Sunday, September 27, 2009

Lulu's dealing with the chemotherapy drugs

Today I'm grateful for...
Lulu
The support of family
Sleeping through the night
Warm weather

As the weekend comes to a end, I've been thinking about how lucky that I am. I have been feeling great, and taking the supplements that I truly believe have relieved most of my back pain. I can't be thankful enough having all of body functioning without being in constant discomfort. As I watch Lulu go through the recovery from her chemotherapy, I'm find myself saddened for her, but thankful that I have what I do. Lulu has been having the same issues after the latest round of treatment; generalized body aches, muscle soreness, and that flu like symptoms. I have heard her complaining about the after affects of the drugs on her body, but I can see her struggling through each day. I try to make the day a little easier on her, but I find myself having difficulty with what is beneficial to her? I hope that she is feeling better by the time we need to return to UCSF for the all important surgery appointments on Wednesday and Thursday? I know that Lulu is looking forward to this weeks consultation with the surgeons, and I'm sure can't wait to get a better idea of what options she has for the impending surgery in November? Thank God for Lulu's body responding positively to Ibuprofen. I think that has been a life saver during this round of Taxol?

I spent a large part of the weekend with the kids and Lulu. The time just passed by so quickly. I never feel guilty about spending time with the family, and I just pray to God that I'll get many more weekends to share with the boys, and new little girl? They all are growing up so quickly, I'm afraid that I'm going to miss something?

I'm working towards that goal of 185 pds, before Lulu's surgery in November. I'm pretty sure that I've never felt this good physically, due to proper diet and exercise? However, swimming in the pool is over for 2009, we closed up the pool this last Friday (partly because of the cooling down trend coming soon, but also because the auto-cover broke towards the end of last week. I'll either have to substitute the swimming with walking the neighborhood, or use the inside treadmill or elliptical trainer (possibly both)? That's just fine with me, I was getting a little tired of swimming away from my demons in the pool. In any case, I'm going to step it up as by the calendar I only have 51 more days to accomplish my goal! (I have 7 more pounds to go).

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