The 9th & 10th; Classic GvHD.

The 9th of January.  No joy from the postman, nor is there anything on myhealth to show any upcoming appointments. Maybe on Wednesday morning we'll ring a clinical nurse specialist, or try Andrew Willis' secretary. 

I've had a very quiet day. I did a blog post, then iced three lots of cupcakes for Mommy to take to Grandma's for her birthday. I got very chocolatey, sticky fingers. 

We had lunch, then Mommy went to Grandma's and I went upstairs to do some extra moisturising because my skin has become really dry with this flare. Discovered that I could peel all of the skin off my left big toe, which was the worst affected area. Classic GvHD. 

For the rest of the afternoon, I watched two episodes of The OA while crocheting my jumper, but I've had to stop because the skin between my thumb and forefinger is so dry and painful. I need some seriously heavy-duty hand cream. 

This evening I have to prepare answers to some questions I'm going to be asked tomorrow. I'm taking part in a radio programme for BBC World Service about death. It will be more uplifting than it sounds. 

The 10th of January. 

Definitely going to ring someone in the morning about my arm - the upper arm has grown to 29.5cm in circumference (compared to 24cm on the left). This morning I did some Cats Protection admin and had a look through the questions for the interview this evening. I don't need to prepare much, it's all stuff I can answer off the cuff. 

I had a follow-up appointment at the dental hospital at 1.40pm, so we went out straight after lunch. I saw one of Mrs. Richards' registrars who I've not met before. I explained what I was doing with the steroid paste and my concerns about it not staying where it should. She said that I'm doing it right, but it probably won't stick because it is on the tongue. She went to confer with Mrs. Richards, who came in to have a look and decided we should put a little bit of steroid in the two sites that are being problematic. More painful this time, right in the raw tip of my tongue and on the top. Thankfully the swelling has gone down enough for me to be able to speak. 

Afterwards, we went into town so I could stock up on facewipes and toothpaste, and we went to Lush in search of hand cream. Ended up talking to the perfect sales assistant who has a similar problem so knew exactly what to recommend. Got a tub of Helping Hands. Let's hope it does the job!

I've had the pre-interview for tonight's 9pm one (another one cropped up for BBC WM randomly), and at half six the chap is coming to record me for the one about death. In between then and now, I'll eat dinner.