13 States To Go

It’s been over three weeks since I wrote the title to this blog and with the one positive exception of starting treatment there really hasn’t been much reason to post. The good news is that I believe the treatment works based on my first two. I’m still normal out is shape old man tired but I don’t have the overwhelming fatigue that stopped me in my tracks as soon as it hit with no chance of a second wind. The first two treatments were only two weeks apart but from now on they’re supposed to be every eight weeks. I’m curious to see if there is regression the further out from treatment I get. “Time will tell” has never been a more accurate cliche.  And of course all this is taking place during the ongoing Covid pandemic that shows no signs of letting up.  The cartoon says it all! Staying away from the news is one way to pretend things are okay. Unfortunately I don’t have that willpower because I just feel the need to know what’s going on with Covid and maybe more importantly I w...

I’m not sure if I mentioned this in a previous post or not. My primary doctor told me that my anemia was causing me to function as if I was always two units of blood low and obviously that affects oxygen production and on and on. The main result is that I’m tired most of the time and once I reach a certain point I’m done. It’s not a matter of whether I want to just slow down and take my time to do something, I just can’t do it. At that point I usually wind up taking a nap. Now here’s the quandary! Napping doesn’t improve my oxygen production so while I might feel better and try to do more the body says nope usually after just a few minutes. The reason I’m writing this now is because I’m debating trying to do a virtual 5K I’m supposed to do this weekend or mowing lawns. What a ridiculously small amount of effort! 😳 It’s simple though when I hit that certain level I’m done period. It’s really frustrating.  5 Hours Later .... Well I surprised myself and got both done the Virtual Summ...