It’s 11:30pm of day three, and so far there have been very little in the way of side effects. Only issue is some insomnia – I am given the chemo at 10AM and 10PM, and there are steroids in the mix, which make it difficult to get to sleep. And of course people traipse in at all hours – perish the thought that they would skip taking vital signs at 4AM and asking if you pooped.
Yesterday I used the little peddling machine for 52 minutes. You sit in a regular chair, fit your shoes in the stirrups and use the machine – not great but better than nothing. And today I peddled for 16 minutes and then was able to do some dumbbell work. The room is not quite big enough to do more than a limited workout, even with dumbbells, but again it beats watching Oprah. I will exercise every day, but will have to give up the dumbbells when I get the transplant on Monday.
The food is fine, but i am tryng to not eat too much, what with my limited activities. And the diet will change when I go "Neutropenic" with the very low cell counts next week. This is to reduce the chance of infection. When I leave I will have a modified neutropenic diet for several weeks, with the same goal. No cold cuts, unwashed fruit or vegetables, things like that.
hopefully wine will be on the menu!
To see what else I’m doing, check the posting below.
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