FOR THE SECOND TIME OF TRYING - EP0057-201 Phase 2A Trial - Cycle 5, Day 16, tenth infusion day - 4 March 2022

 Here we go again. Cycled in again - 3rd time in this week - did't feel quite so bad although still puffing and blowing. It's nice to think that I might have made a bit of my own Hb, or have slightly increased my fitness but maybe it's just that there was no headwind - don't think there was a tailwind. And going in later with no tube strike meant fewer stops and restarts in much reduced traffic, so I could take advantage of gravity for longer stretches - hoorah.

Chemo Daycare's looking very busy on arrival at 12:30, which is already a late start, so have been pushy and texted the trial practitioner in case I need someone in my corner to make sure I don't end up missing treatment again due to time constraints. If that happened I'd be depressed/mightily pissed off/despairing - must burrow into the online Thesaurus to find some more original words although I still prefer to leaf through the grubby pages of the hard copy one - I just managed to intercept Christopher trying to recycle ours the other day!!! Thesaurus located so can add in despondent/low/steamed up/strabilious(!)

Am being generally pushy today - I think it's the effect of yesterday's dexamethasone still being felt. The catering people don't usually like to take an order until you're settled in your treatment chair, but I've butted in and insisted - to be fair it didn't take much  doing. The choice is already much reduced so I'm glad I did it - fish mornay today unless it runs out before I'm served. Had salmon yesterday and chickpea and spinach curry has already run out.

All done in time, long afternoon again but darned a couple of hiking socks, so time well used.

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