Efudex (Fluorouracil) Skin Cancer Treatment

[Two days after stopping Efudex treatment.]

I am thankful for quite a lot, actually.

Thankful for friends who email me with suppport, and ideas for how to cope. (see below)*

Thankful for my kids, I love them a lot and I am so proud of every one of them. (And happy 18th birthday today to my Rachel.)

Thankful for my health…besides this little skin annoyance and a few others, I really don’t have any major issues to worry about, I am in pretty good shape for a guy pushing 50.

Thankful that I was able to stop the Efudex a little early, and that after another handful of days, I can expect to start seeing improvement.

So…okay, I did wake up at 5:30 this morning with a combination of pain and itching that just about drove me out of my mind. But I got up, put on some steroid cream, and managed to fall back asleep for a few hours.

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* re: Advice from a friend…I had been wishing I owned some kind of shirt that has a very large opening for one’s neck/head. because my neck is so sensitive right now that wearing any shirt is painful. A friend suggested cutting out the collar of an old tee-shirt. Excellent suggestion…did that, and have been wearing it for two days now.