Day 3 following Chemo #3

Slept through until 5 a.m. for bathroom break, and then back to bed until 9ish. Just a mild headache that I'm going to attack with some excedrin and pepsi.

It's already 76 outside. So you know where I'll be most of the day. Inside where I have nice central a/c. Too hot for me.

I've just received an email from Julie who I met yesterday at the Relay. That is a blessing as she told me she was not a computer/email kind of person. A true new bosom buddy.

After picking Tim up from his sleepover, I finished cutting the lawn down by the creek. And then I could feel the neulasta kicking in. Tim heated up some pizza for me and I hit the bed. I rested for a couple of hours. It's hard to explain how my body is feeling. It's like having the flu, when your bones ache. Takes a lot of energy just to get up. The headache returned today and doesn't want to go away.
When I woke up, the only thing I had on my mind to do was to get some ice cream at Dutch Isle down the road. I grabbed Tim to ride with me. We also brought a cone home for Barry. It took all my strength just to stand at the counter to order the cone. But it sure did taste good. After eating the cone, I went back to bed until about 5ish.

I defrosted the spaghetti sauce and meatballs that Meg had made us awhile back. And that was our dinner tonight. Sure did come in handy on a down day for me. Very tasty. Thanks Meg.

I telephoned Michelle who goes to my church and is also going through treatment for breast cancer. I always see her in church (met her at a Relay walk a few weeks ago) and admire her strength, and how pretty she looks in her scarves! I need her to give me lessons. She has 2 young children and I'm sure it's quite difficult for her during these times. I'm lucky that Tim is a teenager. Her husband told me that she was resting. She just had her last chemo on Tuesday. I totally can understand that she is resting. Will try to reach her another time.