Periodic update

I am able to eat three solid meals these days, but the slime is beginning to rise. I have a whole arsenal of tricks to use now, thanks to many folks' suggestions.

Tuesday I felt quite well, was able to use the snow blower, but was very tired. Tuesday night was rough. I didn't want to have a repeat of the restlessness of Monday, so I took an Ativan--and later, when I woke up at 1:30 (every night without fail), a Benadryl. The result was a night of weird dreams, disconnected things that left me mystified in the morning--and unable to explain what I had dreamed or what I remembered. Took me quite a long time to get my head back. And I got up with a low grade temp, 100.7., and dizzy. It was a crash day. The temp came down with a Tylenol but I was pretty well flat all day with fatigue.

For what ever reason, the drugs have hit me harder this time. So with the 8 inches of snow fall, thank God for Freddy G. who came down twice with his blower to do our drive way. The help that we continue to get from friends and neighbors has been a blessing. Today, I am much better and will get out for some errands. Things usually improve toward the end of the week as the Gemzar begins to fade.