All day I felt great! My energy level has stepped up a notch. Before anything that I did would cause waves of fatigue and dizziness. Walking would cause me to want to sit down every 10 to 15 feet. But yesterday I was great so long as I didn't push any harder then digging the small holes to put the plants in. That's where my Son's came into play. They turned the soil and even widened my beds for me. Cory transplanted a bunch of Hosta's and made my one bed so much bigger. I Love it!
By the end of the day all my plants where planted in the beds and I have 2 very large planters with tomato plants in them. I also have a nice sunburned back to show for it. It's a little ouchy but it's the kind of ouchy that I really love right about now.....It's normal, familiar pain. Makes me feel somewhat normal.
Today I'll talk Jimmy into going to get more plants for the planters on the deck. Maybe some spices and a couple of plum tomato plants. Most of the plants in the garden are planted for Eddie and the restaurant. He loves using fresh spices and veggies. I love them too!
I am definitely feeling ducky! I know I have to enjoy this while I can because after my Appt. in Hershey on Wednesday I'm pretty sure I'll be back on tx. I guess it's time. I hate the idea of waiting too long and having the virus make a come back.
I'm not going to think about next weekend....I'm going to continue to enjoy this one! :)
Here's to being just Ducky!!!! Life may need to go a little slow....but it's soooo good!
Rose, Have you taken your Pegasys yet?.....How are you?
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Good Morning Laurie, gardening, I love that too! I haven't done any this year but hope to next weekend. I know the thought of going back on peg is not fun, I was thinking on the positive you know by your side effects that you were on the full dose of the peg so that is a positive. I try to think o something positive every day. Some days it is the sun setting however I try to think of something :) I was afraid of doubling my dose however I must have been on the 180 as well. I am so happy to hear that you are feeling good and strong
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Dorene
Good Morning,
I have not went back on the shot yet. They had me draw blood twice last week then said no shot. I have to draw blood again on Wed of this week to see if I do the shot or not. I am having more nausea this past 2 weeks than I did the whole first 12 weeks. It sucks as you know. Real tired all the time too and lots of headaches. I spent so much time in bed this weekend that my bones are sore from laying down. I feel like a fish out of water flipping around trying to get comfortable. I have been trying to get some things done this weekend but what I used to do in a day seems like it takes soooo much longer now. My daughter wants to take me out to lunch and a movie today since she was working on my birthday and as much as I want to spend time with her I am just to tired. She officially became an RN last thurs. Her graduation was so nice I had my tissue ready for the tears which of course I did need. I am very proud of her. She is married with 3 kids and put herself through college while still taking care of her family. She is a trooper! I have also been feeling like crying alot latley seems like all this shit should have happened when I was on the study drugs. It seems to be worse now that I am off. I am also worried about my son and his liver. He goes for visits and test every 3 months and in the past whenever he has gained weight quickly he has ended up in the hospital. He has gained 10 pounds since Feb. Needless to say we are all worried as this has been a pattern in the past. He is on the verge of liver cancer now and as a mother I feel helpless and guilty for the life he has had to endure. So the pity party goes on. Guess I will go find something to clean before I whine anymore.I hope your flowers and herbs bloom brightly throughout the season and that the sun shines on your sweet head today! Take Care ! Rosie
Laurie - be sure to wear sun screen and a hat if your hair is getting thin. I think sunbathing is not good if you're on combo. treatment, can't remember why.
Dorene,
With a lot of help from my family we got a lot planted. 2 kinds of Hot Peppers, Banana Peppers, Cherry Peppers, Cherry Tomatoes, Beef steak Tomatoes,Tomatillos, Egg plant, Cucumbers, Parsley, Thyme, Basil, Oragano, Onion Chives, Cilantro, Onions, Strawberries and more stuff that I can't remember! lol
I love gardening!
Just be sure to have someone do all the hard work for you. All I really did was supervise and plant. If I tried to do more than that my body refused and made me sit down. So I Listened.
I Hope your feeling well. I hope you get your garden in next weekend. I'll pray for nice weather for you!
(Hugs)
Love
Laurie
Rosie,
I'm so sorry that your feeling so bad! It sounds like you blood counts are really low. Do you get copies of the blood work? Do you know what is low?
Have they put you on Nuepogen or Procrit yet?
I know how you feel and it's hell. The lower my counts go the more nauseated I became. They gave me Comapize for the nausea at first, but then I had them switch me over to Zofran. Compazine makes you drowsy and doesn't work as well as Zofran. I still take the Compazine at night at bedtime because it does help me sleep. But it's not much good during the day. Zofran is perfect, but it hard to convince my insurance company because it is a more expensive drug. If you can get your Doc. to give you Zofran you'll be a lot better off.
Happy Belated Birthday! I hope you made it out at least to eat lunch with your daughter. She sounds so wonderful! Congratulations on her Graduation!
I know that I feel more like crying when my bloods are down. It's as though my strength and emotions go hand and hand. Once your counts get back up it'll pass and you'll find your emotional strength again. You just have to hang in there.
You have so much to worry about with your son even when your counts are ok. I'm so sorry that he he's not doing well. It has to be so hard. My thoughts are with you.....
Having a pity party everyonce and a while is not a bad thing. Sometimes we just need to get it out rather than letting it eat us up. Thats expecially true when your as sick as you are right now. You have to let it out.
You need to take it easy right now. Do not push yourself. Stay on the couch and in bed as much as you can. You need to rest so that your body can recoup some of the bloods that it's lost.Please take it from me, I've been there twice. As much as you'd like to get something done, you are so much better off just resting and letting everything else just sit for now. There will be time to take care of everything else once you feel better!
Take it easy Rose. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Hang in there and stay in touch!
((Hugs))
Love
Laurie
Iris,
It may be because we can burn so easily. I think I learned that the hard way....my back and shoulders are beet red.
I'm so used to just going outside and tooling around in the summer that I really didn't think about sun screen. LOL....I think I learned my leason!
A hat and sunscreen it is from now on!
Thank you
Love
Laurie
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