Aaaah the Ardennes...

What a great week it's been! I feel rejuvenated!

After a slow start with small pains in my stomach still, a long talk with my G.P. who's on maternity leave, helped me further. She was way more helpful than Dr. Ig I have to say. Cause he just said the pain comes with chemo, and there's not so much you can do about it. He wants to wait until the next consultation (next week already!) to discuss all my symptoms and THEN prescribe things that might help.

Hm, I don't see why I had to go through all this suffering if I had known I could have taken stuff to ease my drying digestive system... even if unfortunately I had to take drugs. I'm hoping for the next one I can take softer homeopathic remedies. As long as they work. I have a whole list of stuff from a friend. We'll see.

Anyway, the Ardennes were cool. Not great, but nice enough for me to have taken in enough fresh air and build up loads of blood cells for the next chemo. I swam every day and made sure I swam until I was breathless. I need a plan for after the next chemo! Or I could go to a fitness center... in the WORST case. I hate fitness centers...

Up until yesterday I didn't lose a hair. But it's falling down now. I'm nervous about stroking my own head, cause it leaves a whole bunch of hair in my hand. So I'm wearing a scarf even inside now, don't want to find hair in my food.

I'm dreading the moment when it will all come off, but at the same time... I want it to be over, and I might do a 'Britney' and shave it all off. It's not the worse though, the hair... well, maybe the lashes. My eyes feel constantly dry too. It's like there's nothing that can hydrate my body, no matter how much water I drink. I've never had dry skin before, it's weird.

So, yes, thanks for all the comments and to everyone who pushed me to go on holiday. It was a good choice!