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I think yesterday wore me down a bit, but I still did well today. I shot a few pictures and the Vorlon Wife and I went for a 1-mile walk tonight.
My arms are a bit sore from holding the hedge trimmers, but that’s OK as its only muscle soreness. I always look upon muscle soreness as a good thing. It is transitory and it means you pushed against your physical limitations.
This Wednesday I am scheduled to go back through the valley of chemo again. There are two things that would prevent that:
1) If my CT scan fails to show improvement from my last CT scan, they will probably not treat me as the parasite has become immune to the chemo.
2) If my blood test shows that, I am too run down. So far, that has not happened. Assuming 1) above does not happen, I hope to be strong enough to take on another chemo cycle.
I try to sense what is going on in my body, as I now understand I had symptoms last year that I didn’t understand. Now I try to sense very small discomforts and see if I can hypothesize what they mean.
Very deep inhalations produce a very mild sharp pain in about rib 7 or 8 on the left side. When I lay down to sleep, I usually cough a few times. It is a dry cough. If I roll over from sleeping on my right side to sleeping on my left side, I cough a few times. Sleeping on my left side produces a little bit of discomfort on my left rib cage. However, that discomfort has gradually reduced over time. It’s only in the last few weeks that I have been able to sleep on my left side.
My balance is not as good as it once was. If I close my eyes while standing, I have to concentrate to maintain my balance. I think the numbness in my feet compounds the issue a bit.
I’m not sure what this all means, but I monitor and ponder it.
For now, I’m off to bed.
Posted by The Vorlon at May 7, 2006 8:52 PMWhile it's true that Eddie Rickenbacker had courage for his type of life experiences, you, Ted Armstrong, have such great courage in facing the challenges you have endured so bravely and humorously, and yet undoubtedly scared nearly all the time.
Hurrahs for Eddie Rickenbacker and Ted Armstrong (both of you are true heroes!
Praying for good results from your CT scan. Dave & Ruth Berlien
Posted by: Ruth Berlien at May 8, 2006 11:00 AM
What more can Mom and I can say about
ruth's comments are AMEN to that.
all
Posted by: Mother & Dad at May 8, 2006 5:59 PMTed
As for the balance I make sure my body is touching something so when I close my eyes I won't fall - for insistence in shower I have my hip touching wall of shower. It really works! It makes you feel very unsteady when walking. I can relate to your balance problem. Yesterday (Monday) Mike got his port taken out. He was very happy. Please keep up your spirits and may God bless you each and every day.