T N Van Rooyen

Quick update, today was a little weird, I woke up with a bit of a head ache as well hurting vein in my arm. And also a sore vein on my “Good hand”, so that’s a new development. Luckily tomorrow is chemo day, so I can ask the doctor there for...

WOW, to start with, Thank you to everyone who has asked a question. You are all really Awesome. I put out the request for questions on Thursday, I thought fifty questions is a lot to ask, and it is. I am trying to push the limits of what I think I can achieve,...

A short update today, even though it’s been almost a week, I still have a hurting arm, I stopped taking the pain killers as they don’t seem to make to much difference. They would have been helping with the inflammation though. I do think it’s...

Going Up? Wow talk about chemo brain, I totally forgot all about the blogging challenges, I’ve been so busy writing about other stuff. I apparently have way more to talk about than I ever imagined. With out further ado, lets talk about my “Ele...

Today I had an early start as I was taking delivery of my brand new bed. I was really excited to get it in my place, now all that remains is putting it all together. That I think will happen tomorrow or the next day, then when I sleep at home, I’ll be sl...

This post is a little different to what you may have gotten used to. But I’d like to try something here. I want to have a Questions and Answers post. What I need you guys to do is, ask me a whole bunch of questions, and I’ll do my best to answer th...

A long, long time ago, I went about my day just doing what ever, just going where ever the day took me. I didn’t really know any better, and if I did, I totally ignored that knowledge compartment of my brain. So eventually I ended up thinking, without k...

I’m glad to report that I had a really productive day today. It didn’t quite go as planned but at least a lot got done, for me anyway. I guess that is one of the good things about having a good idea of what you want to get done. When things do...

Phew, I think the energy levels hit bottom yesterday. The real short post from yesterday is a good indicator. I kept resting today and this evening I think I can feel some color returning. So bring on this week. Tonight I seem to be getting some appe...

So today (Saturday) again as expected seems to be the lowest energy day. So this will be short again. Side effects worth mentioning, fatigue, and and I can feel my right arm starting to hurt as expected. So I’m on the anti-inflammatory / pain killer...