We woke up this morning and finally felt congruent with the view out our bedroom door: A view of the bright morning light filtering through the green canopy and air filled with floral notes and singing birds greeted us. This is in contrast to the prior two similarly superb mornings that were the opposite of how Steve felt after his first chemo treatment.
We are beginning to get a sense of what a 'new normal' life will be like.
Steve is usually quite like the energizer bunny but the chemo has sucked his batteries for several days. Managing side effects like gastric upset and flu like malaise will be his focus those first few days. Rest, nap, then rest some more then try to eat enough.
So Steve's typical week will be: infusion day and day 2; pretty worthless planning to get anything done; Day 3 - light work, moderate focus; Day 4, 5 & 6 - working okay, focus returns. Repeat for 3 weeks, 4th week off. Rinse and repeat.
Yet one more surgical procedure is scheduled for tomorrow to replace a plastic stent in the bile duct with a permanent metal one. It's done as an outpatient endoscopic procedure, through the esophagus. Will be good to get it behind us.
Wishing so much that the chemo drugs can target their cells and leave the rest of Steve alone!
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