It is now 12 months since I was given the news I am in remission. My last CT scan was clear and I should probably celebrate in someway but that is not how things are done in our family. We'll ignore it as usual.
Of more interest is something I noticed a while ago but have been waiting to see if it was repeated. I now know it to be a pattern as I have noticed it the last 3 cycles of treatment.
The Pattern
In the last week of each cycle I notice my fingers and tongue start to increase sensation in particular my tongue which I notice more as a drying out sort of thing.
Other than that I have developed this strange inability to burp in the usual manner. It can cause me great pain at times and difficulty in swallowing at times. It is almost like I try to hiccup and burp and do neither and instead just gulp air. I then feel really bloated and can't swallow and at best squeeze air up my oesophagus which kind of hurts and burns. This has been going on now for about 6 weeks. It is slowly improving and when I spoke with Niall he wanted to know if it starts to get worse but while it is improving there is probably no worries.
I am maintaining my increased fluid intake as per my last post. It will be interesting to see if it has any effect on my cyclic symptoms.
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