Preposterous

Now things are getting to the point where I'm gonna have to laugh just to keep from crying. It has been one hell of a week.

Blood pressure. Good grief! I was sitting here the other night and realized I could hear my heart beat. In my ear! Like I was under water or something.

Since it'd never happened before, and I'd been warned that the chemo could cause high BP, I thought it might be good to check it.

HOLY CRAP! Here's some numbers for ya ...
4:30pm - 162/137 upper arm; 201/124 lower arm
5:30pm - 185/120
6:30pm - 173/110
7:30pm - 195/109

I called the nurse after the first one - because it scared me. (And everyone else I talked to) Nurse says it's from the chemo. She will call the doc tomorrow and get back to me. In the meantime, I should lay down.

Riiiiiight! I'll get right on that. I'll lay down and rest and let the kids rule the house. Why do people not understand that this is NOT an option? My kids are naughty. As soon as they think I'm not looking they're into something, breaking something, eating something, spilling something. Naughty!

Anyhoo ... I took some pain meds and some nerve meds and put the kids to bed early. It was the best I could do.

I went to my room to lie down and read a book.

Remember that tooth that was giving me all that trouble a couple months ago? It picked THEN to fall out of my head. All of it. Right at the gum line. Gone.

Niiiiiiiiice.

Yesterday I stayed as still and quiet as possible until the doc called about the BP meds. Nyla went to pick them up for me. I'm now on blood pressure medication. Blah! I'm supposed to call back on Monday, because they'll probably need to double them. Whatever.

This morning I woke up with a nose bleed and it took two hours for it to stop.

All this on top of the "normal" side effects. Feeling sick and barfy and tired. I'm having LOADS of fun over here, lemme tell ya. I have to laugh at the ridiculousness of it all. Because it's silly.

But in the midst of all this craptasticness - I've had a nice week. (hahahahahaha - that cracked me up. I am literally giggling now)

Count your many blessings - name them one by one!

My imaginary friends are AWESOME! They've been online with me all week checking in, making sure I'm ok, and making me smile.

My family is AWESOME! One of my cousins donated $500 to our adoption fund, because "NO ONE is ever getting my (BigSister) except Steve." Awwww! I love him!

My church family is AWESOME! R & G came over on Tuesday to check on me and drop off some easy foods for us. What a life saver! Cooking is WAY low on my priority list when I can't eat. M.K. came over yesterday just to let me nap. Nyla went all the way to SCCA to pick up my meds for me. G.E. is going to try to stop by today and let me rest for a while. And all of them are praying.

It's easier to get through this knowing that I have people that I can call that will drop most anything to make sure I'm alright. Thank you all. I love you.

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