Chemo - Days 26-28, (Sun-Tue) May 30-Jun 01

Well, 4 weeks done, 5 weeks left of chemo.
Note: I want to thank my folks who've been helping for the last two days manage the kids. Kaye's been running a high fever and been out of commission for Mon and Tue.

Last few days have been recovery for me, from Sat's party and from a new symptom, mouth sores. They are common to most high dosage chemo treatments. They are like little canker sores at the back of the mouth near the uvula and tonsils (in other words, back of mouth near gag area), sometimes inside the mouth too. My first thought was that food was stuck to the back of my mouth as they were white and I had just been eating white corn tortillas chips. It doesn't hurt a lot, it is more like an irritating feeling like something is stuck back there (like food) that makes you want to keep swallowing to get rid of it.

According to the doctors, once they appear in a chemo patient (they don't always) then I likely have to live with them until the end of chemo. So I just have to keep them clean, rinse/gargle with salt water and/or baking soda. I also have an antiseptic/antipain perscription wash that I can mix with Mallox to gargle with in case they get out of hand. So once again, I'll survive, just another piller to climb in the battle.

PS: Thanks to all who posted happy birthday emails and facebook postings! I plan to enjoy my BD by sleeping and possibly more this evening (depending on the kids homework level).

Shane