Long Drawn Out Side Effects

The second round of chemo has had the expected side effects except much more so with respect to the pains in my legs. I spent pretty much all of yesterday in bed as the pain, even with painkillers was excruciating. Today the pain is abating which is good and I managed to go for a very, very slow walk around the block.

Another side effect which has taken quite a time to show itself is from the radiotherapy. I finished radiotherapy a little over six weeks ago and it is now that my back is red raw and very itchy. I presume that this means that the radiotherapy is still doing its stuff.

To be fair the side effects from the chemo do seem to come and go with relative speed, which makes them easier to deal with knowing that however grim things might be at the time just wait a little while and it will pass.