How to rate your day

Really Really Bad = pain, achy, flu-y symptoms on steroids, no movement from the sofa, little or no eating, little or no drinking, nausea, vomiting, and a whole lotta grumpy

Really Bad = pain, achy, flu-y feeling, little movement from the sofa. little eating/drinking, nausea, random limited vomiting, and a whole lotta grumpy

Bad = pain, achy, movement from the sofa, eating and drinking, nausea, no vomiting, diarrhea, and a some grumpy

Less Bad = pain, active, eating/drinking, random nausea, no vomiting, random diarrhea, and yep, grumpy

Ok = pain, everything from Less Bad, not quite diarrhea, stomach is icky, and mood is not grumpy... possibly even pleasant

Good day = ......not really sure .....

Today?  Between Bad and Really Bad.  It will be a very quiet weekend.  We're predicting tomorrow will be the worst of the bad days.  Layer on that I have managed to catch a cold. waaaaahhhhhhh!  I've tried whining to the cats to no avail...  I find myself walking around the house with anti-bacterial sanitizer or Lysol wipes or bleach wipes to wipe down anything I touch if I haven't sanitized my own hands.  Howard Hughes aint got nothin' on me!!!  We're quite the pair, huh?

We did manage to go for a walk yesterday and today.  Interesting thing about this evening's walk:  the temperature dropped substantially during the day.  It was a full-on Fall, blustery (Winnie the Poo would say) day.  Leaves were falling, sky was gray and it was quiet simply COLD.  Half way through the walk, Roger said the chemo cold sensitivity was in his fingers and hands as usual but now was also in his nose and forehead and cheeks.  Felt like needles prickling his face. NOT a good feeling.  We moved quickly to get out of the wind and find the shelter of the house.  Its such a drag because we know moving/walking is one of the best things Roger can do to move the chemicals in his body and try to move them OUT of his body and now we know that walking outside can be a painful experience.  I tried suggesting that we could become "Mall Walkers"....(and I could shop in the process)....the suggestion was met with a scowl.  Plan B?  Treadmill in the basement. 

Roger's sister Denise, is recuperating well.  When she was released from the hospital, she stayed with their mother for several days.  Yesterday she finally went to her home. She is up and moving.  She had been walking with a walker but no longer needs it.  Her prognosis is good.  Cancer has not spread to lymph nodes.  It was just in the kidney and urter.  So, those organs have been removed.  No chemo, no radiation.  They will continue to monitor her, like Roger, on a 3-month schedule.

Will post again as the weekend melts away. ~ a