Been Busy

Sorry I haven't updated my blog recently, I have been busy with tornado damage.  If I don't blog, I am either very busy or sick.  Thankfully, I have not been sick....except for the shingles attack... and when I have my chemo treatments.  Chemo puts me into "Pause" for several days, and makes me ever so tired.  So, getting everything done this past month since the tornado damage on April 16th, has been a challenge.  But I have managed.

Sometimes I simply forget all that I am dealing with.  And maybe that is a good thing.  Had a friend to visit recently, and she talked about my resilience and how it had inspired her.  Sure hope all of this inspires someone!

Having chemo every other week sure puts a damper on my life...and living.  I can't really plan anything because I don't know how I will feel.  The treatment I am on negatively impacts my digestive system from my mouth forward...or downward.  When I drink or eat, by throat will lock up.  Maybe you have had that happen.  I've had it before chemo when I drank carbonated drinks and start to swallow and it will not go down, just kind of hangs in your throat and chest and really hurts.  Have you had that before?  And just recently, I have started having severe pain and cramps in my tummy.  Every time I eat or drink, it causes contractions, very similar to labor pains.  Thankfully, they only last 30-40 seconds, but they come in waves.  Don't know why that has started, but it has.  So far, they have lessened as each day passed and last about a week.  So, one week with them and one week without.  The chemo nurses told me it was one of the side effects.

I had scans on Monday and will get results when I go for my next treatment on Tuesday.  Do you know how that affects your mind?  Makes me feel like I am living my life in small increments.

At least the tornado damage has kept me busy and my mind off of some of this.

My wagon has been banged up and full of stuff, but with friends and family, it keeps rolling.

PCQ