August 1
4:55 been awake for about an hour. Got up to use restroom and having trouble falling back to sleep.
Song: Onward, Christian Soldiers
Psalm 119:114; 2 Kings 20-21;
Playing Woletones music to help me fall asleep.
8:15 I’m so tired I feel like I could sleep all day. Dry mouth. Thirsty. Whole body stiff and achy. Legs throbbing. Cold.
9:44 Able to burn papers before the thunder and harvest some of the amaranth. Decided to work on my blog for a bit. Able to post devotional and a schedule post for healing journey for Oct 2020. Had to try to hurry towards last part because it started thundering. Finished just before it started pouring. Time to rest a while.
12:00 it’s thunderstorming pretty bad. My nerves are on edge. Nerves stinging throughout body. Figured out possible books for Rae for school.
3:25 I’m exhausted. Managed to change sheets on bed. Wash bed linens. Last load I’m dryer. Partially make bed – waiting on blanket to dry. Folded two loads clothes from Saturday. I’m in a lot of pain. Level 6. Need to take a nap. Set alarm so I don’t sleep too long. Still storming outside. Playing Clark Family Radio on Spotify. . Dozed for maybe 15 minutes. Having trouble sleeping from the pain. Whole body hurts. Nerves stinging immensely. I think it’s combination from the weather and I may have done too much. Asked Joe how to know when to take pain rx. Pain level is a 6. He said now. I just don’t want to get dependent on them. Took tramadol. I’ll save stronger pain rx for the few days I have the tough, deep bone pain after the Neulasta injection. For now, I’m just resting in bed. Hopefully, the pain rx will kick in soon to take edge off.
Looking for healthy products for cancer patients
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Dinner: homemade egg drop soup (made with homemade bone broth), air fried egg rolls, and chicken tenders. It was delicious! I’m burning up. No fever. I guess it’s a hot flash.
Drinking last of Sunny D on fridge. It tastes off to me, but my taste buds are off due to the chemo. I can’t seem to get past the taste so I ask Joe to taste it for me. He says it’s sour. Ugh! I drank 8 ounces of sour Sunny D. Yuck!
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August 2
7:00 rough night. Woke at 3am and had trouble falling back to sleep.
Woke with “In the Cross” on my mind, but couldn’t remember all the words. Song switched to “Shepherd Boy” then back to “In the Cross”. Began praying for those who come to mind. Fell asleep while later.
Woke at 7 needing to use restroom. Whole body hurts. Mouth dry. Thirsty. Very tired. Remembered tomorrow is my Mom’s birthday and I didn’t even get her anything yet. I don’t know what to get her either.
James 1:22; 2 Chronicles 32-33;
Song: “Great And Mighty Is The Lord Our God”
Made fresh veggie juice for couple days. Run few errands with Dez. Came home to balance checkbook, paid a bill, filled out paperwork for insurance filing for a hospital bill, filed paperwork. Had to rest afterwards. Brain was blurry, getting headache, and exhausted. Sometime today folded load of clothes and put it away. Made magic cookie bars to enjoy but also to test a theory. Made sheet pan fajitas for dinner. It stormed for few hours mid day. Also, figured out amount for school lunches for 1st quarter and sent info to her sponsor. What a blessing.
8:00 I’m exhausted and cannot push myself anymore. Going to bed early. Whole body aches. Legs throbbing and tingling. Neck hurts. Headache. Back hurts. Center chest aches. Hands throbbing. Dry mouth. Lips chapped. Noticed dry patches starting to appear on scalp. Need to research how to combat that. Finally found an inexpensive baby shampoo today. I’m behind on my fluid intake today.
Thankful for… 1. KF sent me encouraging text and asked what day would be better to bring by dinner. That is answer to prayer because I just told God y’day that it would be nice if someone would bring dinner on Friday due to it being chemo day. 2. Holly and Tara came for a visit. 3. Thankful for God’s provisions
Must work on journal calendar for August tomorrow. Had intentions to do it today, but got sidetracked. Praying I sleep better tonight.
