Why I haven’t been writing many book reviews

Published on by Margaret

I am so behind with writing about what I’ve been reading this summer.

Here’s the reason –

This is something I’ve been thinking about writing about for a while now, but now seems the right time, because in June I spent three weeks in hospital for major surgery and currently I’m having chemotherapy as a precautionary measure. Today I started my second session out of four, beginning with an IV drip over 3 hours. One of the side effects is that I have bad pins and needles in the hand where the cannula went and also up my arm. I can’t touch cold things or metal – the fridge, our door handles etc, including my laptop. I’m using a heat pad to alleviate the pain and that means using the other hand on the laptop and that is difficult ! It will gradually go away, but until it does I’m sorry but I won’t be posting very much.

22 thoughts on “Why I haven’t been writing many book reviews”

  1. So sorry to hear you’re going through this, Margaret! Of course your health has to go before anything else, and I’m glad you’re getting the medical care you need. Please take care of yourself and focus on getting better. We’ll wait…

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  4. So saddened to hear you have been having such a rough time Margaret. The reaction to cold surfaces is something that is quite frightening when it first happens. I used to get it in my throat and it felt like I couldn’t swallow. It should go away after the first few treatments.

    Take care of yourself and remember that we are here whenever you feel ready to start posting again

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    1. I now can feel it in my throat too after the 2nd IV drip – painful with cold drinks making it difficult to swallow and it feels scratchy. So thanks for telling me it should go away after the first few treatments. How many treatments did you have?

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      1. I had 8 sessions – they were meant to be spaced two weeks apart but my white cell count kept dropping so the intervals got stretched to every three weeks. I think the throat thing went away after the second round. The clinic told me, when it happened to move my head back so I would stretch the neck muscles. Seemed to work. Feel free to direct message me Margaret :)

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  5. I thought that something like this must be going on with you and I’m really sorry to hear it confirmed, Margaret. I’m sure you’ll come through it and be back posting before you know it. Sending positive vibes for a speedy recovery. Take care.

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  6. Oh no. I’m so sorry that you’re having such a rough time Margaret. Chemo just simply seems to be such an ordeal for everyone who goes through it. I hope that the adverse symptoms lessen and that the treatment has the effect that you want. Take care of yourself!

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  9. So sorry you’re having to go through all this, Margaret – hope things improve soon! Have you tried the built in voice dictation system in windows? I use it from time to time when I’m feeling too lazy to type, and while I usually end up having to do some editing to correct it for errors, I’ve found that over the last year or so it’s improved out of all recognition and really works well now. I’ve dictated this comment, and have left it unedited so that you can get an idea of how accurate it is. In the past, these voice programmes could never cope with my glass region* accent, but now mostly it can.

    *Glaswegian! OK, it still struggles with some words! ;)

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    1. Thanks, FF. I haven’t tried voice dictation. I’ll have a go, although I change what I want to say quite a lot as I’m typing.

      Love what it made of your Glaswegian accent. I wonder what it’ll make of mine – generally north western English, but definitely not Received Pronunciation.

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  10. Margaret, I missed this post. I’m so sorry to hear of your health issues; you’ve had a rough time. I’ll watch out for your posts as and when you feel able. Do take good care of yourself x

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