Well, round four went forward as scheduled. As expected, my blood counts corrected themselves with a bit more time. My sister Mary came out for a visit to keep my spirits up and to have a 'chemo party' with me :-). Things went overall well and I was wired for the last two days due to the steroids that I get with the treatments.
I am pretty relaxed now and rested quite a bit today and feel actually okay. Tonight and tomorrow are usually the worst with muscle aches, body aches and heart rate, blood pressure and temperature changes. It is nothing horrific usually - just annoying. I am trying a new tactic this round and am really forcing myself to rest a bit. Okay, I am going to do my best... I took a day and a half off work this round and hopefully the recovery will be a bit better.
My family and Steve have done as much as they can to try and get me to rest and work less - but I have been a bit resistent. I am going to try it this time and see how things go. I do not think I will run out of things to do - since I have a lot of good books from friends and wonderful uplifting cards and notes. I still need to find time to learn to knit, cook a little more and do some wood work - so I will not likely get bored. I may just need to wait some of them until my energy returns.
For now, I will stick with spending time with family and friends and trying to do more movie nights and date nights with Steve. My spirits are up and things are going overall as well as they could - but we will see how the next few days pan out. I am afraid to push things too much but I also hate staying at home and feeling like a wimp. I guess I will start learning how to slow down a bit - starting now...
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