Update

Happy New Year! I hope 2011 will be much better than the year just gone - I firmly believe it couldn't be worse. We usually have New Years Eve here, but I didn't feel up to it so we went to a friend's house. I faded about 8pm, so we came home and fell asleep in front of TV. I woke up to the sound of fireworks in Sydney (three hours ahead in time), so we wished each other Happy New Year and went to bed.

I am feeling much better than I did when I last wrote about Irinotecan and my reactions to it. My appetite has improved (well, it's better than it was a week or so ago) and I have no diarrhea. I am, however, really tired and am sleeping heaps (up to 16 hours a day - just like the cat!)

I am managing to eat quite a lot of fresh vegetables and seafood, as well as cereal and fruit for breakfast. No red meat. Eggs are problematical. Maureen suggested eggflips, but I loathed them when I was cancer free, so I can't see being able to take them now, especially since I vomited up the last lot of scrambled eggs I ate. Hard boiled seem OK. I had some pizza the other day, though I had to leave the anchovies.

I can always eat more when we are out. When we were at a friend's house on New Years Eve I ate quite a bit - especially naughty stuff that I would have avoided when I was so overweight. Like the fresh strawberries topped with tiny meringues - yummy! I ate five. I think the reason I can eat more in such situations is that I am not involved in either the preparation or smelling the preparation (if Kevin does the cooking). However I had quite a big bowl of salad and prawns this lunchtime which he made. Very nice, too.