I’m on the upswing and feeling better. Today we walked to the store that is only two blocks from our apartment. Turns out empanadas are As healing as pop tarts.
I still have hair but Sven tried on some of my hats so he can match with me if it does fall out.
We’re making something called a zucchini scarpaccia for dinner. Right now it looks like a salad in a cookie sheet.
This really cute coffee stand opened up across the street from our building. We walked over and just crossing the street wore me out.
I got this fantastic juice and felt great. They do this funny thing here. It happens in Ubers to us all the time. When we walked in they were playing some fun Latin music. Then we sat down and they switched it to the Eagles. I love the Eagles but I also love Reggaton.
Feeling only lasted until I stood up. I thought I might fall asleep while crossing the street back to our building.
But as long as in reclining on this lounge chair I’m good.
Today is the “nadir” which is the term for when my white and red blood cells are at the lowest. Tomorrow I should be back on the upswing.
I’m feeling good as long a I’m sitting or lying down. But as soon as I try to do normal things I get too tired.
Jeff and I walked to the organic store this morning. It’s a short, flat 20 minute walk.
It started out great, especially when I sat down 5 minutes into the walk for a rest.
I still felt good when we spotted this parrot on top of the white part of the building.
But then I used up any energy I had and was too tired to shop and almost too tired to cross the street to get in the waiting taxi to take us home.
Back in our apt I had a meltdown when I had to lie down to regain enough energy to even take a shower.
But then I was able to rest and was ok. And now we have the makings for an all organic pizza that Jeff is making for dinner while I rest.
All the advice I’ve read and been told to listen to my body and not push myself is making more sense now.
I’m feeling good although still tired. I forced myself to go for a walk. It was just under a mile around the block. You would have thought I walked a marathon. I was so worn out at the end. But it was good to get out.
Sven thought this was a sloth carrying case and was disappointed when I didn’t bring him along.
I’m still have a few days before my white and red blood cells are on their way back up. But, I think the chicken broth, vitamins and pop tarts are working because I’m feeling on the mend.
Our fridge is finally fixed and we got a small order delivered from the grocery store. We didn’t want to buy too much in case the fix is short lived. But tonight we are making a nice lentil and sweet potato stew. And then excited to refrigerate the left overs.
I’m feeling good just super tired. Sven and I did some latch hooking today. I used to love latch hook as a kid and still do.
Let me know if anyone needs a shag rug wall hanging. I’m currently working on a cute rainbow but after that I’m available for all your latch hooking needs.
I know this sounds like a stretch but these are medicinal croissants.
Our cleaning lady came today and was such a life saver because besides cleaning our apt she also threw out the rest of the rotten food in our broken fridge and cleaned it.
I forgot to eat before we went down to the pool while she cleaned. I was pretty nauseous so Jeff made a run to the French bakery and got these croissants. And they really did help.
The rest of the day was spent resting and monitoring my hair situation.
I still have hair which is shocking considering how much it’s thinning.
I’m feeling pretty good, still tired but good.
Today was a good day. I was tired but was able to rest all day. I introduced Sven to my favorite author, David Sedaris. Sven read one of his books while I listened to one on Audible.
Our fridge is being fixed tomorrow which means an excuse to order in tonight!
The day started with Sven and Jeff dealing with a broken fridge. We had it looked at yesterday and they are bringing a part on Tuesday. But it’s too late for all our food. Jeff spent the morning throwing away food while I watched from the couch.
I felt pretty crappy today. Tired and digestive issues. But my stomach is better and pop tarts don’t need refrigeratoration.
Thanks to Panama City’s many restaurants and excellent delivery services, we can still eat healthy even without the fridge.
Today was a good day. I rested the entire day. I had more chicken broth than coffee today. And since I’m not drinking alcohol, more chicken broth than wine.
Rolf and Samuel are having us over for dinner. Hopefully I’ll be able to stay awake through dinner. And if not, our apartment is just an elevator ride away.
Any day the includes coconut water directly from a coconut is a good day.
I will admit, I wasn’t as hopped up on the steroids as last time but did have some energy.
Started the day making soup. Sven supervised.
I drank some organic chicken broth (store bought) because that is supposed to help recovery.
Then switched to pop tarts.
Sven couldn’t finish his. Luckily Jeff agreed to eat his.
Went out to lunch and ate healthy.
We’ll see if eating healthy helps. And if not, I have several more boxes of pop tarts.
