Halloween is coming!

 I haven't really gotten all of my decorations put up yet, for various reasons, but today is my brother's 70th birthday.

His birthday has always been pumpkin carving day, so that's happening, and I will get more decorations done today, as well.

AND, we took tomorrow off, so the finishing touches can be done then!

There is also a Dia De Los Muertos festival at Scissortail Park this afternoon that we plan to go to.

We've finally had our last hot day, right as we are looking at images of the ice storm from 2 years ago that was absolutely devastating, and that shut our power, internet, and cell service off for fifteen days.

I still have PTSD from that horrible time.

Before we go to the festival, today will also see a virtual gathering of my Priestess community for ritual, and tomorrow, the re-recording of a pod cast I was invited to do.

Busy days!

When I saw my doctor last week, the lab work looked perfect, along with the urine test..... so there was no indication in the labs of my body having any issues at all with the Verzenio.  

However, getting up to pee anywhere from five to ten times EVERY NIGHT was clearly A BIG ISSUE!

SO, Doc decided to withdraw the medication for ten days to two weeks, to see what would happen.

The very first night with no Verzenio at all (I had already taken the morning dose when I saw the doctor), I only got up twice. 

Twice a night is my norm.  

Since then, I have only gotten up once or twice a night.  That's pretty clear evidence that the Verzenio was, for whatever reason, causing that weird side effect.

There was no indication in any of the literature about this side effect, and they said they had spoken to the drug rep, and there was nothing he'd heard of.  My nurse was also going to contact the medical board of the drug company with the question. I have not heard if she's done that yet. 

Anyway, I got so little sleep for the eight weeks of being on the full dose, that it was really starting to effect my overall health.

We did not discuss what we would do going forward.  Perhaps a lowered dosage.

I would anticipate that when I start back on the medication after this break, I will have the joy of going through the awful diarrhea phase again. This will be just in time for our Thanksgiving trip.  Yay.

In the meantime, I am REALLY enjoying being able to sleep again.

There is so much to do today, including having a new house sitter come get her key, that I really need to not be sitting here.  Have a great week, and a happy Halloween.

Next weekend is Crane spotting!