3 days and Counting

I have tried to keep my whining/ complaining to a minimum as it has been wearing on even me to continually focus on the side effects. Billy has written on our dry erase board on the refrigerator a countdown of how many of each meds are left until I am done. I have to say that's been so encouraging! I have noticed since Wednesday increasingly longer periods where I "feel" awake and not just a zombie sitting around dozing in and out half the day. Then I take the afternoon pill and it's night, night Lori. My work I know has been inconvenienced by these shorter days. I have gotten to work every morning with my usual tasks as well as what ever came up the afternoon before to handle. It was a big week on several fronts which is why I didn't just take a personal leave for the week. I depleted my vacation time, but it was necessary to get through this week and not just tread water but allow my body to make progress in getting well. If I'd just been able to sit at my desk, that would not have even been necessary but there's quite a bit of getting up and down and getting things down upstairs or on the other side of the building. The walking around increases the nausea, lightheadness and stomach cramps.


This is normally what I've been looking like for the last couple of weeks. Yes, Billy did take the picture. I'm having an awake moment and not nearly so philosophical, but I did just finish lunch and my pill. I'm really hoping to be able to make Billy dinner tonight. Easy spaghetti, but something he doesn't have to do himself none the less. We'll see how I feel when the effects of the pill settle in. Billy has made this issue so much easier. He has made me dinner every single night, cleaned the house, done all the laundry, the grocery shopping and gone to church by himself the last couple of weeks. I thank him for each and every one of these acts of kindness that show how much he loves me.