Fever this morning... and a hair-cut

I slept in quite late this morning and when I woke I had a back ache and felt slightly chilled.
I'd missed taking my prednisone by about three hours. I checked my temperature and it was a very high 38.5C, 2 degrees higher than my normal figure.

I took a single panadol for the back ache along with my 30mg prednisone. I've been sweating ever since as my temperature slowly normalises. It's got me a little worried. Maybe 30mg is not enough, maybe it was dropped from 40mg too soon?

It's not like you can just go back up to 40mg as when it comes to steroids to need to start high with a sledge hammer blow and drop down from there. So I may need to go back to 60mg again and then back to 40mg till I see the doctor in late January.

It may be nothing.. I'll see what happens tomorrow morning and monitor my temperature during the day. I really don't want to find myself back with a 24/7 fever again.
In hindsight I have been a bit hot and sweaty in the mornings since Tuesday when I dropped the steroid dose. I just put it all down to over-doing it on Monday but perhaps it's dose related.

If you wonder why I'm sharing this, it's mainly so I have a record for the future.
Lets see what tomorrow brings..

Meanwhile Sarah and I decided it was time to cut my hair short again. It just hasn't recovered from all the chemo and the passing of time.. Time to face facts ...I'll never have long thick hair again. So it's now short and a bit thin on top.. Oh well.

Merry Christmas!!

Just a quick post to update you on my condition and wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.

My strength and stamina are building quite nicely, so much so that I spent a day helping the electrician wire the new house and workshop earlier this week. Unfortunately I over did things a bit and now every muscle in my body aches! Oh well no pain, no gain.. I must be building new muscle if it hurts this much!

My cough has gone completely, I might get the odd bit of asthma which has me coughing a little for a few minutes but that's always been the case since I was child.
One side effect I have from the steroids is my insatiable appetite, I just can't stop eating!
That's a complete turn-around from when I was sick and food was not even on my radar.

The solution is to exercise more of course. That way I can put on some healthy weight and get fit at the same time :)


Once again wishing everyone a great Christmas and a fantastic new year!! ..Ron