Monday, I wake late feeling crap, the chemo is giving me a tough time this cycle. I do my vitals, they are okay but need to be re-trained. I make a brunch and then just set about a list of things to do, life admin mostly. I book my next 28 day injection, my next set of hospital review bloods, I sort out an ISA and then order oil for the wooden gates. I move on to fill the bird feeders and the squirrel feeder before Amazon deliver my new sock collection. I immediately re organise my sock draw and throw out all the old ones, I am now summer sock ready. My eldest daughter has re-organised the garage gym so that I can use the rower, so tomorrow I can begin to get fit again. Following up my research on toxicity I order Resveratrol and copper supplements to take to counter some of the toxicity. Its an experiment, so I will see how it goes. I also ordered my regular monthly drugs haul.
In all this busy activity I forgot to take my morning meds, which I discovered in the evening. My evening was all Slow Horses followed by drafting this short blog and then bed. I did scribble a poem at some point which kind of summed up the day and my fatigue.
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It’s Cycle 6
and I am tired.
My taste has gone,
fatigue high
and I’m irritable.
I research toxicity
and discover
Resveratrol and copper
can lower the poisonous effects.
No oncologist told me this,
it was my nosing around
that found a research review.
I order the supplements,
no idea what dosage to use
but I guess that’s experimentation for you.
The rower is back in the garage
and I have thirteen days to
get my blood pressure down.
This is a crucial time,
a time to find new ways
to fight and to survive.
All the while the drugs get ordered,
the bloods and injections booked,
the ISAs managed,
new socks installed,
gate oil ordered,
the bird feeders filled,
the garden organised,
shingle ordered,
and I still hanker after
a linen suit.
All the things normal people do
still need doing,
I just need to nap
a little more often
and stay alert
to what might be my
last straw to grab at.
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