So far, so good

Cycle one, round one has been okay.

I had some intestinal issues for a couple of days, but I knew what to do, and that has resolved itself.
I had a little nausea when the 72-hour anti nausea medication wore off Friday afternoon,  but only needed one of my tablets to waylay it.  The nausea never came back.
My mouth has felt a little funny, and is extra dry, but no sores yet.

The day after treatment, I had the expected reaction to the steroids, where my face and neck turn bright red, and puff up.  I discovered, much to my delight, that taking a benadryl helps!  I had never tried that before, and it really did give me some relief.

All in all, my energy level has been mostly normal.  (We went out and did all of our errands yesterday, then I came home and did all of my chores, a cooking project, got my holiday cards ready, and wrote my annual letter.)

The only thing I can't figure out is why I am having leg cramps EVERY NIGHT.  This is interrupting my sleep on the regular, and that's seriously not good.

I do EVERYTHING I know of to stop them from coming....friends make suggestions, and I seriously do ALL OF IT already.  I don't even LIKE bananas, but I force myself to eat them!!

I was up at 2:00 this morning doing yoga, and drinking magnesium water, after the third cramp.
Ugh.

The good part, if there is one, is that these cramps do not leave any residual pain, so I am not hobbled up from sore legs.

In other news, I had an encounter at work on Friday.

I have a co worker in my area who has intestinal gas issues, talks about it openly, and farts openly (I now, isn't that charming??).

THEN, she sprays air freshener. 

This has gone on for years.

Also, for years, I have asked her politely to NOT USE LYSOL.   Lysol spray causes me to have an allergic reaction. 

If it is sprayed near me, my eyes tear, my head pounds, my throat hurts and swells, and I sometimes even get hives. 

It's the same with certain perfumes, men's colognes, ALL products from Bed, Bath and Beyond, and Scentsy wax-melt fragrance machines.

She and I even talked about it as recently as the week before Thanksgiving, and I suggested she grab a can of the Febreeze from the ladies' room.

She did.  I SAW her bring the can to her desk!

BUT...she continued to use the Lysol.   She even hides it at her desk so that I can't go take it away (I have removed all of the other cans from the office, and put them elsewhere.  We have sanitizing wipes, we don't need to spray desks and keyboards with Lysol if someone has been ill).

So, this is how it goes.....I can hear her spray it, and there is a big fan in our room that I set behind me, pointing the spray away from me, and I have a little fan on my desk, which I aim up and away from me... but it's not enough.  It eventually drifts over to my area, and I start to have issues.

On Friday, after the SIXTH time she sprayed it, I went off.

At that point, it was feeling like her actions were intentional.  Like she was a 2 year old trying to see what she could get away with.

I SLAMMED the fan down behind me, and stalked out of the room while she was actually looking at me (because her back was turned to her work station as she chatted with her friends who were also turned away from their work stations).

I came back with a can of Febreeze from the ladies' room, interrupted her and her friends, and said
"I BEG YOU, STOP with the Lysol.  You KNOW I react to it! My eyes are tearing so I can't see my work, my head is pounding, my throat is closing, and right now I am on the verge of tears! PLEASE use this instead."

I wanted to say "HOW DARE YOU continue to do this when you KNOW I am back in chemo, and it's only going to get worse?  Spray it ONCE MORE, and you will be calling 9-1-1 for me, because I will be in full anaphylaxis."
But I didn't want to play the cancer card.

She sat there, dumbfounded, with a blank look on her face.  I THINK she said, meekly, "Okay," but I was so fired that up I don't remember.

Yes, I embarrassed her in front of her cronies.  Yes, I shocked her, because I am always the calm, quiet, smiling, friendly one.  I was so angry I was shaking. 

I did have flushing and hives on my neck and chest, too, but I didn't include that in my list when I was speaking.

The front desk lady saw me after, and asked why my neck was all red..... I told her Laura was at it with the freaking Lysol again.....

(she used to sit with us, but got the front desk job in October.)

Here's hoping that the only backlash is that she doesn't speak to me for a while.  That would be fine with  me.

If she ever sprays Lysol in our area again, I am in the director's office, with my supervisor, and we are having a meeting about hostile work environments.

ANYWAY....

Yesterday, Dave and Eric went out for a few beers, and Dave FINALLY broached the subject of Christmas Eve 2017.

Dave said Eric thought he had apologized, and Dave insisted that a text message does not an apology make, when you KNOW that the event you ruined is the most important night of the year to your step-mom.

Nothing has been said yet, and Eric did NOT come inside when he dropped Dave off, but I am to expect direct contact from Eric some time between now and Christmas Eve 2019!
We'll see what happens.

The ham arrived this week, and I have started to gather my thoughts regarding side dishes, and what I want to make for Solstice.

I'm so glad I have 5 days off for Yule and Christmas!

Today, we are going to Costco, and to visit Pop, then I have two cooking projects lined up.

It's supposed to be a beautiful "spring" day, with light breezes, and a high in the mid 60s.  I doubt we are going to have much winter time around the holidays this year.

Enjoy your Sunday Funday!