11th April, 2018

So far so good for cycle #3. Nick arrived Monday, promptly hurled. The on-duty oncologist, Dr. L., said that the sight of her often makes her younger patients hurl, but she doesn't take it personally. Guess you have to have a thick skin and a sense of humour to do her job..

Nick's been really zoned out since then - the chemo, the steroids and antinauseants, and of course one of his "medicinal" cookies taken Monday night, have all helped. Nick has had absolutely no desire to smoke anything since getting here, which is great - no coughing at all.

Tanja, myself and Alex have been putting in some long shifts to be with Nick. We don't really talk that much, but we have had some Scrabble games. Time for one now!

Three days down, two more to go!

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