Well, folks, we are 8 days after chemo and we have survived. I am back playing tennis. The major problem with that is getting enough people to play each day. But, it is important to exercise and for me tennis is the most attractive exercise alternative. I have lost 9 pounds from last week. Thank goodness! I had gained that much the previous week.
The only issue is my mouth dryness and mouth sores. During the night, my mouth gets very dry and there are sores in my mouth that both hurt a lot and also bleed during the night. The research manager is getting tired of showing me how to clean blood off pillow cases.
I have been researching how a horse sleeps standing up. If I can figure out the secret, I will try it. That way, I will not have to lay down and my mouth will not become dry. Any suggestions on how to achieve this would be appreciated.
I usually wake up just in time to get out on the tennis court. As a result, I do not take the time to consult what I look like and more than once, I have arrived at the courts looking like Dracula with blood dripping from my mouth. I am sure the research manager will be horrified when she reads this!
The cancer center has now prescribed a concoction also called Magic Mouthwash, but with more ingredients than the simple one that I have been using. It is mixed at the labs in Orlando and sent with an ice pack overnight. It will arrive tomorrow. Fingers crossed that it will be helpful.
Some of my time. but even more of Andy's and the research manager's time, is being spent on getting my book to the point of publishing. Figuring out what route to go (literary agent, publishing house directly, self publishing companies, et cetera.) I think the end product will be attractive, useful and successful, but there is a lot of work to make all of that happen.
It is late. Time for bed. Maybe if I sneak into the bedroom quietly, the mouth sores won't realize that I am sleeping and will stay away.
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