Weekend Update & Gratitude

I’m five days in after my fifth round of chemotherapy and the pattern is very much in line with the last four rounds. I am beyond tired to the point where I’m almost embarrassed at how much I’ve slept over the last few days. I simply don’t have the energy to function like a regular person. Simple things that would normally be tidied up have stayed messy and I’m feeling behind and just want to go back to sleep. I’m grateful that my husband, Gavin and Mackie are on their way back from Atlanta, they should be home in a few hours.

Angela brought me an açai bowl today which started off my food intake. I was surprised I could get through it cause it’s cold and I’m still suffering from cold sensitivity, but it had been sitting out for a little bit and I was able to tolerate it.
Soon after, my neighbors brought me fresh lemonade and sweet tea and I let that get to room temperature and enjoyed that as well. Shout out to Cynthia and Rick for thinking of me and dropping that off.

I’ve had a tree in my front yard that has been dying for a few years that I needed to get rid of and who knew that my son John’s dear childhood friend, Tommy Jurek, was a skilled climbing arborist!? He was gracious enough to stop over today and take care of this for me even leaving some firewood near our fire pit in the backyard. It’s so cool to see how kind and mature my kids childhood friends have grown in to their adult selves. I get messages from several of my them and I’m very grateful for Tommy coming over today to take care of this. I couldn’t find the pictures I was looking for, but I ran across one of him and Johnny at the Lake County Fair when they were little kids.

I’ve had to take a couple of Zofran today to keep the nausea at bay and for the first time in a while I had to take one of my pain pills as I was experiencing some upper abdomen and liver discomfort. My pain levels have drastically reduced, but since I’ve been trying to wean myself off the long acting medicine I definitely notice I need some relief here and there. It’s only 815 and I am in bed looking forward to tomorrow and having my house full of energy when my family is back.