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I of course can&#39;t see them damn thing as its right in the middle of my back<\/li>\n<li>Saw Prof and signed the consent forms to go ahead with treatment<\/li>\n<li>Prof got on my mobile and discussed my heart situation with heart guy at St Georges &#8211; am now seeing him tomorrow<\/li>\n<li>Have been talked through all the side effects of treatment, now that&#39;s a fun old list. You can bet the only side effect I have no chance of getting will be the &#39;weight loss&#39; one, phlurgh<\/li>\n<li>I will have to come for bloods a day before each twice-weekly chemo session so that&#39;s a min of 4 trips to PS a week<\/li>\n<li>Had an ECG so there&#39;s a heart baseline before treatment starts as the chemo can impact on the heart (handy when I already have ticker issues&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Got Prof to sort two letters for insurance so we can cancel the holidays<\/li>\n<li>Forgot to get a bag of extra painkillers that I&#39;d run out of, so need to whack that on tomorrow&#39;s list<\/li>\n<li>Chased BUPA to get them to sign off the Myeloma treatment so I could get underway<\/li>\n<li>Went into the PS Chemo Lounge for my first visit in 7 years &#8211; the egg sarnies haven&#39;t changed a bit.<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/scottysblog.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0105359a4116970b01b8d19cdf80970c-pi\" style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_2467\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a0105359a4116970b01b8d19cdf80970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/scottysblog.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0105359a4116970b01b8d19cdf80970c-500wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"IMG_2467\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Had my first monthly IV dose of a bone strengthener called Zometa &#8211; every month from now on, it&#39;s also good at keeping the old osteoporosis at bay too<\/li>\n<li>Had a second tray of tea as had waited so long that anything with cake looked good to me<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/scottysblog.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0105359a4116970b01b8d19cdf97970c-pi\" style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_2466\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a0105359a4116970b01b8d19cdf97970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/scottysblog.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0105359a4116970b01b8d19cdf97970c-500wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"IMG_2466\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>My Radiotherapy final three slots are also lined up for this week, although am still not sure I can lie flat for these. I&#39;ve got till Wed afternoon for my back to recover from the op and for me to shove in the entire kitchen counters worth of painkillers so I can actually get this done&#8230;.. Bit freaked at the prospect<\/li>\n<li>Didn&#39;t have my first dose of the Velcade sub-cut (injection into the tummy, good job there&#39;s plenty of that to go round) as the special &#39;clean room&#39; that it&#39;s done in &#0160;was already closed for the day<\/li>\n<li>But worse, I didn&#39;t get my first dose of Revlimid to take with me as Revlimid of course turns out to be horse sized capsules which I will never be able to swallow. Overnight calls to the drug manufacturers now planned and we will see if any options arise&#8230;. Mix it into yoghurt? Shove it where the sun don&#39;t shine? General anaesthetic twice a week to ram it down my throat? Sigh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And there was Nicky saying to me last night &#39;how are you going to keep busy?&#39;. I think this says it all. It is a full time job so far and we&#39;ve only just begun&#8230;&#8230;.. 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