4 October 2023
Another 4:30 am start to the morning. I don’t really mind the early time. I’ve always been a morning person since my adulthood. I managed 1.9 miles on Riverland Road this morning at 6:30. The temperature was a pleasant 76° F with “feels like” of 80°F and only 82% humidity. More remarkably, we are not scheduled for any rain today.
It was, as usual, pitch black and I met no one on the walk. It was interesting to see how high the water got on Riverland after the last few days of rain. That road has always has had problems and the 2 year renovation only helped a little. You could see where the sidewalks were overrun at certain low places and where vehicles had run down into the swales thinking it was the road bed.
The walk wasn’t too taxing but I noticed I got into my hiking breath pattern. That always kicks in when I’m going uphill on a trail. The only problem was I was on flat terrain. Strangely, my arms felt weak but my legs felt strong. No idea where that came from. I finished the walk and didn’t feel too exhausted afterwards so I’ll count it as a win. No exercise tomorrow because I have to be at nuclear medicine for an echocardiogram early.
I feel pretty good this morning. I always do after a chemo infusion but I put that on the saline hydration that they give me on the same day as the chemo. It’s usually Thursday or Friday that I start the decline. Friday is more hydration so I don’t usually stay down too long. Since I’ve restarted the two anti-diarrheals every 4 hours or so the diarrhea has stopped. The ice bath seems to have helped the numbing a little today. I still have it but it’s not as severe as it was before the ice bath. At least I didn’t have to put blue gloves on my feet this time.
I’m undecided on yoga and swimming today. I feel like I can do it but don’t want to over extend myself.
I spent time yesterday with Apple support on trying to get my laptop to recognize my iPhone and iPad as hotspots. I don’t have cellular on my lap top but do on the other two devices. I use hotspots from them quite often when I am on trips and write the blog on the laptop and post using the hotspots, so it’s pretty essential for me. Strangely, the iPad usually has better phone reception (more bars) than the iPhone. I think it has something to do with the antenna.
In any case, Roman, the service person asked me to try something with the iPhone but said it would require me to reboot the phone and thus lose the connection with him. He said he would call me back in a few minutes. Luckily, what he asked me to do worked and I now have iPhone hotspot on the laptop. Sadly he broke our date and never returned the call and I don’t have iPad hotspot on the laptop. I’ll call again today and see if I can get that feature to work.
This morning when I got up, my wifi was not working and I utilized the iPhone hotspot to do my web work. I rebooted the wifi router and when I went to check the wifi connection a strange home address appeared. For some reason, the reboot reset my router id. That meant I had to go into everything supported by the router and change the id and add the old password. I figured this out when I went to print today’s crossword puzzles and it wouldn’t print. Technology is a pain in the ass 50% of the time. I’ve yet to reset the television but managed to do the iPad, the printer, and the water leak detector attached to the dishwasher. Who knows what else is tied to that router. I’ll find out over the next few days.
I ordered pizza last night for dinner, ate three pieces, and will eat on it for lunch and dinner for a few more times. That’s twice within a week. I’m gonna turn into a pepperoni if I’m not careful.
Stay tuned!