December 22, 2005

12/22 Morning Update

I slept OK last night. My face feels flushed this morning, but I don’t have a temperature. I wonder if it could be from the B6 or ginger pills, I took last night.

My stomach feels a bit uneasy. I’ll take one of my Kytrils and hopefully it will settle down. From my previous experience, I expect to have an uneasy stomach for the next couple of days.

My two-mile walk/jog went well. The first mile I jogged about 40% of the way and I jogged about 60% of the way on the second mile. My aerobic capacity felt good, but my legs felt a bit heaving. I think the heaviness in the legs is to be expected. Every exercise is muscle specific. Believe it or not, the muscles used for jogging are not the exact same ones used for walking. It’ll take a bit to bring those muscles up to speed. However, they will get there.

I weighed in at 157 Lbs this morning. That’s a new high. I’m not going to worry about not eating enough over the next couple of days.

I could only do four pushups this morning. I got halfway up on the fifth one and couldn’t make it any higher – Argh. I did a corresponding eight sit-ups to match.

I guess the chemo is affecting me in some ways. One thing about exercising is it gives me a test as to how I’m doing. I like regular feedback.

Posted by The Vorlon at December 22, 2005 7:15 AM