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Chemotherapy day 64 - challenging night and day

6 capecitabine, 3 anti nausea, a antihistamine and a B6. The tingling of the peripheral neuropathy present most of the day.

Spoke with Peter, Ann, Jack C, Graham M and Terry P. 

BSC - 3/4

Continued to learn about MS Access, seems likely to be a useful program to extract value out of the NM spreadsheets. Need to drive IAA value and how it is seen by NM. The resources gained from the big investment needs to be collected, understood and used. 

JC mixed branding for retailers quoted
417 retailers in 2021 not enough
IAA needs 500 retailers involved
Match RN covered stores regionality with the ACS Local Shop Report numbers.

Keeping the grey cells busy!

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