No chemo last week. I now have the pleasure f an extended good week. This makes up for the days H1N1 stole from me.
I went to the blood clinic as usual last Wednesday after the Art Therapy session. Devin had to be at work by 3:00. We decided to give the clinic a try. We [...]

Spent a lot of the night reacting to one upset or another.
Got a headache. Took a couple of Tylenols.
Got nauseous. Took my nausea pill. again a bit late since I was trying to sleep and fought it for some absurd reason. Too late to suck on the ginger candy Jill Martis sent me.
Just call me [...]

This is the week in which I am to be strong and free from side effects. The week in which I get to do things. I made myself that promise only yesterday.
I took a heartburn pill today. Something I have not had to do since  coming home from the hospital. I feel like everything I [...]

Tomorrow is Halloween.
To celebrate or not?
We celebrate every year. Make a production of it. I usually carve multiple pumpkins, some with two faces. Takes a lot of patience to carve all these faces and make them unique and scary. It is fun and well worth the effort.
The second Halloween in our current house was a [...]

Every once in a while, you wake up in the morning expecting this to be a nasty dream. But there is this bag thingy hanging off your stomach to remind you of the stark reality.
We, Janet and I, have this dream often, except she has it without the bag being on her. We remind ourselves [...]

It is difficult to know what is your worst enemy. Somehow the all seem to be tied in to each other in a big conspiracy.
Sleep deprivation is probably the worst offender. It leaves you defenseless against anything else.
Anxiety comes a number of sources, the most likely of which is lack of knowledge.
Depression, well I don’t [...]