Signs of winter

We had another few days of deep freeze (by OKC standards), and our first substantial snow of the season.

It snowed about 3 inches or so on Thursday night, and, of course, OKC doesn't plow or salt surface streets, only the highways, so it was a mess getting around town on Friday.

At the risk of someone seeing this post and relating it to me, I will just say that this has caused morale at work to be even more damaged than it already was.

It's starting to melt, though, and by this afternoon, the roads should be passable again.  It will be back up in the 60s this coming week.

Such a roller coaster.

We needed the moisture, though, and I am glad we got it.

Unfortunately, the forecast is calling for a possible ice storm next Friday.  I wonder how we will deal with having no choice but to get to work in that.  Yuck.

In other news, this is my week off of the chemo pill.  My sense of taste returns to normal pretty quickly, and my digestive system evens out, too.  It's nice to feel more normal for a few days a month.

The antibiotics have cured my sinus infection, and I feel a lot better in that regard.

I've started back on pro-biotics to rebuild my internal balance.

I see my doc this coming Thursday, and will ask about the increase in muscle cramping.

The hormone blocker not only has caused serious pain in the tendons of my wrists and thumb (my right wrist is starting to act like the left one did), but I've done some research, and it is also the likely cause of the major up-tick in night time foot and leg cramps.

I really need to sleep and rest, and almost every night, my sleep is interrupted by really bad cramps.

I have done EVERYTHING I know to remedy them, but this is something different than the ones I have gotten my whole life.  This is worse.

We'll see what happens.  Going back on IV chemo is an option, but I really don't want to go down that road again.

Maybe I can switch from the injections back to the hormone blocking bill.  All it did was make it so I couldn't bend my fingers.  *sad face*

Anyway...I am off to the kitchen to debone last night's chicken and make some soup.   My other cooking project is pork roast.

Dave is off doing his dad's grocery shopping.

Have a good week, gentle Reader!