Atrophy

As bad as I was feeling this past weekend, I spent a good portion of it in bed, and did not go to Mass.

I'm just feeling so weak, that all I want to do is stay warm in bed, but I am also dealing with some neuropathy in my hands as well.  If I lay on my left side, the two smaller fingers in my left hand become so numb that I don't feel they are alive at all.

The same is true if I lay on my right shoulder which cuts off circulation to them right hand.   So my whole night is made of a semi sleep where I have to turn quite  bit to keep the blood flowing in my hands.

I am now thinking that as much as I don't want to move out of bed on a weekend, I really need to force myself to do it - because I do need just a little exercise just to keep going.  Just taking a long shower or a nice hot bath, and stretching my legs a bit seems to help some.

With as much discomfort I have at this moment, though I sometimes wonder how much longer I'm going to have the strength just to move.

Laura and the kids have been great with helping to put on my shoes and socks, and brining bowls of soup,  to my designated couch.  If I can, I try to eat at the table with the family, but there are times when it's difficult to have the stability to sit at the kitchen chair.

I have on my calendar that I have a MRI appointment for Wednesday, though I just got called and Dr. Bobo wants to see me tomorrow.

This was originally scheduled as a follow up to my initial radiation treatments.  The deal there, is that with the treatments, it will still take some 4-6 weeks to see the tumor cell die, so they wanted to wait to get a sense of if this treatment has been effective.  So we'll hear more about that later.

It was very nice to have Sarah visit this past week - though I was down for much of it.

256.6 lbs.