Thursday and I wake very late, this is not good as today I start my pre chemo additional steroids. Its midday before I get to eat and take my medications. I feel less than well and all I can do is do my routine tasks. I find the energy to settle my out standing debts and begin to make plans for my next collection of poetry. My publishers are beginning to think about an audiobook and the editing of my next collection, which I am looking to publish at the end of my chemo rechallenge in mid July providing all goes well.

By mid afternoon it is becoming clear that I am not going to make Swan Lake in the evening, I am fatigued. In a last ditch attempt to rouse myself I have a shower, which is good but I am still not up to the ballet tonight. I watch an ice hockey match and have tea. I wave my partner and eldest daughter off to the ballet and I settle down to draft a brief blog before watching TV. Tomorrow is tricky, I must get up early to have my pre chemo meds as quickly as possible and then get ready for the chemo session in the afternoon. This is not a good feeling but I am hoping that after all the activity this week I will get the weekend and the following week to rest and recover. If all goes to plan I will start some exercise again, this is the most crucial thing for me at the moment.