July 9, 2017 Sunday
Again last night, I got only a little sleep. I was tired and went to sleep about 10 pm. Then my phone evidently decided to upgrade itself and I woke up to see the light on the phone. I kept fooling with it from about midnight til two when the light finally went off. I slept off and on after that until about 6:30 but then I got on up and got dressed. I’m hopeful this was the last night of disturbed sleep from steroids. Maybe!! It’s really strange to be dressed and have breakfast and then look at the clock to see that it’s not even 8 am yet!! You can tell I enjoy sleeping late. Luckily there was a run of Sherlock on television that kept me interested.
I kept working on that quilt I’m trying to organize and I actually started cutting some on the 60 stripes for it. Those stripes finally got done during the day. I went to Paula’s pool at 11:30 and we had a wonderful time in the pool. The water was even not cold!! The sun was great – it had some strange circles around it during our time out there but it was beautiful. Paula made me wear a waterproof bandage and I even made her put it over my port incision. Then I decided that I would not even get that far down into the water so now I am sure that I have not infected that incision. It is still covered in the ‘human superglue’ the surgeon used – it is well sealed. It may never all go away!! My legs are a little sore cause I basically stood and moved my legs for two hours in the water but it’s a good kind of sore. I did use sunscreen but I do have some definite sun on my shoulders and neck. I don’t think my scalp got too much – I did take and use a hat for a while – and my incision is fine, so it was just a great pool experience. I just love being in a pool.
After the pool, I went home and fixed a nice chicken pot pie, microwaved of course, but it tasted really yummy. I had changed back into nice dry clothes and sat in my favorite leather chair and had the first nap I’d taken in a long time. It was fantastic. I was nicely rested and relaxed afterwards. Great afternoon. I did more quilt organizing, identifying and organizing the 58 blocks I will need to make but now the next step is to actually start sewing those blocks. I’m going to delete about 10 blocks in the pattern and will substitute a lot of churn dash blocks for some other blocks. I think it will look nice.
Then I fixed a steak for dinner and now I’m watching Barnwood Builders as I love to do on a Sunday evening. I have been wondering if the oncologist gave me the correct meds on Thursday. I’ve felt a little strange sometimes, but never really bad. I know the effects will only get worse and worse, but I’m just so surprised that I have felt so good all weekend long. I am very thankful for this respite, don’t get me wrong. It’s just like waiting for a hammer that you know is going to fall, to start coming down. I have kind of changed my attitude this weekend – just taking it very easy and doing just what I want to do. It’s been great.
I hope to go sew with the Dudettes tomorrow and see the quilt lady on Tuesday, get lab work done on Thursday, then hopefully head to Roswell to see the kids and grandkids on Friday for a few days. The Roswell visit is kind of uncertain since if the kids have runny noses, I probably shouldn’t but I expect I may not should visit for sure after the second treatment. I’ll just play it by ear and do what feels best. I do plan to try to take good care of myself all during this process. I do hope I don’t get too sensitive to the sun because I plan to get into the pool again this summer, hopefully several times.
Morning weight – 219. Sure wish I could lose a little weight at some point, just a little in a gentle downward glide to normal. We shall see.
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