Yesterday morning Pete was silent. Literally. Somewhere between Friday night and Saturday morning his voice was no where to be heard. He had mentioned to A that his throat felt a bit scratchy when we were in for his blood work and she looked at it and said there was a bit of irritation, but didn't feel it was anything serious.
Pete has had "hay fever" type allergies in the past; the typical runny nose, itchy, watery eyes and scratchy throat, an occasional sneeze. The past few days he has had a case of the "sniffles" and after I had come in from doing some yard work the other day I had a case of the "sneezes" and must have "a-chood" at least a dozen times or more, so there were probably a lot of allergens floating around. Since he had no fever along with the scratchy throat or with the lost voice it's most likely just allergies which may be affecting him a bit differently due to the chemo influence.
His voice started to come back later in the afternoon, and this morning it was almost back to normal volume, but it does have a touch of that "nasal" quality so typical of stuffy sinuses.
Tuesday startes the next round of chemo. No word on when the radiation starts.
Oh, almost forgot. He started losing his hair the other day. It had started growing back when he was on the DTIC, but I guess the Ifosfomide has kicked in. Let's hope it's kicking the cancer cells along with the hair.
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