo……..must be horrid. Just be grateful that they are not hairy, stop looking that is the second sign 🙂
Think fit
Peter on 08 Apr 2006 at 9:02 pm #
Arrggghhh – hair is growing back….! What’s the third sign? No – don’t tell me!