Day 4, Cycle 1

Not the best of days...Woody hasn't gotten sick, but has felt queasy today. When it was time to take his afternoon pain pills, he said that he wasn't sure that he really should take them as taking them might make him sick. He did have a "sinking spell" after lunch at work...but that happens at other times...so we can't chalk that up to the chemo drugs.

The way he described how he has felt since coming home: "zapped." He slept while Erin and I got supper. I wasn't sure that he would want to eat, but he said that he did. He said that the pasta and red clam sauce tasted good, but he didn't eat all of his salad (a favorite...usually). Graham had come over to finish a puzzle and just went in to say good night to Goosey and he was asleep enough that he didn't hear Graham...so it's obvious that he isn't feeling the greatest.

Woody did walk at lunch today. Also it was a red-letter day: Woody was able to put his wallet in his left back pocket with his left hand...and get it out with his left hand...a first since he broke his arm in his bicycle accident back on Sept. 15, 2008--almost 10 months to the day! Definitely the highlight of Woody's day!

I haven't had the best of days either...a weather front somewhere out there has gotten to me and I have hurt all afternoon. Erin has type-1 diabetes and she has had a bit of trouble keeping her blood sugar levels regulated today...so all around not the best of days for any in this household today!

Tomorrow is the last day that Woody has to take the one chemo drug, and will not have to take the nausea pill after tomorrow morning, for this cycle...so maybe he will get to feeling better after tomorrow. One of the hardest things about taking these chemo pills is getting the bottles open...he has the one hand that doesn't work well and I have arthritis...so between the two of us, with great effort, we finally get them open.

By the way...this is my 200th post since starting this blog on January 7th of this year. Wow...that's a lot of words!