A Weird Day

For a day that promised to be relatively uneventful, a few things happened that were rather unexpected.

I played tennis first thing. More about that under "Side Effects" below.

After breakfast, it was off to the oncologist for blood work. Everything was normal and the doctor seems pleased with my reaction to the first round. I got a prescription and will take it to Publix that will reduce the $7 pills to a mere $.70. Not bad, eh?

We also had a discussion with the doctor about diet. He did not seem too fussed. and suggested that I have a normal healthy balanced diet with things like vegetables and fruit. I guess his normal and mine differ slightly. There were points in my life when a balanced diet was a piece of cake in each hand!

I rested a while after getting home and managed to do a little work while the research manager finished her tax extension work. After mailing the tax stuff and doing a little shopping, things got weird.

Weird # 1. As we arrived home, we discovered one of our neighbors had fallen and literally could not get up. I and several neighbors were unsuccessful in resolving this, thus necessitating a call to 911. A good responsive team arrived and got the job done, but by then it was too late for dinner at home and so I took something to the club where I run a game on Tuesday evenings.

Weird # 2. I swear this is true. I got given a name tonight of a "highly certified Marijuana MD." Now, tell me, what makes you "high"ly qualified?  I would presume it helps to have experience! Note: we are talking pills here.

Weird # 3. During the game tonight, one of the water fountains started spewing water. Thanks to many helpers and one in particular, we got the water stopped and a plumber arrived in time to advise that we needed to get the water all dried up and called a water restoration service. I suspect this is a side effect of the chemo.

Side Effects

We now know of some side effects of chemo that they don't tell you about:

1. Your tennis game may improve (we won 6-1 again this morning)
2. You will hurt your right toe
3. Water fountains may spring a leak
4. Neighbors may fall down helplessly

and

5. You may receive expressions of love, help and caring from many people. Thanks so much!