Wellness Update

Whoah.

Last time I felt pretty OK after chemo and on Day 2. I exercised both days and did the grocery shopping.

This time, about 2 hours after the last drip, the fatigue started.

For a while I thought, 'No, this can't be. I'm just being a wimp. This is half in my imagination. I'll be fine for another day.'

And then a little voice inside my head asked, "Why be a hero, Amy?"

So I called Betsy and Bryan dropped the kids off there this morning. He'll bring them home on Friday.

Gemma was a little bothered by it this time. She was excited to go, but still had a real Mommy moment. I told her that I didn't want her to be home with me because I would be cranky with her and would have no energy to do anything fun with her, and that I thought it was a better idea for her to be with Betsy and Amy all day who would have lots of energy to spend on them and who would be loving and not cranky.

Gemma saw my point.

Here is another example of the Lord's timing: Bryan begins his Retirement Class at the Air Force Academy, which is 5 minutes from Betsy's house. It goes from today through Friday.

The Burch family suddenly have a huge painting and flooring project on their hands that must be finished soon in a property of theirs. Bryan is a handy guy. So after his class, he'll go to the Burch house, eat dinner, change, and then go help Terry and TJ (that's Betsy's husband and son) paint like crazy. And because the kids are over there, I won't need Bryan too badly here! How perfect is that?

As for me, I hardly slept because the stomach cramping was so bag. The first bag of drugs was an anti-nausea med, and in the first round, it lasted long enough for me to fall asleep that night. This time, we got started a lot earlier and it wore off earlier, and according to my instructions, I can't take anything really effective until Day 2. I'll have to ask about that next time--e.g. whether I hit the hard stuff late on Day 1.

So, I'm exhausted right now, the kind where you feel almost hyper-active from it.

BUT! No responsibilities other than to rest! And my friend, JenJen (so nick-named by Gemma, whom she now calls GemGem), is driving me for today's white blood cell booster shot. So all is well enough.

Search and destroy, guys. Go get 'em.