Hi @baldiesrus , I can completely understand your thought re PICC. Blood clots are serious things, but they do seem to have faith in blood thinners nowadays if a clot happens, and staff are very quick to act..
. But like you, I am alway cautious of my PICC. But they struggle to get my veins, so TBH its better than weekly invasive digging and pocking. 
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Ill send you a quick magic spell to make your kitchen and freezer bigger. 
. Milk smoothies are the only thing I can tolerate in the mornings after chemo..
Joys of living on my own means my small kitchen is all mine 
. Yin and yangs 
. Ask kind hub to buy you a camping freezer for your outside haven 
. It could be your personal smoothie retreat for chemo week. Or it could risk being swiped by Smoothie Thief so perhaps not. 
Pac is suppose to make food taste like cardboard and metal. 
. Cant say that thought fills me with joy. 
I had bloods yesterday. Odd as normally its the Thursday before the Friday. I keenly rang this morning, secretly hoping my HB and WBC were too low…really wanted a week off. . I was told to ring tomorrow morning at 8am before chemo at 9am 
. Trying to figure out their logic. . I could easily ring this afternoon.
Hoping yours are OK. Unless you are like me .
Have you tried concentrated VitC effervescent tablet mouthwash for your tongue?? I have to put a 1/4 small cup of water to 1 tablet. Then rinse with it throughout the day. Strangely, supa concentrated helped my tongue/mouth. I also used Difflan as a preventative alongside. But for a week, I didnt need Difflam.
Chemo is rotten as it targets our weaknesses doesnt it. Im worried about Pac as my hands and feet have flared up this week with eczema…chemo related.. I bought silk moisture gloves and socks to help alongside creams. They do help. Im keeping the eczema stable rather than it cracking and bleeding. My hands are like snake skin in its shedding phase 
. I also need to put more cream on throughout the day…but sometimes I forget. But nighttime moisturising has helped a lot with silk socks and gloves. But this heat around the country could be uncomfortable for some ladies if using socks/gloves.
You can get silk chemo night caps from Jasmine Silk. Maybe one of those could help with eczema on your scalp 
. The silk holds in the moisture more. 
Some ladies say silk caps on hair makes hair smoother and more conditioned. Obviously us baldies cant test that out 
, but it may help scalps.
Hoping you are coping with the heat. 
. Ice in a bath sounds lovely.
Sending love, strength and eternal creative ideas to beat this chemo challenge. 
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