Ahhhh ....only one day to go. It's the weekend now and Monday is my last day. I seem to have just about got through the dreaded last week although I'll see what the side effects throw at me over the next few days. My face is red, rough and dry. There's a sharp pain in jaw and ear .... but only from time to time and it seems to fade if I move around. I wonder if it's some sort of fluid build up.

I don't identify my tiredness as fatigue because it doesn't feel like that. Once I'm up and about I can stride along and hurry through tasks etc but I feel a lack of initiative. I also sleep for a long time at night and don't dare lie on my bed in the daytime or I'll fall into a half sleep and wake up feeling ghastly.


1996, ovarian cancer surgery + cisplatin and taxol.
September, 2007, SCC of left lateral tongue. Excision.
October, 2009 recurrence in scar tissue, T1NOMO. Free flap surgery from left wrist - neck dissection. 63 year old New Zealander. No chemo, no RT.
February, 2014. New primary in left buccal mucosa. Marginal mandibulectomy, neck dissection, right arm free forearm flap. T1N0M0 but third occurrence and some areas of concern: RT started 8 April and finished 19 May.