January 12, 2006

Day 12 Morning Update

I’m feeling pretty good this morning, in spite of the chemo yesterday. On curious piece of data. This morning I weight 161 Lbs. Yesterday I was 158 Lbs. I was thirsty yesterday after the treatment and drank quite a bit. I feel I have a lot of extra weight so I can afford not to worry about eating. I expect food to taste badly over the next two days.

I did my 2-mile walk this morning and got seven pushups in. I’m off to the office this morning. I get my Neulasta shot this afternoon. That’s when I expect things to go downhill. The oncologist yesterday suggested I start taking my ibuprophen this morning before I even get the shot. He said the danger of ibuprophen was for people that took it every day for years.

Posted by The Vorlon at January 12, 2006 7:12 AM
Comments

It's good to hear you're keeping your weight up and being active!! A lot of people wouldn't. I couldn't help but notice your comments about the sunbeds. I've got a great place for good info about them: http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/tanning.html

If this doesn't help, go to www.fda.gov and type in "tanning beds" into their search engine. You'll find more than you've ever wanted to know about tanning beds!
Unfortunately, it's a subject that I think it's a matter of degrees. Some people tan A LOT. That's just plain unhealthy. One thing to be careful of, is the age of the bulbs in the tanning beds. The newer the bulbs are, the more likely you are to become badly burnt.

Posted by: depraivedbrainwife at January 12, 2006 1:38 PM

What I like about the tanning booth, I go to a stand up one, is that I have total control over how much exposure I get. I was doing four minutes and found that easy to take. I have moved up to five minutes and monitored the results and found it OK. My last two were at sixe minutes and that's probably the limit. I have not been burned and don't intend to be.

My primary purpose, aside from looking healthy, is the vitamin D. From what I can determine, five minutes in the tanning booth gives me about 10,000 units of Vitamin D. You simply cannot get that kind of dosage from supplements. In addition it is a more natural way of getting the vitamin.

Posted by: Ted at January 12, 2006 3:19 PM