Current events

Here's what's happening these days:

Apparently, most of my taste buds are on vacation. Lately, most food tastes salty to me. Foods like bread, cookies, chocolate, and coffee. Toothpaste, even. All salty. I don’t know if it’s a result of the chemo (most likely, I guess), or if the planets are out of alignment. No wonder I don’t want to eat anything. Oh, I do, of course, sometimes out of hunger and sometimes out of boredom. My current favorite juice is cranberry-grape. For some reason, that sweet and tart combination is very appealing, and it’s not salty.

I have noticed that my skin is looking different these days, too. It’s drier and thinner, and needs more moisturizer than before. Where the radiation hit me on the front, that skin looks and feels like parchment paper. It’s tannish, dry and papery. The skin on the back where the radiation burn was the worst, is dry and papery, too, and very sensitive to touch. And the spot where Mr. Needle went in on my back is still a bit sore, too.

Which brings me to another point: I think I may have to visit with Mr. Needle again. The pressure in my chest is still an annoyance (sort of like a nail in the foot is an annoyance), and it needs to go. If this pressure is caused from more fluid buildup, then another meeting is in order. If it’s caused by something else (the tumor or general lung inflammation), then I’ll have to use Plan B, which I haven’t made yet. I won’t know which it is until I talk with the doctor, which I will do when the CT scan results come in. (No news yet on that. Y’all relax, I’ll post the news when I get it. These things take time, and in the meantime, remember that no news is good news. )

Thanks for being here.

¶ 12:13 PM