in a few hours. And I can't wait :)
Feeling good overall, still have some minor problems w/fatigue but that's going away over time. Went to m/so on Wed for a Christmas party at bunnies - met up w/Dave and Jerry and a bunch of other friends. It was a really good time and I was very happy to see everyone (and they seemed to reciprocate).
As you already know, I'll be FL for the next 3 weeks. I do have my laptop with me and internet access so I'll be checking my blog and may post a time or two if I am so inclined. Mostly, I'm going to enjoy myself and forget about most everything while I'm there.
So Merry Christmas everyone, and if not before, I talk to you in the bright, shiny, new year :)
--Dr. D
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Monday, December 18, 2006
Mostly Alive
Currently listening to the Smith's "How Soon is Now?" on Alt Nation - if there's a better song, I don't know what it is :)
So last Monday I thought a lot about Miracle Max's quote from The Princess Bride "mostly dead is slightly alive". At the time I felt mostly dead and it was good to remind myself that, indeed, I was slightly alive. Mostly had to do with fatigue and lack of sleep but generally feeling horrible overall didn't help much either. The week has made a huge difference; I feel a lot better now. My night fevers stopped on Friday so I believe my wbc count is in a decent range and I've been sleeping well ever since. Spent most of Saturday sleeping actually. My appetite started returning on Thursday and I had a ginormous lunch on Friday as well as a fantastic brunch on Sunday (with Min at a place called Annie's on 3rd & 79th - highly recommend - particularly the pancakes) along with a number of very nice meals in between - my weight has started going up again which is good news (I had gotten to the extreme low end of my weight range last week) except that I'm going to have to start watching what I eat (damn). Last week, my arms and legs were shaking a lot due to lack of strength - while my strength is not 100%, the shaking has stopped and I think in a few more days most of my strength will be there. At this point, my biggest problem is still w/nausea - while it's diminished it seems to recur. This morning I woke up w/that feeling and just didn't want to get out of bed but you gotta fight this stuff so I took some Zofram and got myself moving. Fatigue is the other issue that I'm going to have to continue to contend with as it also tends to recur. So while I feel a lot like my normal self most of the time every now and again a wave of fatigue just hits me.
If it's not obvious, the meaning of the title of this post, Mostly Alive, is that while I don't feel completely recovered, the scales have tipped in my favor. I am optomistic that over the next week I will continue to improve such that when I get to FL on Sunday I should be pretty much back to normal (so head's up down there).
--Dr. D
So last Monday I thought a lot about Miracle Max's quote from The Princess Bride "mostly dead is slightly alive". At the time I felt mostly dead and it was good to remind myself that, indeed, I was slightly alive. Mostly had to do with fatigue and lack of sleep but generally feeling horrible overall didn't help much either. The week has made a huge difference; I feel a lot better now. My night fevers stopped on Friday so I believe my wbc count is in a decent range and I've been sleeping well ever since. Spent most of Saturday sleeping actually. My appetite started returning on Thursday and I had a ginormous lunch on Friday as well as a fantastic brunch on Sunday (with Min at a place called Annie's on 3rd & 79th - highly recommend - particularly the pancakes) along with a number of very nice meals in between - my weight has started going up again which is good news (I had gotten to the extreme low end of my weight range last week) except that I'm going to have to start watching what I eat (damn). Last week, my arms and legs were shaking a lot due to lack of strength - while my strength is not 100%, the shaking has stopped and I think in a few more days most of my strength will be there. At this point, my biggest problem is still w/nausea - while it's diminished it seems to recur. This morning I woke up w/that feeling and just didn't want to get out of bed but you gotta fight this stuff so I took some Zofram and got myself moving. Fatigue is the other issue that I'm going to have to continue to contend with as it also tends to recur. So while I feel a lot like my normal self most of the time every now and again a wave of fatigue just hits me.
If it's not obvious, the meaning of the title of this post, Mostly Alive, is that while I don't feel completely recovered, the scales have tipped in my favor. I am optomistic that over the next week I will continue to improve such that when I get to FL on Sunday I should be pretty much back to normal (so head's up down there).
--Dr. D
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