Fatigue is Here

I had a good week- I managed to stay busy enough. I checked everything off my to-do list (pretty much anyway). I walked a lot of hilly miles. I did a bunch of cooking; some things were successful (I finally made a really good batch of mujadara- lentils and rice with carmelized onions) and some not so much (raspberry coconut macaroons- great when they came out of the oven but a mushy mess the next day, ick). We had a chance to catch up with some of my colleagues from work last night and that was great. After years of seeing them everyday of the school year, I miss seeing them everyday. Oh, and the colleague who hosted has two of the cutest little dogs! Made me want another dog (not what we need, but...).

There were a couple of gifts from students for me yesterday. One was a gorgeous flower arrangement from a former student and teaching assistant and the other was...wait for it.... a saber toothed tiger tooth! He was given the tooth as a gift and lent it to a friend who had cancer and that friend recovered, so he's lending it to me now! I'll be fighting this crap like a saber toothed tiger now! Seriously though, all my interactions with students and parents have been so supportive and sweet, I am really touched. Thank you!

Keith and I saw a psychologist who specializes in helping cancer patients and their families. It was a little weird and really draining, but I like her a lot and I think in the long run it will be a really good thing. I made another appointment to see her around the time I'll be getting my follow up brain MRI because I'll (we'll) be anxious about the results. It is a weird thing though, by the end of it we both left feeling like we've been doing a pretty good job of coping without any professional help so far.

That sums up the week, then came Saturday...I slept ok, got up and finished making the bagels I started yesterday (it was fun to try making them, but I'm not sure it is worth the hassle), ate a yummy breakfast of FRESH bagels and lox and promptly fell asleep on the couch. I proceeded to spend most of the day dozing and watching throw-away TV. It was a nice lazy day, but geez!?!? I finally got up and did a couple errands with Keith and at 7pm (in the rain, ugh) I took Red for a short walk. I think the fatigue they kept telling me I'd have might be here. We'll see how tomorrow goes.

My sister is coming out on Monday, so that'll be fun. I won't have to work at staying busy next week because we'll figure something out. I have appointments on Tuesday (oncologist) and Wednesday (hearing test and ENT - finally!!!), but the rest of the time we'll have fun relaxing and eating food she can't find back home.

I will say that other than being lazy, I'm feeling good. I've been off steroids for almost a week. No real change in the moon face yet, that'll take a month they say. I don't have any real headaches. I think my legs are getting stronger and I'm sleeping better.