Yes I know – I have been seriously deliquent AND I need to explain this title! One night in a round of pre-bed silliness, Andie mumbled something that to my ears sounded like “baked greasies”. When I asked her what in the world she was talking about, she informed me that what she actually said was “bed crazies”. At that point she dissolved into a mad fit of giggles. This has been a running joke ever since If she wants to catch me off guard she just says baked greasies and we both have a jolly laugh. Anyway, this past week was a little more unpleasant in terms of post chemo effects. Developed nausea for the first time this past week in addition to the miserable bone/joint pain. Was trying to hold out until I went in on Friday to address a prescription to help control it in the future, but by Thursday was having a very difficult time functioning, taking meds etc. I called them at 8:15 and by 9:05 there was a prescription at Walmart. They have been so wonderful! Am feeling much better – the bone pain was gone by Thursday this time and the meds took care of nausea very quickly. I’m glad that next time I have that round, I will be better prepared to take care of it early on as the symptoms usually settle down by the following Thursday or Friday. We got done really early this time – were out by noon. We had dinner Thursday night in a section of St. Louis called the “Hill”. It is an Italian neighborhood that has a lot of small grocery stores, bakeries etc. We decided after I finished the chemo to check out some of the stores and bakeries. It was really nice to do something fun and not just associate the trip with a round of chemo in the recliner. We came home with several homemade salamis, Italian bread, a blackberry cobler, a large cherry danish and pre-baked pizza crusts. The girls had several friends over Saturday night and we did a pizza assembly line, using my Dad’s tried-and-true pizza sauce recipe. It’s the BEST!!! Had a lot of fun and it was pretty darn good. I think we will be stocking up on supplies every time we go now but will have to take a larger cooler!! Am now just trying to psych myself up for the return to work tomorrow. Am excited at the prospect of seeing people but am a little nervous about stamina at this point. I have not really had to sustain any significant amount of energy for hours at a time yet and am a little concerned about how I am going to do. All I can do is give it my best shot. At least I have a whole week and a half of pretty good days so am going to be optimistic!! Am going to make a trial run to Wally-World to test the waters this afternoon so wish me luck. If I can make it through the eternal wait in line, I should be good to go!! I just wish it wasn’t going to be so bloody cold tomorrow. What a rude re-entry that will be!! See some of you tomorrow!
Lisa
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