Today I received a phone call informing me that my chemo treatment is on Thursday now instead of Wednesday. I need to get my injection on Saturday now and I am not sure if the nurses that come to the house work on the weekend. It may mean that Melanie needs to inject me. I am not sure if she will be nervous about that or not.
This pushes things back a bit and it will likely mean that next Monday I will be quite tired. I plan to take the steroid for an extra day, which will mean I take it on Saturday and hopefully I will be recovered for Monday. As of right now I do not plan on taking that day off.
1.) One of the reasons why I started the blog was because I would have people ask me daily how things were with me, and some people were not comfortable asking all the time because they thought it would bother me. I am fine with people asking all the time, because they are asking since they care. It is interesting to me to see people in leadership positions above me reach out to me to check on me. It is a testament that the people in the company I deal with truly believe in the well being of the person first and foremost. There are a lot of examples of people working for companies that throw people under the bus when things do not go well. In my position everyone has said to take care of my health first and there is nothing within the company that is more important. When I converse with the people above me they do not talk to me about work, but about how I am doing. Work is brushed aside and their concern is my well-being. I appreciate a work environment that is ok with me not being 100% and me doing what I can while I get better.
2.) When Melanie and I started dating, there were occasions when I had to travel and during some of this travel I stayed at her relatives places in different cities without her. They had welcomed me with open arms and it never felt weird that I was hanging out with her aunts, uncles and cousins without her. I appreciated spending time with them and having a familiar place to stay. Her family as a whole is kind and open to helping out others whenever they can. As soon as they knew that I was in the area the first response was you can come stay with us. I took them up on the offer as I enjoyed their company and it is much more fun being a house filled with love compared to dining by myself in a restaurant and going back to my hotel room. This is a great example of how the family support system that I have is not just limited to my immediate family, but extends to the whole family.
3.) I have a reputation for spending a lot of money and always buying high quality things. Melanie and I have an interesting relationship in that I never question what she spends money on or if spends on frivolous things. She once got a parking ticket and people were teasing her at work that I would be upset. She told them that I would not care, and it is true. I thought it was amusing because Mel has a reputation for following rules. We all make mistakes, and it is not like she intentionally tried to get a parking ticket. She will sometimes go shopping and feels the need to justify her purchases at times, which I find entertaining. We apparently needed plants for the shower. Yes. The shower. If you do not have at least 2 plants in the bathroom what the hell are you doing? So she bought some plants for the shower, but one of them was not doing well so she had to move it. I would like to point out that the kids and myself use the steam function all the time, which fills the shower with steam around 91 degrees Fahrenheit. I am not sure if it is a good temperature for plants or not. She had gone to a farm and bought a bunch of plants and once she arrived home she said she should have bought more. I highly recommend filling the shower or bath with as many plants as you can, it will help with being one with nature.