April 27, 2006

April 27 Update

Today was substantially better than yesterday. Although going up stairs put me out of breath, I didn’t feel like I needed to sit at the top of the stairs and rest.

Actually did pretty well up to about 7:00 tonight when I just sort of ran out of gas. I was getting ready to go out for a walk, and suddenly decided the time could better be used – sleeping!

My weight is unchanged from yesterday. It’s hard to eat big meals when I seem to get filled up quickly.

I finally mixed up some ear solution. I used the formula the doctor used to flush out my ear: three parts water and one part peroxide. I thought could improve this a bit. I mixed in a very tiny amount of amount of Dawn dishwashing detergent. While the peroxide will kill of bacteria, I felt the Dawn would knock down the surface tension of the water and help to clean the inside of my ear canal. So far, I’ve not noticed any negative effects.

I think I’m off to bed for a good night’s sleep. Tomorrow afternoon I get my CBC blood test and possibly another Aranesp shot. Fortunately, the Aranesp seems to have no noticeable side effects. It just burns a bit when they’re injecting it.

Posted by The Vorlon at April 27, 2006 8:39 PM
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