I'm Alive.. and Kicking

Sorry it has taken me so long to update. Mostly I have spent today on the couch watching recorded Price is Right shows. I think the reason I do this is because it does not take a whole lot of brain power to stay up with a story line- and I am also able to use my brain a bit to guess prices or what ever so it is entertaining to me as well.

Today has been a better day than yesterday was for sure. Yesterday - my husband ended up having some time off and so I thought that I would be able to handle a trip to Walmart to pick up some stuff that had been sitting on the list for a few days- well that ended up being a huge mistake for me. I was so hot while I was there - and did what I could to get the stuff we needed and left as soon as I could. When we got home - I took a hot bath and got my night gown on, even though it was like 1:30pm. And I crawled in bed and rested and slept - spent about 2 hours total in bed but only slept about half of that. When I got up I actually felt about as crappy if not worse then I did before I laid down. So I just sat in our recliner and rested/watched tv most of the afternoon. I took another hot bath before bed and went to bed at about 9pm. I slept better last night - of course I took a pain pill and a Tylenol pm before going to bed. I am having to drink a lot of water trying flush the chemo out of the system - and so that ends up meaning several different trips to the bathroom throughout the night. But the good news is that once I got back into bed - it did not take me hours to get back to sleep like it did the nights that I had the steroids. So I got a decent amount of sleep.

Today I have been able to get a few little jobs around here done- vacuumed emptied the dishwasher, and filled it up - having it going now and gathered the trash- trash day is tomorrow so I wanted the trash gathered so my husband could take it down when he got home. I also made Crockpot Peppersteak for supper- that is something that is fairly easy and so I did not have to be up working a lot in the kitchen.

Today I have dealt with the aches and pains that always come after chemo- and then the queasiness- it is like I have to eat smaller amounts of stuff off and on all day long -cause I get to where I feel like if I don't eat - I will be sick. So I have to either eat or drink something - but hardly anything sounds good to me. It is a pain- but I just don't want to deal with that sick feeling - it is NO fun. So I have to eat a banana or crackers or yogurt ever so often to keep it at bay. It is almost 8pm now and I am thinking I will take another hot bath - and then get myself ready for bed. Will probably have to take my pain pills before bed cause I am hurting. I have only taken a Tylenol during the day- trying to just use the pain pills when really needed.

Since today was a bit better than yesterday- I am hoping that tomorrow will be better than today. I did learn an important lesson yesterday - and that is that the Monday after Chemo- is a day at home for sure. It is a rough day for sure. Oh and here is some bad news- my granbaby's spring break starts the Monday after my next chemo- how is that for awful timing. We will be helping our son with her- I would sure like it to work out that it is a different week so that we can take her to the zoo and aquarium and fun stuff like that - instead of Grammie being sick and spending too much time on the couch/recliner. Anyway I am praying about that. There is nothing I can do about it. I really don't want her to see me feeling so crappy. It is no fun at all.

Anyway I wanted to thank you all for your prayers and your comments of encouragement. I really do appreciate them - even if I am not able to respond to each and every one of them. They do mean a lot to me and I continue to pray for each of you. I know that you all are going through tough situations as well and I know that God will continue to give each of us the strength and courage to get through each trial that comes our way. So thankful for a faithful Father. God bless :O)