Your assignment, should you choose to accept it...

Next Tuesday, you will all have an assignment. It won't take too much of your time, but it will require quite a bit of energy. Please check back here on Monday for the details.

Yesterday, I felt pretty good but today the nausea is back at a low level.

We re-read the booklets from the Cancer Society and realized that I did almost everything wrong last week. First, I ate a terrible breakfast (I'm too embarassed to even write what it was), then we had to walk up four flights of stairs at Port Authority to get to the car because the elevators weren't working (no exercise right before or right after chemo), and then we stopped for lunch on the way home and I had a seasoned chicken sandwich (probably fried) with french fries. On Saturday I had a hamburger for lunch with potato chips (fat and fried foods) and on Sunday I ate eggs for breakfast and black bean soup for dinner. NO, NO, NO!!! Okay, so we forgot what we read prior to starting chemo, but now we're back on track. No more fried, fatty, fiber-rich, high-protein foods are on the menu for at least the first four days following treatment. This weekend it will be cereal, broiled chicken, rice, chicken noodle or tomato soup, saltines, pasta, and applesauce. Hey, we're still learning here! LOL

Friday morning I'll be back in treatment, so I will write again over the weekend to let you know how I fared this time. I'm sure the 8mg of antiemetic medication will do the trick, although I might be pretty tired by Sunday if it makes me too wired to sleep followed by turning the clocks ahead and losing an hour. I will be thinking positive, though. :)