Tuesday, 11/16 -- Eric T Schwartzenchesna

Today's visit to the doctor's office was very interesting.

As you might have been able to tell this weekend by my lack of whimsical and expansive blog entries, I wasn't feeling well at all. From Friday through Monday I got progressively worse. Nausea, dizziness, headaches, weakness, tiredness, spotty appetite, soreness and other exciting stuff.

I assumed that I overdid it last week when I returned to work. I very well might have, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Pushing myself is how I'll grow stronger. But that side trip to the grocery store after work was not a good idea.

Anyway, back to my health story.
The doctor surmised that the pattern I've been showing these past two weeks was probably due to the steroids I get on Tuesdays with my pre-chemo meds. He said it should slowly wear off and I'd feel the side effects of the chemo more strongly by Friday. Gee, that's kinda what's been happening.

Solution:
Take more steroids throughout the week. By Christmas I should be totally buff and ready for the beach. BEEFCAKE!!!! But seriously, they aren't those kinds of steroids, and they are in low dosage amounts.

I hope to return to work again on Wednesday for a few hours. Slowly build my strength.
I have to take advantage of the good days when I have them. I can't seem to plan anything with confidence beyond one day at a time. And yes, it is frustrating.

Skwerl is buttshead.
In other news, the squirrels in our neighborhood are getting fatter. They are obese American squirrels. We discovered that they have been digging up and eating our tulip bulbs. We knew that they have been known to do that, however, they've never done it to us since we have so much birdseed and beautiful birdfeeders for them to destroy. They are jerks. We spiced the ground with cayenne pepper powder. We'll see if they like Mexican food.