I have such a short memory and after 2 weeks I tend to forget what it was like. I thought that a couple of weeks ago I thought that it was due to the port being recently implanted. It is quite uncomfortable as I can feel the liquid going into me and I need to alter the height of the bottle to make things feel better. When I use my right arm, it is a bit sore on the side of my chest close to where the arm is. The discomfort is rather annoying I must say. It is not chronic, nor is it acute. It comes and goes with varying levels depending on movement or slight adjustments that I make. I have had extreme sensitivity to cold. Last night I totally forgot about it and I had asked Mel to get me a Wild Cherry Shake from Arby’s. I took a sip and thought that this was delicious but I could not drink more than that because it hurt in my mouth. This morning I had some cold food from the fridge and it was not super pleasant in my mouth but I think my hands was even worse. Food from the fridge hurts my hands, but luckily I have gloves that I can wear most of the time and it should be ok. My hair has not fallen out yet, and it seems to be fine. My stomach feels fine, but it always seems to be on the edge of whether I am going to be nauseous or not. So far when I am worried about that I will take a pill to make sure it is ok. I have been able to drink more and eat fairly well and I think that I can continue it throughout today as well.
Mel is a bit worried about me driving and taking Xavier to hockey today, but the arena is less than 8 minutes away, so I can drive there and be back in under 15 minutes. We still need to get his skates sharpened before the tournament starts tomorrow, but hopefully we can get that done tonight. Mel and I can get them done tonight and if not then tomorrow morning I can go and get them done prior to us leaving for the tournament in the afternoon. Olivier will not be going with us which makes the trip a bit easier. Last time what we did was we grabbed a medium pizza from Toppers on the way to Timmins and we ate that as our meal. It worked out well and I think we can try and do that again this time. When we return we will then have 2 weeks until we leave for April and we will need to make sure that we are done all of the prep. I have started to buy things for our trip and organizing everything. Thursday are the days that I end up being the most tired so I think we will need to see what the impact will be on this travel. I need to remember to take enough masks as I will wear them when I am out. We will also need to do an injection while i am in Timmins, Mel does not feel comfortable giving it to me so we will get one of the nurses on the team to help out. I would do it myself but I am too physically weak to actually push it hard enough to make it work.
I need to also start writing content for the GoFundMe. I need to write down some of the context about what the cancer how it started and then provide some information about the treatment. This will help others who will then do the rest for setting it all up. It is nice that people are willing to help out with all of that and i am glad that we have such an awesome support system. It is unbelievable the amount of support that we have received from family and friends. Many people say they treat others like family, but actions are what matter. We have had so much people act that is crazy. We are quite lucky that we have so much help and more from people who want to but do not know how to. We have also had help from people that border on excessive generosity that we will never be able to pay back. I had mentioned previously that our newer neighbours did not go around and help snowblow driveways. Yesterday as we were coming home, we noticed that the end of our driveway was filled with snow as it seems something came by. Our neighbour across the street was out snowblowing with his son in his stroller. He stopped his snowblower and offered to help out and snowblow our driveway as long as his son was cooperating. Mel parked in our neighbours driveway next door and he cleaned up the end of our driveway for us. I get that, as it is something that I would have loved to do if I was able to. When they had first moved in and I was capable I had cleared their driveway a couple of times. They are nice and tend to keep to themselves. I took steroids this morning and it is suppose to help me out with fatigue, but I actually feel more tired today then I did the first time through. I would take a nap except I will need to drive Xavier in an hour to his practice. Once I get home then I can take a break and a quick nap. The mental fog is starting to set in so I will not write much for the GoFundMe now as I will end up not happy with it and rewriting it. I should write it at 2am or early in the morning. Last night I had visions on what I wanted to write and it seemed like lucid dreaming as when I opened my eyes it was 6:30am and I was not tired.
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