Hi Roger:
Back when I was in treatment I had a lot of mucositis problems. I could always remember how I felt that day, how bad it was that day. And maybe I could remember how I felt the day before, but two days back or three days back, or a week back, forget it.

Not remembering the long term day to day made it difficult to determine if I was getting better, getting worse or just standing still.

So, I started a written log and religiously wrote a comment about how I felt every day. Over the short term it may not help much, but from week to week it definitely did. I could easily see that I was improving, even though it seemed the improvements were almost too small to describe on a day to day basis.

Give the idea a little thought, it might be just the thing you need to give you that little boost to your spirit, that hey, improvement is occuring, it's just very slow in coming.

keep fighting, you will get there.

Tony


Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)

09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good