So the first week after treatment was pretty much a wash. I had a heck of a time with the transition of one of the new meds they put me on. I decided to not take that one anymore and just stick with what they originally had me on (Lorazapam/Ativan). I’ll take 2 pills vs. 1 pill. It works well enough most of the time. I would rather do that then deal with the mess of the other stuff. The side effects are pretty minimal for the Aromasin. I’m slow to get moving in the morning and then get pretty fatigued later in the day. I do have muscle and bone pain if I sit too long. As long as I get up and move regularly I’m pretty okay. I have my ditzy days….I mean trying to do more than one thing at a time is a challenge. I’m going to start doing word puzzles and other mind game things to see if that helps any.
Becuase of my lack of sleep last week I didn’t go to the gym. Went Sunday finally. Only did 20 minutes, but I changed over to the treadmill again. My initial thought was to start out slow and just take it from ground zero. Then about 10 minutes in I decided to jog every other minute. I wanted to see if I could do it and how it would feel afterward. I was a little swollen in the arms and chest but nothing major. Probably more from my lack of water intake! Yesterday I had a super bad day mentally. I was having issues with doing little things. I went to the store and what should have taken maybe an hour, took me 4. Nothing concerning just would lose track of what I was looking for and then got distracted looking at other things. So I’ll start Yoga next Monday! Today I went and started out on the elliptical again…yeah, I now have this thing in my head. I’m a goal oriented person. So this jogging/walking thing is meeting that. I got on the treadmill and set it for 20 minutes. Instead of doing every other minute, I had the track setting on so I ran half the track then walked half the track to see how far I would get. So the goal is to be able to run the full 20 minutes and then add from there. I had the thought of doing the 5k I did in January when I first got to Missoula. In talking with a friend tonight, she pretty much convinced me that I should set that goal. Now I am not expecting to run the whole thing and place. I just want to be able to run most of it and cross the finish line. I started thinking about it and it would be kinda symbolic for me. Last year’s 5k was on January 29th. I was officially diagnosed February 9th. So it would be kind of a pick up where I left off sort of thing.
I feel like I’m on the right track. Diet wise I’m doing pretty good, other than not drinking enough water. I’ve started to plan the meals on Sunday. And I actually went grocery shopping by myself for the first time in 9 months. It felt good. It felt normal. So I have my little cards with the dinners for the week. So far it’s working (okay yeah, it’s Tuesday). But I haven’t been too keen on anything overly sweet. It seems if I have anything too sweet or too salty my arms and chest area swell up. So at least I now have a built-in indicator. OH! I got little pill cases with the days of the week on them to make sure I take everything I’m supposed to. I know it’s silly, but these are the things that excite me these days.
Saturday we went out to get a bed frame for the guest room. The mattress has just been sitting on the floor. Well, they wanted like $80 for just a basic metal frame to get it off the floor. We went into one of the furniture stores and there was a clearance/scratch and dent section and there was a complete headboard and everything for $200. It was originally $599. So I think it was a good deal. This thing is so high the side railings are used as steps to get up in the bed. IT’S AWESOME!!!!! And of course I had to get a new bedspread…then the curtains didn’t match…it just snowballed. But the guest room is now all set up. Now to work on the craft room so I can start….crafting!
Oh. So I go to look for a picture for this post. I google “Party” and then go to images. Wow…..just wow. Sorry no picture I’m still processing. LOL
