9-24 The Day After

So this is what I ended up wearing yesterday. And here is a photo of what I look like in the chemo room all hooked up. My meds come in a drip like the saline. I can unplug and walk  over  to the snack area or to go to the bathroom. They have TV and books and magazines and puzzles. Lots of people get benedryl as their first drip and they snooze. They were very efficient this time and maybe my drip was turned up faster because they had me unhooked around 1:30.

 Normally I don't feel anything during the drip or for that evening and since I was out early I was able to go up the street and join my co-workers at our yearly "out of office party"  at Dave and Busters. My office is extremely supportive of all my comings and goings these past few months and I really enjoy their company. 

Icing on the cake, my lovely neighbor D. always checks in with me on chemo night and brings gifts. This time dark chocolate raspberry truffles (even when I have the icky chemo taste I still love chocolate!) and a neat little placard titled "quiet courage" D.  is a Hallmark area mgr and always has the latest collectibles and cards. 

Saturday 

No migraine today and I am so happy! I woke up with the chills around 4:00am, took a bunch of Tylenol and went back to bed till 10:00am. I'm running a low grade fever and I ache head to toe  like if you've ever camped out on a hard rocky surface or maybe taken a wicked boot camp class.  Hoping that will pass later today. 

Our little Texas cool front is making the morning pleasant and I have lots of the new fall shows recorded on the DVR (I treated myself to that gadget a few months ago when I realized I would have a lot of down time at home)