Blog of Random Thoughts
It has been over 200 days since this journey has begun. I was told that I should expect to take 6-9 months off of work. The time has flown by, and things seem to be getting better now. This morning I drove myself to an appointment and it went well. The receptionist came out to…
Xavier has hockey almost every day right now, and it was nice to see the parents from hockey. Over the last couple of years when Xavier was playing with the team they were super supportive of him and he has developed and grown a lot playing with them. A lot of the parents came to…
Xavier is starting hockey again and he will need some new pads this year. Last year in December he needed new pads so he got some. He used them for 2 months and then hockey ended. This time he is going to get some custom pads so he should have them in 8 weeks or…
Today was an interesting day. When I woke up I was feeling great. Last night when I had weighed myself i noticed that I had gained 3 lbs since Thursday. I not only stabilized the weight but I am increasing it now. I have been eating more and my caloric intake is about 2000 now….
Xavier needed some clothing for school and some new shoes. He is quite particular about both and he was on the verge of changing from boys to mens shoes. I am not capable of extending walking shopping. I have gone a couple of times in August where we were in the store for 5 minutes…
I realized that when I have not been feeling well I do not go downstairs to my computer and end up not writing much. I did not realize that it has been so long since I last posted something. I should have known as when there are no posts the number of emails and texts…
Last night was rough. Over the last couple of nights I have been throwing up mucous and bile at night. The kids were concerned and were asking Melanie about it. She informed them that it was due to the medication I was on and they had discussion about how medicine can be beneficial but have…
Last night I finally slept through the night without waking up because of pain. What was happening was I would wake up with mucous and start coughing and it would result in a burning sensation down my chest. Wonderful experience if you want to be awake all night. It would go away after 20-30 minutes…
On Sunday night, Melanie had trouble sleeping because of my blood pressure and she had nightmares about it. We made an appointment to talk to the nurse before my radiation appointment at the hospital, but we ran into my doctor in the hallway. He is awesome, and I am not sure if I get preferential…
Today was my last day of radiation treatment and my last oral chemo treatment for this round is tonight. This is the completion of round 3 in my treatment. I am surprised by how difficult this round was. Partially because it was not something that I could just overcome with will power. This is not…