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...