So the day before chemo, I start the premeds again, taking 2 doses of Decadron (the steroid). I sometimes think it's a placebo drug. I took the first dose at breakfast. I then went to my son's school to do some volunteering as a grader for practice SAT tests. I had signed myself up for this back in August. When I came home I settled down to do some reading but kept dozing off. What kind of steroid puts you to sleep? Well, I had lunch a bit later and took the second dose. I seemed to have gained more energy by then, either from the food, the drug, or the short nap. Hard to say, but I felt good enough to get out for my 3-mile walk. When I got back from my walk I did some cleanup on the dead vines on the trellis out front and swept the garage and walkways down. Then it was to the computer to do some photo uploading of wrestling pictures on Snapfish. I was busy, busy, busy!
Later in the evening I headed to Best Buy to compare e-readers. I was deciding between the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook. After a visit to the Barnes & Noble store down the road, I decided to purchase the Nook. I was able to apply some gift cards my family has given me for my birthday and Christmas so that helped bring the price down. I'm really looking forward to playing with it. It's charging now. Tomorrow it will come in handy during my treatment, unless my talkative new chemo friend is there :-) It's a bit awkward holding a paperback book with just my left hand since the infusion is in my right hand or arm. And I don't want to do much with my infusion arm like last time when the needle popped out of the vein. The Nook is light weight and can be held and pages turned with just the one hand. I'm also liking the idea of increasing the text size. My contacts are not doing too good with close up reading anymore so I need to wear reading glasses with the contacts. With the adjustable font sizing, I won't need to use the glasses. It's going to work like a charm!
My head (scalp) is still tender. Washing what short hair I have this morning was a bit painful. I wore my wig to the school for grading this morning but found it uncomfortable due to the tenderness. I took it off back at home and switched to a cap for the rest of the day. I hope my head heals soon. It's annoying and bothers me at night when I lay down. I know, I'm whining. I'll stop now. This too shall pass.
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