For two days, anything entering my mouth has had to encounter what feels like a layer of sandy cling film covering my tongue and cheeks. That, apparently is a common side effect of the the Melphalan and it is a reason why I had to eat all of those ice lollies and pour green poison into my mouth four times a day. Despite the precautions, I was surprised this morning to discover, whilst I was looking at myself in the lift mirror, that my tongue, looks like this;
