2/1/22

It's Tuesday.  Tomorrow will be 2/2/22.  Really weird to think of.  I may not post tomorrow.  I'm going to have a Prolia injection in the morning at the cancer center in the infusion room.  After that, David will take me to the hospital for my discogram.  He will drive me all day and probably sit in the truck the whole time.  They will not let him in to be with me.  Again.  Still.  Same 'ol, same 'ol.  I'm getting really tired of this Covid crap.  I feel so bad for David.  I'm sure there are lots of things he'd rather be doing, but he never complains.  At all.  He just tells me to stop being sorry.  I love him so very much.  I don't know what I'd do without him.

It's been a rough couple of days.  Apparently, I did flunk my test yesterday.  I studied hard, but it didn't help.  I figured I'd flunk, so it's no surprise.  Now, they're worried about me breaking my bones.  Great.  This is all I need.  Truly.  Osteoporosis.  Something new to add to my health record rap sheet.  it was much too short anyway.  I will need to add a third page soon.  

Today was pretty bad.  Pretty sick.  Nausea.  (did I spell that right?)  I'm too tired to look it up.  Deal with it.  Last night was worse.  Chest pains galore.  Up 1/2 the night.  Today I had flashing lights in front of my eyes every time I blinked.  Feel drugged, unable to perform simple functions.  Dizzy, passing out, unsteady.  Since I go to the cancer center tomorrow, I'll report my issues.  I think it's one of my cancer drugs because I've eliminated most everything else.  We'll see.  This has got to change.  I can't do this any more.  I'm wasting my minutes and that's against the rules.

My memory is shot - worse than 'chemo-brain'.  Now our weather is supposed to take a turn for the worse.  Snow, ice, temps in the 20's every night for several nights.  Not sure if I could make it to my next Dr. appointment.  Gads.  I made a hair appointment for today, but hair stylist got sick.  She's gonna be out all week.  I would have had to cancel anyway.  I didn't get out of bed until noon today.  So tired.  

I'll be drugged for the procedure tomorrow on my back, so will just take it easy after I'm released from recovery.  At least I'll have an excuse to go to bed.  I'm not going to take my medicine in the morning, so I hope tomorrow I won't feel drugged and can begin to function normally.

My new million dollar cancer drug, Verzenio, arrived today in a hermetically sealed box.  I got the first dose at the cancer center - this was mailed to me.  The instructions say not to store it in the bathroom.  I reckon that's because of the humidity - not sure about that.  Anyway, David made a funny today.  He said since it costs so much, we should store it in the safe.  It made me laugh out loud. 

That was the only laugh today.  Tomorrow has to be better.  Cross your fingers.  I can hardly hold my head up, so ya'll are extremely lucky to get an update in this blog tonight.  The next post will be a better one.  You'll see.  

Courtney and family will be arriving on Friday evening, if all goes well.  They'll be staying till Monday, so this'll be wonderful.  I have something delightful to look forward to!

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