Today I had my bi-weekly blood work done at Quest Labs. Hopefully they will get the results to Dr. Erlich fairly quickly. I'm sure everything is ok but there are a ton of things they are monitoring so it will be nice to know that all is ok. I have finished taking the Prednisone and the Nystatin and now all I'm on is the Cymbalta, Sutent and a potassium supplement. Hopefully I will be able to stop the potassium supplement if all is well with the blood work. I'm also back on a multivitamin a day and fish oil supplements for cholesterol. No, it's not that bad!
I have started doing sit-ups and push-ups and will build up slowly to other exercises. I'm still coughing a bit especially if I take a deep breath so the cardio stuff will have to wait. I have been wearing a pedometer some days and showing about 4 miles of walking etc.etc. Not too bad!
I had to drop a few things off a Sinai hospital so I decided to pay a quick visit to Mary at the infusion center. It was great to see her again. She said I looked really well and I told her I was feeling good. I weighed myself and came in at a whopping 141 lbs (64 kgs). I have put on about 10 lbs in the last short while. I'm hoping to get back to about 155 lbs of lean, not-so-mean, non-fighting machine.
Carpe Diem.
I had trouble all my life controlling my weight. Up and down, up and down. Then I discovered the great equalizer, BEER. Now all I do is increase or decrease my beer intake as required to maintain a steady weight. I look at it as inflating or deflating the spare tire around my middle. Hope this helps.
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Putting on 10 pounds. Way to go. Brings to mind that mantra: "Those who eat well, do well." And I really like how you're seizing the day. Keep it up!
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