It is 5.30am, and I am unable to sleep with the steroids, again.  I am getting about 3 hours per night.  Crazy.  It is awful to feel tired, but not sleepy.  I am trying to watch the X Factor final on the ITV Player as I missed it last night.  I was helping out my friend Tom who promotes fab gigs in London, so I was at the Peaches gig at the Camden Koko, a music venue doing the guest list and ticket collection last night.

I am not liking these stronger steroids as much as the ‘old’ ones.  These make my face a bit swollen with puffy eyes, more on the left side, and I feel generally bloated.  But, hey if they are helping to cure this cancer and I get to live, I suppose it does not matter!

The other new symptom I have noticed is pain in my left lower back around my kidneys, which seems to be a lot worse at night.  I actually, woke up because the stabbing pains.  Also, my urine is a bit pinky… there may be some blood in it, or I have been overdoing the beetroot in my juices!  I might give Lucy a call later and see what she thinks.

But, the good news is my chest is less swollen.  The chemo is working its magic, and the cancer is shrinking!!  Yay.