Its a topsy turvy world for awhile

           Recovery is slow and steady. The neck area has completely healed even though it does get itchy at times. The aleo vera from the garden ( a present from Annette) came very handy. Chris extracted the gel and spread it evenly over the neck area during the evenings and bed time remedy was to massage the area with virgin coconut oil. All in all it worked well and All's well that ends well.
           I am able to eat better and now venturing into semi-solids, but still no taste. Wondering when that will return? The weight has stablised at 169 lb or 77 kgs just on my ideal BMI weight index of 24.7. Hope fully I will regain the taste buds sooner than later.
           Now that the chemo and rad is over I am in a better condition to see and welcome friends, relatives and colleagues. Last weekend my old school mate Tiong, Chai, Huat, Sunny and Sally all dropped by to say hello and bring great spirits of laughter and fun. Not forgetting Madi and Kat for their constant "eye keeping" on my condition. Thank you guyz.
            The road to recovery is still rocky and bumpy topsy turvy. One of the side effects of the chemo drug "Cisplatin" is amongst a whole list is vertigo and dizziness. Somehow last 2 day I got afflicted to it and it can really make the world go round and round and round. It got so bad that I had to lie down almost the whole day. I have to be very careful walking. Bathing in the morning is done seated. Luckily the toilets in my house has grip bars installed and so that helps. I called Dr Lum and told him about my condition and he prescribed some pill. "Stugeron". This pill when taken makes you really drowsy. So now I am sleeping more and more during the day. The vertigo comes and goes and I notice it usually hits me if I move my head rapidly or change the position of my head from vertical to horizontal vice versa. So my movements are literally restricted until I overcome this. Well this is the Easter weekend and my wishes goes out to everyone celebrating Easter especially Karen & Linda plus family in Australia. Have a Great Easter Weekend and hope the Easter Bunny will bring greater fortunes and even more chocolate cookies over the year.