4/13/21 - Today is Tuesday.  Chemo day.  I passed a milestone today, too.  I drove my car.  Haven't driven in months.  It felt weird, but I think I did just fine.  No errors, no close calls, no speeding tickets.  I drove myself to chemo, was there 4-1/2 hours, then drove myself to my second appointment where I was fitted for my new arm compression suit.  Apparently, Medicare won't cover the cost of the torso suit until I've worn this one for at least 4 weeks.  Private insurance does, but Medicare is stupid.  So, I ordered one and it will arrive in a couple of days and I'll wear it for an hour in the morning and another hour in the evening.  After another month passes and my seromas in my left sister continue to grow, I can get the torso suit shipped to me.  They've been there for 3 months, but apparently Medicare just wants them to have a chance to get a little worse before they will cover the cost.  The compression suit pushes the fluid up and over to the other side of my body, where those lymph nodes can disperse it properly.  After that appointment, I drove myself home.  I fell asleep on the couch in no time.  A friend brought over dinner for tonight, so that is going to be delightful.  omg.  I did not want to help David in the kitchen tonight.  By the way, he cleaned this entire house, and did the laundry, while I was at chemo today.  He is still my hero.

Unfortunately, I flunked my blood work today.  They said it was close enough that they would go ahead with the chemo, but my numbers are going down.  Poop.  No wonder I'm so tired all the time.  All that liver I ate this past week didn't seem to make any difference.  Or, maybe it did.  Maybe it was what kept my numbers up enough so that I could have my chemo today.  Whatever.  I like liver, so will continue with that.  I craved meat all week anyway.

I put on shorts when I got home.  I have to wear warm clothes at chemo because the room is a friggin' ice box.  They give us warm blankets to cover with, too.  It was 86 degrees when I got home at 3 p.m.

I don't feel so great this evening.  I think this time is a bit harder than last time.  I'm just going to take it easy.  Tomorrow is a new day.

I have put a lot of thought into it, and I just don't think being an adult is going to work for me.  I'm always in trouble, anyway.


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