10 January 2024
What a difference a day makes! Today is day 5 of 5 for isolation and I feel better than I have in weeks! I actually have energy today! Enough energy that I cut up a Royal palm frond and put in the yard waste bin, made my bed this morning, and I’m washing two loads of clothes. I didn’t realize how badly I felt until I started feeling good!
I still test positive for Covid but CDC says I may test positive for up to 90 days. I should not be infectious and I should be safe for others to be around me as long as I wear a mask. I plan to make it to the MRI on Friday.
I also plan on contacting the jeep place and trying to find out what the story is on my jeep. Today is day 15 of the hostage crisis.
Other than wash two loads of clothes, fold them and put them away, I don’t plan on anything challenging. I don’t need a relapse. Maybe Paxlovid is better than I thought. Really, I haven’t felt this well in ages. I think even the neuropathy is better. It hasn’t gone away by any stretch of the imagination but the pain of walking is not as intense. I feel like I could actually do a morning walk this morning (but I won’t).
Again, everyone has been very supportive. Friends have volunteered to drive me to the MRI, I have soups and foods arriving every day and phone calls to check up on me. My appetite seems to have recovered a bit. It’s pretty humbling to be this ill and have the support I’ve had. I’m a pretty lucky guy to have such good friends.
Danielle, the nurse assistant to Dr. Velez scheduled more Herceptin infusions for me but not hydration infusions. I am not sure I need them. The last few I’ve had have not really made a difference in the way I feel. I’ll check in again when I go for the next Herceptin infusion and talk with Dr. Velez.
Stay tuned! If I feel this good today, I might conquer the world tomorrow.