Saturday

Today was a rough day. I had chemo on Monday, and radiation all week long, and boy, today it caught up with me. I went to bed last night with no Aleve (completely by accident), and slept reasonably well without it. However, I woke up in pain and very lethargic and stayed in bed until after 9:00 this morning, just resting and dozing. I won’t forget the Aleve again; it keeps me nearly pain-free all night and for a little while in the morning until that first dose of Motrin kicks in.

All day long the housework has been calling me, but I’ve been ignoring it. The laundry is calling me, too, but I can’t ignore that. I mean, how hard is it to load the washer and then, 60 minutes later, the dryer? I can do that much. And that may be all I do today. I’ve had 7 out of 30 radiation treatments. I hope I survive the rest! It’s funny (and by now you know that I don’t mean “humorous”) how a little 3-minute zap can wear out a human body. All I want to do after work is sit and rest. All I want to do at night is sit and rest. All I want to do on the weekend is sit and rest. I often play cards on the computer, with one eye on the TV, because those things don’t require much concentration or energy. I can see that I’ll be leaning on others for help quite a bit in this phase of treatment, simply because I can’t do the things that need doing. (That may kill me as well!)

On the plus side, I don’t have the trouble eating (yet) that was predicted. Oh, I’m sure it’s coming—everything predicted has—but so far I don’t have trouble swallowing. And that’s a good thing, too, because I need my daily chocolate allowance. Hey, when I’m too sick for chocolate, then I’m really sick!

Thanks for being here. Misery truly does love company!  ¶ 4:34 PM