Mike's Treatment Diary

June 17th  13:30 Not much to report, for the last few weeks I've been steadily improving. My taste has pretty much returned for normal food, milk chocolate unfortunately still doesn't taste quite right. I've seen the Oncologist at the Princess Alexandra in Harlow and am dur to meet again mid-July then have scans early August. I still have a sore under my tongue which produces unpleasant tasting saliva although this is not overpowering the taste of food as it did during radiotherapy. I'm also not tiring as easily, which is nice. Looking forward to working on cars again. The X1/9 is pretty much OK now, the Seicento starts on the button and I need to get Luke to wake up a bit earlier so we can continue driving lessons. The Abarth has a scraping noise from the OSF wheel and the brake discs have a bit of a lip so I've bought new Brembo discs and pads to swap out. At the same time I'll renew the front top shock absorber bushes.

Saturday 2nd June 20:00 Progress continues, my taste has almost returned in full. I still have issues with the taste of Dairy Milk chocolate but otherwise I'm eating the same meals as Julie and Emily (and Luke when he's back from Uni). Today we went out for the morning to a local village scarecrow trail, with a stop for a pub lunch on the way back.  It was great being out in the sunshine but now I'm knackered, which is a pattern most days. Do stuff in the morning, doze on the sofa in the afternoon. I also have more discomfort in my throat in the evenings which on the whole isn't going away. I needed to use antacid tablets for the last few days too as I was getting a bit of reflux. On Tuesday next week I'm off to the local NHS Trust ENT department as I've been discharged from the UCLH/North Middlesex for now. My next PET scan is 10th August when hopefully they'll know if I'm clear.