3 Too Many

“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself.” – Walter Anderson

Hard time getting to sleep last night – thanks to the steroids.  Though I woke feeling average.  Little did I know what a cunning plan my body has against the steroids.  Get up about 6:30 and make a cuppa and have morning meds.  Get ready for the day.  Jacob returns home as he got nudged by a car pulling out a driveway and it hit him and didn’t stop.  Stupid cow.  The kind man behind her stopped to check on Jacob as she drove off.  He has a bruised knee and was shaken – but thankfully nothing worse.  Head off then to drop him at school and me at work. 

Feeling average still, as I arrive at work.  Feel hungry thanks to my steriod mates, so have a bite to eat, then it starts – the reaching and then vomiting.  See this is my bodies cunning plan – to evict out all the food that the steroids are wanting to put in.  Then the pain kicks in – all over but mainly stomach and back pain. And the random act of falling asleep is back too – but has been there since this morning.  Make the call for help from Sue, and head home as I can’t function like this.

Call the Hospital Oncology dept, and go over the symptoms with them, and they tell me to stay home and to just up the pain killer meds and rest up.  I do exactly that and feel a bit better – not sure if it’s because of the rest or increased pain meds.  Get up later on and have some dinner.  Jenny then calls over for a visit.  Sorry I wasn’t much company as not to well.

I spend the next 3 hours throwing up and in agony – to put it bluntly.  Pain finally start to ease up a bit, so try to blog quickly between visits o the small room to vomit.  So really short and sweet (or is that sickly sweet ) tonight.  About to do M&D time then bed, as I am absolutely flattened today.  Hope all have had a good day.  Take care stay well.

Kia Kaha.