19 Days

  This probably sums up the way yesterday felt as good as anything,  I felt okay when I got up in the morning. Just a little nauseous. But as the day went on, it got worse. 
   That's okay, I pretty much expected it to. Especially after the way it made me feel before. Part of the reason I had asked about them giving me IV fluids.
   I figure if I can stay liquidified enough maybe I'll get to where I feel like eating sooner. 
Pretty sure that will work out. Positive it will.
But right now. This song:
19 Days
   And that's okay.
   Everyday can't be sunshine and roses. Into each life some rain must fall. Cause the reason that falls makes the roses bloom. 😋
   Hey, the neat thing, cancer treatment takes a holiday Monday for Labor Day.
 
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Lemon on a Pear

   

   At precisely 8:55 today, I was halfway through with my radiation. That was 5 minutes into my 18th treatment so I had had 17½ treatments out of 35.
    WoooHooo!
   
   And sometime about when I post this, I will be halfway through with my chemotherapy.
   Not with the side effects, but halfway through with the actual them putting stuff in me. CISPLATIN. That's what it's called. I think it has platinum on it. 
   And when I get out of here today, I may go get me some KFC Gravy to celebrate. Cause if it's like the last time I had chemo, I ain't gonna want to eat anything tomorrow. 
   I am going to ask if they can schedule me for IVs tomorrow and Friday so I don't wind up terribly dehydrated. 
   And as I'm sitting here hooked up to the IV I get a text and an email announcing a hatch day special from Ideal Poultry. The first one in over a month. 
  
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17 Days

   17 days down out of 35.

    Tomorrow, halfway through my radiation treatment, I will be halfway done with radiation treatment. 

   And that, I may celebrate. 

And as Forest Gump says, 
That's all I got to say about that

The doctor today said everything looks like it should.
   He said I looked better than a lot of people do halfway through their radiation.
   And I'll take that as positive.
   He said I've lost weight. I said yes, but I also put on weight before I started treatment..

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What's Your Cancer Ribbon Color?

   That's the question I got asked this morning. And my response was, "I Dunno".
   I really didn't know. And I'm not sure I wanted to know. I'm not that fond of cancer. And I don't know that I want to be acquainted well enough with cancer to give it a ribbon. Unless maybe a participation ribbon for showing up, losing and going away. 
   In which case, I'll be glad to give it a ribbon for that.
   "Here's a green participation ribbon, now, go away!"

That works as far as I'm concerned. Adios! Au Revoir! Auf Wiedersehen!

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Make A Joyful Noise

   The past couple of weeks, I've skipped going to the choir. Not because I can't sing. I can, but not well. It hurts my throat to sing. It ain't no big thing.
   I figger it's going to get better, or it won't. I'm going to try to get my week arranged to the point where I can sing on Sundays.
   I like singing. I like it better when I sound good, but that ain't what the Bible says I'm supposed to do. 
   It doesn't say sing a beautiful song. It doesn't say sing perfectly on pitch. 
   Nope, it says make a JOYFUL NOISE.
  And if I can sing without it hurting too much, I'll make a joyful noise. 
Like the Bible Says I'm Spost Ta.

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Kiss Me Deadly.....

   Back years ago Lita Ford sang a song titled Kiss Me Deadly.
   The line that stuck out was 
It Ain't No Big Thing.

   They told me I was going to lose the hair on my neck, and I have been. They said I might lose the hair on my chin. My goatee has been spared, so far.
   But in the last couple of days, I've been losing the hair next to the goatee. It Ain't No Big Thing!
   This morning I looked in the mirror and decided I was going to take the plunge.
   I unbraided my goatee, braided it back up, and cut it off. That way I don't have to try to deal with half a goatee just dangling there pathetically. (Like guys going bald with a combover) It Ain't No Big Thing.
   I cut the braid off. I'm not sure how long I've had a goatee long enough to braid, but it's been years.
   But the little clump of hair on the right, that's what I pulled out of the goatee after I cut the braid off. I measured it, it's about 7 inches long. That's around 16-18 months of growth if it wasn't braided.
   Either way, I'm still incredibly handsome. That's probably one of my best attributes, that or my modesty or my humility.

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15 days

   3/7 down. 
   That means I have 4/7 left.
   After I got home from radiation today I started getting ready for a project I've been meaning to do for some time. I didn't start on it, but I started getting ready for it.
   I don't know how long it will take, but I guess I got to start sometime.
   It still hurts to swallow. And it hurts to yawn. And I really try to avoid sneezing. When I take the magic mouthwash, it makes it easier. 
   Oh, I also have thrush. Got some medicine for that too. I don't think I've ever had that. I've had children get it, I think Zeke and Jeremiah, but as far as I can remember, I've never had it.
   Maybe when I reach halfway through my raidiatuon, the lump in my neck will start shrinking faster.
   
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