The return

A week has passed since my last post. I went back to work on Monday, it was interesting to see the varied reactions from my colleagues. While they all came up and welcomed me back politely, I feel that cancer is still a taboo subject for most. I also think that unless you have been through it yourself or know someone who has, it's perhaps difficult to know what is involved and how it can change one's life entirely.
I was absolutely exhausted by the first day and it got worse as the week progressed. It was physically tough, my body had forgotten to do simple exercise such as walking and my muscle ached after a few days. I managed to stay there until Thursday when my eyes started burning again to the point where I decided to go home.
I've lost the bottom part of my eye lashes and the top is thinning out, eye lashes help keep the dust and any kind of air pollutant out of your eyes and believe me it's quite noticeable, my eyes get irritated very easily.
I thought of wearing a patch but I can't wear a patch on both eyes !

On another subject I went to have my PICC line cleaned out today, so I thought I'd get a pic so that you can see how weird it looks...if you have a weak stomach don't look. And for those who wonder, it's not painful, in fact I forget it's even there for most of the time. Keep in mind that it is normally covered and stuck on the inside of my arm, it was just being cleaned up when this pic was taken.

Doesn't that just make you want to be able to plug your ipod or any other electric device in there, who knows maybe in the future they'll be able to insert a small battery pack under your skin and we might all be able to do just that....recharge your mobile phone, plug in your ipod, portable reading lamp etc....think of the endless possibilities ....