Deja vu all over again

Yep, its deja vu all over again.  Chemo is on board and Roger is feeling pretty darn crappy.  Roger describes the feeling as different but the same.  He still feels like he has the flu on steroids but also has mega fuzzy brain to the point he feels dizzy.  Today, he's been freezing.  Can't layer on enough clothing, socks, blankets.  He said he finally was able to warm up after submersing his hands under hot water.  Of course, he still is nauseous.  Unfortunately (or fortunately) its not our first rodeo....so, you hunker down, dig in....and just wait it out.  I anticipate the "bad" day to continue through Saturday.  Hopefully the cloud will lift on Sunday and Roger will have a good solid week of good days.  Its frustrating as hell to know poor Roger is suffering through 2 weeks of hell to only have 1 week of decent days.  He is a trooper and is pushing through.  I'd like to hope I have the same tenacity but often wonder.

So, after this treatment....ONLY 4 more to go.  Thank goodness.   If we stay on track for treatment, Roger SHOULD be done by the end of January.  Seems like a million years from now. 

Hard to believe the holidays are on us.  I don't anticipate doing anything for Thanksgiving.  Its pretty hard to ask Roger to sit through a holiday focused on eating when he has NO enjoyment of food.  In fact, eating is something he absolutely dreads because of the pain, possible vomiting, and just generally not feeling up to eating and socializing much.  Now, all this may change if the good week happens to fall on Thanksgiving week. We may simply try a road trip.  Spontaneity.  Stay tuned.

We've managed to get a couple walks in since last Wednesday.  I had hopes of getting Roger out yesterday or this evening (between rain storms).  Unfortunately he wasn't up for it.  The weekend, yesterday, and today have been spent on the sofa under blankets wedged into a corner of the sofa.  He can't seem to lay down much lately so he spends a lot of time sleeping or napping sitting straight up.  Lately when he is sitting on the sofa during these bad days, Roger has had the company of Hemmy (the 6-toed maniac cat) or Yoda (our long-haired chipmunk killer).  We've wondered if the cats are picking up on how badly Roger feels.  They both seem pretty glued to him.  Roger grouses about it ....well he grouses about everything lately...but I think Roger digs having the cats with him.  Yoda is sitting on him now, draped across Roger's arm making dough on the blanket and mewing every so often to get a random pet from Roger.

Food lately?  Tacao Bell?  NOPE, its off the hit list.  No Kentucky Fried Chicken.  Now, Roger is on local pizza place Jack's pizza.  Naturally, there isn't one close by that delivers. Sooooo when the craving calls, its a little drive to get the craving dujour.  I never thought I would ever say I'm getting tired of pizza but after having had Jacks now 3 times (not counting leftovers the next day or two) in the last 1.5 weeks....Yah, I'm getting tired of pizza. 

 Any whooooo, that's the wild woolly world of the Wethingtons (try saying that 4 times really fast).