Blogging about the Beast

Welp, I wasn’t expecting that. After one shot of Granix my counts are slowly beginning to recover again. Nothing spectacular but there is positive movement. I didn’t think I would see any significant change for at least another few days and it could still take that long or more for the counts to bounce back…

The sun is creeping into my room a little bit further every morning. Starting around 6:45 I can see her bright eye as she begins to peek above the horizon, sending a slender beam through my window. This is the only time I get to see the sun during the day on this side of…

Aww, YISSSSS. I finally slept like a rock last night. Well, more or less. I did have a little bit of trouble going back to sleep after my one trip to the loo but the breath focus worked this time and I eventually nodded off. I feel a good deal better this morning even though…

I’m probably going to be a zombie today. I awoke at around 3:30 to trot off to the loo and when I got back to bed I couldn’t get back to sleep. My brain spun up and I couldn’t shut it down. Not even focusing on my breath helped and that usually knocks me right…

Yay, my very last A cycle chemo infusion! WOOT!!! And it’s only for 15 minutes so I won’t be tied down to the IV pole for hours, although they may put me back on fluids. I know for sure that I’ll be back on steroids for the next couple of days which also means that…

I received a really nice compliment from one of my nurses last night. Sumatie turned to me at one point and asked if I was a dancer. ME?!? A dancer? (Laughs hysterically) I told her that I was probably one of the clumsiest people on the face of the earth and that I regularly walk…

I guess I missed a walloping good storm last night, dang it. Apparently it was quite a noisy one because I overheard a couple nurses talking about it this morning but I must have been completely passed out. I actually had a pretty good night’s sleep for a change and I had a really pretty…

Another grey day. I hope to be treated with more views of storm cells rolling through the area. Up on the eighth floor, I have a pretty decent view and can watch the weather change by the minute. Lauren took her AP Geography test yesterday online. Apparently it was a nightmare to get logged onto…

Wow, it’s gloomy this morning. It seems that overnight the forecast on my little weather app has gone from partly cloudy to four days of rain. Not that I’m complaining – we still desperately need the rain and it will help fill up our reservoirs and aquifers, not to mention our rivers. It’s almost tubing…

I was up and down all last night trotting off to the loo. Thankfully my body seems to be flushing out all the retained fluid by itself so I may not have to be given a diuretic. I hate those things. They kick like a mule and won’t let you rest for more than 20…