Tuesday 3.18.2008

Day 21, Treatment #3

Sleep didn't come easily, surprisingly. I ended up going to bed about midnight and listening to the sleet/freezing rain against the windows. I was chilled, and after about a half hour or so, uh-oh, hot. Sheesh. Another 10-15 minutes, I think that's when I finally drifted off to sleep. And that's how the nights have been going. Normal temperature, sleep, hot, wake up, wait to cool off, then sleep again. I'm learning that a good time to get up to the bathroom is during the hot flash.

We got up about 8:00 and got started on our day. I left to meet Jim and Polly at Cari's home, and the four of us worked on the thank you notes for Elaine. Between the 4 of us, we got them finished as much as we could in 4 hours. It went really well, though.

I discovered something. I hadn't been writing--pen and paper type writing--and I found that it was quite a challenge to make the letters, put them in the correct order, follow the train of thought. Very weird. I know that when I'm typing, sometimes they come out in the wrong order, and the backspace button comes in handy. And the spell check, if I use it. I was very surprised at the difficulty I was having with the handwriting. I got through it, though.

I got home, we had had a power outage. Something about the power company changing a transformer?? (Don't you think they would send notice about something like that?) Just as Dan and I were talking about going out for dinner, the power came back on (yay), but we decided to go out anyway.

We ate, then went to Meijer for groceries. I tried to pick out things that might go well for me over the weekend when I may not be feeling all that great. And a few other items, too.

We put the groceries away, and each of us got on a computer. I looked at emails, and the show Dancing With The Stars on tv, and after a while, Dan turned in while I finished this post.

Tomorrow is treatment #4. Yes, I'm anxious again, but thankful that it's the last 2 days of this chemical process. Hopefully it will go well.

I will take all of you with me--your colors, the energies you send, your "thinking about you", your hugs, phone calls, and emails. We'll light that path, and I'll breathe and be ok. Thank you.