Follow Up

 Well, today is Sunday. I'm on day 5 of my chemo treatment. 

They're applying the chemo through a PICC line And that goes in through my arm above my elbow and through a vein to a chamber near my heart. There are 7 days of this and there are 21 to 28 days of taking oral chemo in the form of four tablets a day. 

A couple days ago I developed a thrombosis below my elbow near the PICC line and that's basically a minor blood clot and mostly resulted in some swelling and tenderness. That's mostly gone now. Other than that I've been eating well, and have not been having any adverse effects except a little queasiness here and there and a lot of diarrhea until today. Since I had a bag of antibiotics added to my saline solution infusion everyday, until today, the diarreah was to be expected.

I'm allowed to go for walks at my convenience, including outdoors in the park-like atmosphere they have out there. Scherie has been spending some nights in my room sleeping in the recliner chair next to me similar to as I used to do with her during her medical emergencies. 

Last night was probably the worst I felt, with a general nausea and inability to focus on, or read, or listen to, or watch anything. 

That seemed to go away this morning when I woke and had breakfast and watched our church have it's service.

My niece came to visit last night and brought a plate of goodies which today tasted good. My brother and his wife stopped by, and when they left, one of my sons stopped by for a visit.

I'm on the 11th floor and there's a lot of window glass to look out on the horizon at. We can see the skyline of Detroit and other neighboring communities. Not bad, since Detroit's about 30 some miles away. My son helped me in identifying which landfill surrounding us was which. They appear as tall hills.

I am grateful for the number of prayers that have been submitted on my behalf. The knowledge of that keeps my spirits up.