Never Underestimate The Power of 'One'

Purple Ladybug (that's me) believes in the strong power of 'ONE'...one person, one smile, one hug or ? All it takes is 'ONE' thing to happen during your day to change the way you feel, it may be amazing or even heartbreaking. We face many 'ONE's each and every day, so join me as I take my future 'ONE' day at a time and write about my journey as a cancer conquerer and the 'ONE's in my daily life.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Day 370 - 'one' pause taken

Yep that was yesterday.  Woke up and started my morning routine.  Let's see...e-mail - check, send orders - check, journal - check, read - check, tai chi - check, rebounder - check, breakfast - check, doggie walk in yard - check...hmmm now here's something new, headache - check. 

Well at least it started the day as a mild headache and by mid afternoon a wonderful migraine had set in.  Which usually I can manage but with my body not quite functioning at 100% it knocked me for a loop...
  So the checklist changes.  Eat - nope, drink - nope, sleep - nope, watch TV to distract - nope, jigsaw puzzle - nope. So as you can see it was a very unproductive day. 

But the checklist does continue into the evening...Cook myself some dinner - check, eat it - nope, raaaallllppphhh up everything you have in your stomach - check, start to get chills - check, swing between chills and sweats - check, dog finds something interesting in our yard to bark at, and bark at, and bark at - check, call old man at work - check and repeat!

As you can tell things didn't seem to be improving, so I had to decide between going over to my daughter's for the evening or getting the old man home from work.  I thought I would try the old man first and if he could come home fairly easily than it was meant to be and yes, he was home within 15 minutes.  Boy was I glad to hear that wonderful sound of the garage door opening. 

Once he was home, he helped me get some liquids down and got me a hot towel for my head.  Silly me didn't think of that! I have put cold towels on my head in the past but since I can't touch anything cold I thought putting a cloth on my head was not an option.  See my brain wasn't even working at this point.  I tried to think I could get through the night but it got to the point where I felt that passing out would not be a good thing when I'm on my own. LOL.  No drama there!

Within a few hours I was able to stop dry heaving and got some winks of sleep.  And this morning it's all about starting that morning checklist again...I'm sure today will be better right??? right??? right???

signed 'one' getting sick of being sick purple ladybug
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  1. AnonymousJuly 21, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    Today WILL be BETTER!!!! I have a couple Nurses at my house if you ever need them, seriously. Take care, says the Bear!

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