Much Better Now

It's backwards -- I feel better after chemo! Who knew that the steroid I was so afraid of would soon become my drug of choice.....? It bring my own energy back, which had been gone -- I had missed it! (Okay so it's only been gone since Monday, but I have a short attention span.)

I have been tired for a few days. I swam on MOnday, having napped when the kids went to school -- but I swam the mile in a record 40 mins (motivated by tardiness and the impending end of the community swim) and came out energized. That's how it often is for me.

But on Tuesday I went on a bikeride and was really tired after. I was surprised to see that I'd biked only 33 miles -- I was tired enough that I thought it had been over 40. We biked fast, though..... maybe that was it? Then the next day I didn't go on the Wednesday bikeride because I was still tired, and decided to stay in and nap instead. I had a big deep sleep for 2 hours and when the alarm went off I didn't want to get up. I did, though, and went swimming. This time it took me 50 mins to do the mile, and didn't wake me up really. Can the difference be explained solely by the fact that I wasn't late? Do I respond only to the adrenaline rush?

Well, maybe..... I hear steroids mimic it. ;-D Today I took my last tylenol in the morning, timed to run out at the start of chemo (which is when they give me the decadron) and sure enough, I haven't needed anything since. BOdy aches gone, and then.... I wasn't sure about the fatigue earlier, because the benadryl made me tired too -- but I had a feeling. Soooo... I took the dog out at 8pm and after I'd gone around the block with her, which was all I'd planned to do, I realized that my ENERGY was back!!! So we did three miles, and I had to drag myself into the house, with promises to myself that I will do that 40 mile ride tomorrow.

Yeah I know, one of these days I have to call my work and start WORKING again. But it's soooo beautiful out!!! It's like high in the 70s and not even humid. Fall here is even better than Boston...... in some ways. Or maybe not -- maybe I just love fall. It was pretty good there too -- about 5° cooler and the leaves crunch underfoot. Here they don't, though there are a lot of pretty ones worth bringing home -- probably due to the humidity.

BTW there is a piece of music I like to listen to when I feel this way, and it's aptly titled "Much Better Now." It's by the Old Blind Dogs, a wonderful Scottish group (or mostly scottish.) I had meant to post a link to it here but I can't FIND it on Youtube! This one is the closest I could find, all instrumental and fast and pretty upbeat. (Much better now is even a little more upbeat than this one, though.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oel1SRjiqxE&feature=related

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I am really excited for my mom's hair to grow out i keep on teasing her about how her hair might grow in straight and blonde. heehee! ;) but you can already see that it wont, she has now been pronounced as a coconut! by her friends. i agree

emily