I now have a driver to take me to my appointments as Mel does not think that I am capable. She is also cutting up my food and feeding it to me after she pre-chews it. I am actually not that bad at the moment but I think that Mel is doing it to prevent fatigue over time with me. For the most part I feel fine, but I need to monitor my food intake as the nausea occurs more easily now compared to previous times. It is only going to get worse for the next couple of weeks as we finish this all off. I am being a bit more proactive with it though and taking my medication. I may need to revert to drinking the protein drinks, but I will do them 1 shot at a time so it does not seem as much. It is difficult for me to drink the whole bottle at once. My fatigue levels on Monday are not too bad, it seems to get worse as the week progresses.
Today the Smith machine came, all 1300lbs of it. Originally they were going to place the pallet into the garage for us but that did not happen. They did not have a powered dolly and barely managed to get it to the end of the driveway blocking off the driveway for both vehicles. We live in a wonderful neighborhood and as soon as they had seen that heavy pallet a couple of neighbours came and helped out. There 750lbs worth of weights that had to be moved individually. I had called a friend to see if he had a pallet mover and he offered to come with his 2 sons, but we managed to get it all moved in about an hour. I helped a bit, but it made me quite tired and I only did very light things. We are lucky that we have neighbors that are so willing to help. One of them had just come home for his lunch break and instead of going in to eat he spent his time helping us open the boxes containing everything and then moving the items. We wanted to keep everything together and off the floor so we ended up emptying the box on the pallet and then moving the box and then placing everything in that box. We should be receiving the adjustable dumbbells tomorrow.
Mel also would not let me go to Skater’s Edge to get Xavier’s skates sharpened so I had to give her instructions on what to do. He is quite particular about what hollow to get and I go there so often that they all know me and do not even ask. When Mel showed up they recognized his skates and asked Mel confirming the proper adjustment and she said she had to look it up, but they were pretty confident. The thing is, if Mel gave the wrong information I think he would have asked if it was for Xavier and if so he would have done what he normally would and assume that the mom who brought it in did not know what they were talking about. I appreciate the care that you get from the smaller local stores. They know you and you are not just an unknown person. That kind of care is awesome.
It is the end of the day now and Mel went to the Spa down and I have finished making dinner and cleaning the kitchen. I try and do as much as I can, but I get tired more quickly and I need to be careful as my activity increases right now I am not taking in more calories so it is a fine balance that I need to manage. I will monitor everything this week and track what the progress is like. Tomorrow I have another early appointment and I think I want a morning nap tomorrow.
Q