Ray’s Blog

After session 11 ended, I was in bed for over a week. Then, for some reason I have yet to discover, I felt better on Saturday than I have in weeks. I took out the garbage, organized the recyclables, and was able to things that I hadn’t done in a while. I had to take Anastasia to a sleep over but realized I was blocked in by my special friend. In order to get the car out, I had to remove part of an ice/snow mountain that had been plowed next to my car a few weeks before. Luckily, Ken was there to help me but I was able to use a pick-axe to chop the ice, while Ken shoveled it out of the way. I thought, man, am I going to pay for this exertion later. Meaning I would be overtaken by sleep soon. But that never happened. I have no idea why on the eleventh session I would be better than I have been - it’s supposed to get worse. But I’ll take it.

Still fatigued even on this last good day before chemo. I hope my blood levels are low so they will postpone my treatment maybe for a week. Not sure how I will feel if I get it tomorrow. Not good. Not good.

Well, I’m feeling good but I can see my window for feeling that way is shrinking after each chemo session. I need to counteract this somehow. Through nutrition is one way. More sleep would probably help. I’m starting to read about supplements that could do the trick. Maybe even some exercise when I feel up to it. Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of time to experiment. I just need to keep a look out especially when I have the energy in the times I feel close to normal. The real measure of my fitness will be how long I can maintain my six days out of ten at the office. I was a little shaky at the start of this week. I had to leave a little early yesterday ’cause I just felt tired. I can still work from home as much as I need to but being in that office helps me to feel at least semi-normal so to maintain that as long as possible will do me well as well as indicate how well I’m handling chemo.

There may be a honeymoon period for chemo but all I know is I’m feeling pretty good considering how I’ve heard it could be. Of course I am excluding the fiasco of last week. I’m happy to say that if this is how things go, I should be able to be at the office working six days out of ten every two weeks. And if I haven’t mentioned it yet, two weeks ago and this week I worked the entirety of each on campus instead of at home. That’s a good indicator of how well I am feeling. Lets hope it stays this way for a long time. more…