Well it is time for my weekly update. Truthfully there isn't much to report from the past week. This past week was the toughest week of my cycle so I end up not doing too much while dealing with the exhaustion from chemo and withdrawal from steroids. Although this cycle was a maintenance cycle and the doses were a slight bit lower I still had some tough periods this week. It all came to a head Wednesday morning when the withdrawals hit their worst. Thankfully they only lasted half the day as opposed to the two full days of withdrawals in cycles past. This cycle brought a slight change to my cycle by getting the chemo injected on Wednesdays instead of Thursdays. This really isn't that big of a deal except that when going through the withdrawals the chemo makes you feel kind of crappy. Thankfully it only happens once every three weeks. :) Other than that I have continued with the treatment of my foot. That still is taking over my life by not allowing me to walk properly and affecting my lifestyle. Somedays I just wish it was done and I could move on but I know I have a few more weeks of treatment I am sure. Thankfully they are both getting smaller on a weekly basis.
I started looking into the idea of joining a gym. I think working out on a daily basis would do wonders for my mental state and really help with my recovery. I won't even start to begin to look at that until my foot is healed. Also I am a little hesitant to start something like that with the transplant coming up. Again stuck in that limbo waiting :). If my foot gets healed and I still haven't had the plan to start the transplant I will go ahead with the gym. So it more my foot holding me in limbo than the cancer. That is the most frustrating part about it. I found this really cool gym where they teach boxing. That would be pretty cool wouldn't it...:) I have heard that that training is the very best workout you can get. What do you guys think?
Other than that it was a pretty blah week. The weather has been terrible all week so I wasn't able to go get any good pictures. I went out on one afternoon but with it being so overcast the lighting was terrible. In addition, the ground was wet so I couldn't do my usual rolling around on the ground looking for cool point of views. Hopefully next week will provide some better camera weather.
Well I hope everyone has a great weekend this weekend. We are decorating the apartment tonight and tomorrow with the xmas stuff.
Aaron
There isn't much to report on from this past week. This week was the tough week of my cycle. It is tough because I usually get some exhaustion from the chemo injections from last week coupled with going through steroid withdrawals. Compared to tough weeks in the past cycles, this week wasn't terrible. I only had one really tough morning on Wednesday with the withdrawals. There
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Boxing IS one of the best workouts you can get! I know of a good place in Mississauga where I went a few times. Was sore for days. Also, when you're ready to get back to working out, I have an amazing group of ppl who run this boot camp in Burlington in the mornings (close to where you live, actually). They're so positive and motivating, I've been doing it for almost 6 months now. Let me know when and I'll hook you up, Cuz. :) Steph.
ReplyDeleteHmm....seems like you are in a gray zone . Patience is a virtue and you master it with patience. Your foot still carry your little saviors and maybe without them, you might try to do too much, therefore, just maybe.....
ReplyDeleteI commend you for your posts, always interesting and also for your courage and wisdom. Keep up the spirit and God bless you and yours always.
Do you really roll around on the ground to get pictures? I love that:)
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