It may be hard to believe but after four weeks I feel as though I'm getting stronger as I progress through the Radiation and Chemo Therapy treatments. This is not to say it's been a breeze, to the contrary I have had a couple of days this past week when intestinal cramping was so bad I logged quite a few wind sprints up and down the office's circular stairs seeking the bathroom. Can't decide if those should be recorded in my running spreadsheet or not.
Perhaps the only side effect that I'm concerned about is Hand and Foot Syndrome which Xeloda can cause. I have noticed at the end of the week, for the past two Friday's that my hands and feet seem to get warm, to which I sleep with my feet sticking out of the bed. At my Reiki session Friday morning one of the practitioners remarked that I must have fallen again. Confused, I asked why she thought that......she pointed to an area, right above my knee which looked like it had sustained a bad sunburn or “Road Rash”. I remembered while I was in he waiting room, placing my elbow, above my knee as I rested my head. Hummmm
Today Molly and I got in a nice eleven mile jaunt, having the good fortune of running into friends along the way. Tomorrow, hopefully I'll be feeling well enough to log in the same amount of miles with our Sunday morning trail group.
Next weekend is the Mount Saint Mary's Alumni Golf Tournament (Saturday) and the North Face Half Trail Marathon (Sunday) . Since Monday is Memorial Day I'll have an extra day of rest and only four days of treatments so I'm optimistic about being able to do both.
Richard, one of the Radiologist Technicians I see each morning comes to work either by motorcycle or his 1985 Volkswagen Diesel Station Wagon. His wagon, though not pretty is paid for and by the way gets an incredible forty two miles per gallon. Even so Richard's car is the source of good natured jokes and as Laura (the other tech) said “You look at that car and say to yourself, Oh, that poor person who has to drive it.” Friday, I photographed it, and with the use of Photoshop, jacked it up, added new wheels, fixed the dents, gave it a paint job, got rid of copious amounts of bird poop, added a customized logo and a Ford Cobra Souped up Engine. Now there is a car to love! Hope Richard likes his picture when he gets it Tuesday.
Mike “O”
Nice 'pimp' job, but still not as cool as the GT-6's we used to drive.
ReplyDeleteHit 'em straight and not too often at the Mount Tournament.