Chemo went well, I guess. I don't remember much of it since I slept for most of it. I even slept through several moments of chaos (a fall right in front of me). After I was cut loose with my pump, I started experiencing the irritation of hives again. Thankfully I had some Benadryl with me, so I was able to take care of that.
Unfortunately, there was nothing I could do about the Peripheral Neuropathy which kicked in hard this week. It still has not faded and I am over 48 hours since it kicked in. I slept all day (and I mean all day) Saturday. I would wake up for about an hour at a time and try to keep up with some SEC college football. I watched Auburn play and Alabama. Finally, I watched Stanford beat USC which means LSU will probably move up to #2 in the AP poll. I like it when the SEC dominates this poll, because they do have the best teams (IMHO).
After finally getting disconnected from my pump today, I started heading home. That went poorly too. As I was pulling in to fill up my gas tank for the long drive, I hit a barrier at the WalMart gas station. Minor damage, but enough I will have to get it taken care of one day. And about 40 miles from home, a bird committed suicide against my windshield. So it is well and truly shattered. It is basically dead center, so I still had decent visibility to drive with. There is just no place here locally to address the situation, so it will have to wait 2 weeks until I am back in Midland.
My PN is hurting (yes, even as I type this). I have a sore throat and the cold intolerance is making it very difficult to drink anything. I tried to eat yesterday, but could barely get anything down so I just quit trying. Still haven't eaten anything today, but will try some rice later.
Sorry there is not much to this post, just sharing my bad weekend. I feel bad about missing a daily post for the first time yesterday, but I was less than motivated to post and probably unable to put things coherently either.
I will not dwell on this weekend, it is gone. I look forward to better days in the future.
Sending you a hug and I smile. Thank goodness for the little pleasures like college football. Remember you are stronger than you know. I'm praying for a better week for you!
ReplyDeleteThank you Miss Riki. I am in dire need of one these days. I appreciate it.
DeleteYou never really know how strong you are until you need to be.
Just a quote I remember reading one day and liking. Now that it applies, not so fond...lol.
As a big 12 gal, I can't say much for your choice of teams , but I'm glad football was able to bring at least some small moments of pleasure into a difficult weekend. I'm confident better days are ahead in the very near future. Keeping you in my thoughts.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in the days and area of the Big 10 being the powerhouse in college football. Thankfully I moved and discovered real football in the south. LOL
DeleteI spent the last nearly 4 years in the hometown of Landry Jones, so I am a bit tired of hearing about how wonderful he is. He was good in High School, but for the area, it wasn't really saying much. He still seems like he has a good head on his shoulders, so I hope he does well. I just don't believe the press should hype up kids to go pro when they still have a year or two of college left. I thought college was about learning, not about getting drafted into the NFL. But then looking at SEC teams, most players need the NFL if they ever expect a job out of college.