A Day without Chemo

I skipped my chemo med TMZ yesterday per the nurse’s order. The specialty pharmacy that compounded my med gave me one less pill than would get me through my last treatment. I messaged my care team through the patient portal, and they said to skip it. No problem, you don’t have to tell me twice. I felt great yesterday. Not much dizziness, no brain fog, no headache. Is this what is in store for me after Tuesday? I sure hope so.

Today I got up around 7:45 a.m. Did my normal routine: get ready, eat, meds, news, etc. I watched some news. Took my chemo meds about an hour after I ate. Then I started to feel it: the dizziness, the headache. My face got red. I had an amazing day yesterday. What could it be? No chemo meds. I was ecstatic. I didn’t want to take my meds today. This was an amazing feeling being off of the meds. I only have a few more days, so I won’t get myself too bummed about it. I’ve come this far. Only a couple of days to go. I will ring that bell Tuesday. Then no more meds. Exciting!

My wife said she noticed a considerable difference in me yesterday. She said I was getting around the house easily. I had more energy. I felt like my old self. I didn’t have the fatigue like before. It was really nice.

The sun set and it was about to begin. It was the 4th of July. Normally, we cover our cars as we have had some damage from fireworks in the past. It usually rains here on the 4th anyway. I’m not petty, but I like my vehicles clean and undamaged. I wasn’t able to cover the Jeep or the Hornet yesterday. I was nervous for the two outside. The neighbors set off a massive display. We were listening to all the cracks, crackles, and booms, and I was cringing at each one, thinking there were molten fireballs raining down on our cars. I had a red Chevy back in the day, and the paint was burned from fallout from the fireworks. So you see my frustration with it. Luckily for us, the rain was coming in. We laughed as it started pouring down. The fireworks got silent. They went inside, no booms. Rain stopped, booms started back up. Cringing resumes. We continued to watch a movie. It was good, Sinners on Max. Check it out. We did have some damage to the screen out back around the pool. Some hot fallout from one of the neighbor’s fireworks. That sucks. What can you do?

Let’s change gears. Do you ever begrudgingly use or finish something to not give satisfaction of wasted money? I feel this way about some Apple Jacks cereal recently. I don’t hate it, but it’s not my favorite. There is something different with it than I remember from my youth. The cinnamon is a bit spicier and gives almost a numbing sensation when eating it. I’m almost finished with it. I won’t give this cereal the satisfaction of besting my taste buds. I will finish you. I don’t like you, but I will finish you. Silly, right?

Anyway, thank you for stopping by!
~Bruce