I apologize for the delay in this but today was a "teaching" day for me. I say "teaching day" because it was a day where I had to learn another lesson along this cancer journey. I actually woke up this morning and tried to write this blog first thing like my normal routine. But today was anything like normal routine, you see I have battled with withdrawal symptoms from the steroid for much of the weekend and today. The withdrawal feels very similar to a really bad hangover with out the fun the night before. Your mind feels always foggy and your entire body is exhasuted constantly. Yesterday was so bad I spent entire the day sleeping in the in the recliner on the couch. Don't worry I wasn't alone, Dora kept me company all afternoon long :)
So there I was this morning in my normal blogging spot, in the dark at the kitchen table ready to write and nothing. I had lots of ideas about what to write and nothing would come out. It wasn't writers block, but my mind was so foggy I couldn't form and put together any thoughts. I decided to take a break about 25 minutes in and try to close my eyes. I ended up sleeping on the couch for pretty much the next 3 hours. The only reason I woke up was to take eat at 8 and to take meds. Other than that, I was dead to the world for much of the morning. I was originally planning not to post today but after talking to Amy, I decided to wait until the afternoon and see how I felt.
Well the afternoon is here and here I am writing to you. I learnt a couple lessons today. First, you always have to listen to your body. Today my original plan was to pick right up into my routine from last week. When I couldn't do the routine I was pretty bummed, but I knew the best thing for me was to sleep, so I curled up on the couch and passed right out. The second thing and most important thing I learnt going through this weekend is just how true the "if life gives you lemons" cliché really is. Although, I was exhausted this weekend and didn't get much accomplished. It gave me lots of time to catch up on college basketball (although all the upsets destroyed my bracket :( ) But it also gave Amy, Dora, and I time to relax, catch up and just hang out.
I think we can all take something from this. When I woke up this morning I was all set to get back into the routine but there was a much different plan. At first I was so disappointed that I was breaking routine but Amy helped me see that I needed to just roll with the punches and make lemonade. From this I actually learnt a pretty valuable lesson today. When life gives you lemons, take a bite to remember the bitter flavour and then make lemonade and enjoy! Don't forget, use stevia not sugar (gotta watch those blood sugars! :) )
Sorry for all the clichés! :)
Until tomorrow,
Aaron
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