Sunny Sunday

 The good news is that my potential stress fracture is just tendinitis!  My podiatrist recommended different walking shoes, so I went and got fitted by a pro at the locally owned running and fitness store.

The new shoes are super comfortable, but I am still having pain, so I still need to let it rest more than I would like.

The not so good news is that my red blood cell count continues to go down.  It's not alarmingly low, but it's dropped every time I have had labs since starting this chemo. 

I was approved to continue with the chemo pill, so my doctor is not concerned, but I am keeping an eye on my diet, and have added more high iron foods to the menu.

When I get my bone treatment on Wednesday of next week, I will have a concurrent appointment with the dietician, and will discuss this with her at that time.

We got a grand total of about 10 minutes of soaking rain over the past week.  Not enough to do much good, but it DID wash Sammie's ashes into the ground, so we don't see them anymore.

The case with Fed Ex over her death is still pending, but has been escalated.  Dave calls every few days to ask why it hasn't been resolved yet.

He will be calling tomorrow.

I have a full docket of scans tomorrow.... CT chest, abdomen, and pelvis, with and without contrast, and a nuclear bone scan.  Ugh.

I will be there for several hours, due to the injection required for the bone scan.  I think it needs two hours to run through my body before they can do the scan.

Fortunately, I can eat breakfast, because my first scan isn't until noon, and then I can eat lunch between the CTs and the bone scan.

Unfortunately, this should result in a huge bill from the clinic.  Yay.

Then, after the scans Monday, and treatment Wednesday, I have my next zoom with the exercise physiologist for the wellness study on Friday.

I can bring him up to date on the foot/shoe story, and on how I am doing with the yoga and weight workouts.

I've also lost an average of about one pound per week due to being more active, and building muscle slowly and deliberately.

Anyway it will be a busy week, and I am tired.  Oh well.... I can rest as often as I need to, now.  It's quite a luxury, after struggling for years to keep working while fatigued from various treatment protocols.

This evening, we are going to celebrate our friend's birthday.  

He and his wife are the friends who come for Christmas Eve every year.  We have not been invited to their house since the power outage of Oct./Nov. 2020, when they let us come take showers and do laundry, so it will be nice. 

I am off to do a load of laundry, and then some yoga.  Have a good week!