My cancer diary:
Tuesday - April 3, 2001
[total: day 58][chemo-cycle 2: day 14]

"The condition of my mouth has become worse since the weekend. It hurts and I fear that I caught a sore throat or something similar because swallowing is very difficult. Andrea and I decide that a visit to an ear, nose and throat doctor would be best.

Thus Andrea drives me to the hospital. As I do not have an appointment we have to queue in line. We learn that the private outpatients' department is closed on Tuesdays. So we wait at the normal one where the line is even longer.

A young assistant does her routine questioning and checking. She examines very carefully. Later the doctor confirms that it's not a sore throat, but just the normal side effects of chemotherapy. Also the bleedings in the nose are nothing to worry about.
We get a sample of an ointment for the nose and a prescription for some anaestetical pills for the throat.

The pills turn out to be very strong. It's like preparing a small local operation. At least it allows me to eat and drink a bit. Although the pills taste like medical pills. And that's usually not a nice appetizer."

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