Recovery Report V

at the age of 65, one of my favourite actor Michael Douglas contracted throat cancer stage 4. i admired him for his optimistic, and i pray that he'll be able to pull through this toughest period of his life. if my cancer relapsed when i am 65, i will give up. not becos i think i'd live enough, but i hv 0 confidence i can pull through.

another week has passed. one significant improvement is , i'd finally regained > 80% of sweetness sensation. now my food taste so much better, all the soft drinks, all the fruit juices are giving me their original taste. life is full of sweetness.

i managed to jog 3km. my legs, my lungs r stronger than my mouth. whenever i run, i need to concentrate over my mouth (and throat), make sure i "keep" some saliva for hydration.

the ringing in my ears continue to get worse. it has become so loud that it irritates me very often.

another weird side effect which i just discovered not long ago, is a puffy neck and face i got. it gives pple an impression that i'd put on weight, but actually during this period of time, i'd gained only 1kg (now 64.5kg). i did a google and found out that the puffy neck and face is actually caused by damaged lymph nodes, it's not something very serious that i need to be alarmed.