The Challenges of Each Day

I recently finished the Max Lucado book Every Day Deserves A Chance. And he makes many good points and I agree that with each day there is a new opportunity to be blessed by our farther in heaven. In this post I wanted to share some of the challenges that each day presents to me as a cancer patient, and frankly I am doing well my challenges are minor compared too many others being treated.

Allow me to run you through a typical day. Start the day at 5:30am this is because I need to get to work by seven so I can get in around 10.5 hours , yep a 10.5 hour day this is because I need to accommodate the doctors appointments and any unforeseen incidences that I may have which historically I have had 2 classes of theses incidents which have caused me to go home in the middle of the day I would go into more detail but they are of a personal nature

I have aches and pains in certain muscles which are probably due to the deocdron. My mouth is sore which could be a side effect of the avastin . I get fungal infections at the drop of a hat, any scrape I get seems to result in a fungal infection. I am fatigued a lot once again a side effect of most of my meds. I get cramps in my feet and hands due I believe to the norvasc. I have leg swelling due to water retention and correspondingly weight gain. Unfortunately not all the weight gain is water. Keppra slows down ones metabolism while decordron increases your appetite a bad combination. So each day has a set of challenges but I over come them and am able to work a full week and increasingly go to the gym, So in spite of these challenges I recognize that I am indeed blessed, so this post is not so much a registry of complaints but more of a victory chant.