Learning curve
Well, it would seem that I have learned an important lesson this week: despite how one is feeling, it is not in one’s best interest to exercise on the treadmill a couple of days after chemo. I had to go into the office this morning to do some paperwork and I thought, “Since I’m heading in, why don’t I try and exercise?” Seems a reasonable enough question. Besides, except for a little nausea, I was feeling okay. In fact, afterward, I felt generally okay, too, but by mid-day, I was feeling pretty yucky.
I’m feeling better now, but then again, I have not really eaten anything since lunchtime. I guess, in all this, the good news is that I have 3 more regularly scheduled chemo treatments left. I say regularly scheduled only because if we find evidence that the cancer has returned, Dr. Kauh will likely prescribe additional chemo. (We’re planning on that NOT happening, okay?) Ironically, my last treatment will be on April 1st; somehow that seems appropriate. We’ll have to have Tumorpalooza II to celebrate THIS milestone, eh?
MaryBeth and I have planned a pretty cool family vacation for March, though the kids do not know about it yet. My birthday is March 1, so I figured I would give THEM a gift and tell them about it (more likely, I’ll give them cards with the attraction tickets in them). If it seems like I’m being vague, well, I am. Not that I don’t implicitly trust all of you, but I want this to be a surprise, and I don’t want any of you all accidentally spilling the beans.
For those of you who have been following this blog for a while, you’ll remember that we had some challenges traveling to Cincinnati for Christmas. Well, several years before (2005), we had similar troubles traveling to Indianapolois. The plan was to drive to Nashville (about a 4 hour drive) on Friday evening and then complete the remaining 4 hours on Saturday (Christmas Eve). Well, a HUGE winter storm came through the Nashville area Friday evening that caused MILES and MILES of backup on the interstate (it took us 9 hours to go 100 miles). We found a hotel room Saturday night (and a restaurant that served adult beverages) and spent another 8 hours driving the remaining 150 miles on Christmas Day.
During one of our stops during that 17 hour ordeal, we found a field that was covered with ice and in the field was a crab apple tree (click on the image to see a larger picture). Even during this very (VERY) trying time, I looked closely and found something interesting to photograph.
Cheers,
Merle
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