Pauline, good to see your name again.

Hope you're keeping well.

Any news, suggestions or indeed anything?

Hi Pikeman
Yes I am fine at present. Just very busy with my website making new pages. Not enough hours in the day. Keep getting the damned oral thrush though everytime I get camera scoped. Am now on 3 monthly appointments and read your mail about getting worried at the slightest strange signs with interest. I too have to have strong words with myself as it is so easy to panic at an ailment, yet if we hadn't made the effort originally to get our problems checked out we might be in even worse positions. So I think a little concern and paranoia is natural. My consultant says it is a very fine line between being paranoid about watching for symptoms and being watchfully observant.
I am eating a lot better and can taste much more since March. The main improvement has been not so much in taste, but in swallowing and texture making foods more acceptable generally. Toast is still a problem so I know that will please you. But I really enjoyed waffles every morning on holiday.

Hope you and all others here are as well as can be expected. I am saddened to see new names but always try to give support to individuals when they email me. I know it is different for everyone. But we do at least all know how lousy the spook on the shoulder can make you feel when there are days when it just seems to dominate the thoughts.

Sorry to hear Eileen is depressed. So sorry Shelley has to have dramatic surgery. Maurice I think the blog idea is great.
<br />And for Paul even if you don't like the sound of your voice on the answermachine why not keep trying with it and do a form of self speech therapy. Don't give up it is worth a try. I bet over 8 weeks you would notice a real difference if you kept trying with specific vocal sounds. Maybe a voice coach could help you.
We have to try to make something positive out of this experience to begin to make sense of it, but it is so hard I know when there are up and down moments.Kind wishes Pauline

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Pauline, good to hear that things seem to be coming along quite well for you.

I've just moved on to 6 monthly clinics so I take that as a good sign.

Thank God I've not had any real problems, although I now have a chest pain. The suggestion is that it may something called condritis (as least that's what it sounded like). So to GP on Friday to see what he says.

Oh yes, you're right about the toast thing. I virtually gloated when I read you're still having problems with it!

Stay safe