First Week is Behind Me

If I were counting, that's one week down, eleven more to go. But who's counting? I'm looking forward to these next 2 weeks being better than the first. I have no real complaints at this time except the aches and pains in my joints now. My hips, knees and shoulders seem to be the most bother. I tried to skip the Tylenol last night, but by 1:00am, I broke down and took a couple so I could sleep. I feel like a broken down old lady. Sheesh! The Tyelenol did work eventually and I woke rested and feeling better. 

Today was my first blood check since chemo. I have a standing order to go in to the lab every week to have it taken so they can check that I'm not anemic or that my white blood cell count is not dropping too low. The Neulasta shot should prevent the white blood count drop and I'm eating iron-rich food in my diet, that should help the red blood cell count. I'm sure they look at lots of other things too to make sure I'm staying healthy. The report is sent to the doctor so I won't hear about the results unless there's a problem. I will ask about them when I go in for my next treatment in two weeks. I have to give more blood next week too. Eventually, if they feel I'm doing well through the treatments, they will have me checked less often. They will always do a blood test when I go in for a treatment. They won't give me the chemo if anything is out of order.

So the rain came and I did get to the mall. But I wasn't quite into it as I thought I would be. I was getting knee and back aches and kept the visit short. I couldn't find anything my size of what I was looking for so I came back empty handed. I need to wait until they restock. Of course, then they'll be bringing out the spring wear but I need some warm weather stuff now. 

Today I laid down for my first afternoon nap. I'm not a napping kind of person. I usually feel worse afterwards and never get the energy I need. But today it helped. Around 4pm I was feeling a bit tired, perhaps because of the short night of sleep and a small nap really helped. I guess I will use them as necessary to help me heal and re-energize.