Fractured

 It's been 10 days since my first treatment, and I have had marked fatigue in the late afternoons, but am otherwise feeling okay.

Had blood drawn after work on Friday.  I am assuming that my nurse will call me if anything is amiss. 

Here's hoping that we don't have to quit this treatment, like we did the chemo we tried at the beginning of 2020.

This weekend marks the end of 8 years of treatment for stage 4 breast cancer.  My very first treatment was right before Martin Luther King Jr weekend, in 2015.

Saw the podiatrist on Thursday, after having to wait WEEKS to get in.  

They took xrays, and he confirmed that I DO INDEED have a minor stress fracture in my left foot, where I had them 20 years, or so, ago. 

Damn.  

FORTUNATELY, he indicated that I had been doing everything right since the pain started, weeks ago.  

I have been making sure to support the foot, and to baby it, taking fewer walks, gentler walks, and trying not to aggravate the pain by cutting activity short when it hurts.

It appears that the fracture is already healing, so he prescribed some "medical inserts" for my shoes.  

I am grateful that he did that, INSTEAD of putting me in a soft cast and walking boot, and ordered me to rest it as much as possible for a month, then call him.

When I broke the foot 20 years ago, I had to be in the soft cast and boot for TEN WEEKS, and then a surgical shoe for another two weeks. 

Unfortunately, resting it as much as possible means no dance class, and no strenuous activity (he specified doing a day of yard work in old sneakers, as an example...HAHA.  It's like he knows me).

The fact that it's a minor "greenstick" type of fracture, and appears to already be healing, is why it sometimes doesn't hurt at all any more.  

It was much more consistently painful when I called for the appointment.

So, I had not gone back to dance class after winter break because of the pain, and now I can't go back until about Valentine's Day.

Yesterday, when we did errands, I sat in the car for half of them, and, for weeks, have been very conscious of how I step on the foot when I do any walking.

Other than that, it's been a quiet week. This is a three day weekend, which is nice, so soon after the winter holidays.

A friend is having surgery next week, and I've promised her that I will make some meals for her to have on hand for her recovery days.  She's going to have a friend stay with her, so I will make sure to make enough for them both.

 Today and tomorrow will see Paula's Production Kitchen up and in action! Today, I am making a batch of bone broth for myself, as well as a pot of chicken rice soup to share with her.

Then, tomorrow, I am going to bake a huge batch of mostaccioli.  Half will go to her, and half will stay with us.

In the process, I also hope to clear out the pantry cabinets and re-organize them.  Not fun, but needed!

I can do that sitting down, with a folding table next to me to put stuff on.  I did this about a year ago, and it's already past due to be re done!  We have to little storage space, and it's really easy for it to get jumbled. 

It's chilly and brutally windy out, so no woods walk today. Maybe tomorrow.