July 28, 2009
Energy Level
As Portland Firefly continues her series of Chemotherapy treatments, her energy level is gradually going up. My energy seems to increase not daily but slowly over each successive week. In other words, I feel more like doing things when the next Wednesday rolls around than I felt like doing the previous Wednesday. This can be sort of deceptive because it is not a steady rise in energy level. In fact there is a drop before the rise so that makes it more difficult to gauge. After my Chemo on Thursday, I usually am able to get tiredly through the day on Friday and Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon, Sunday and Monday are days of extreme rest for me. By Tuesday, I start feeling as though I want to do things and by Wednesday I am wanting to tackle things that are on my long term ”to do” list.
And so if I were to chart my energy level on a graph it would look sort of like the recent stock market graphs! It will go up one day, then plummet for the next several days and then slowly go back up to higher than it was the week before. All of which is a very good thing!
Michele LaDuke said,
July 28, 2009 at 8:56 am
Dear FireFly,
You are a wise woman. The key to life is knowing what we can accomplish at any given time and knowing when to rest.
Michele
p.s. just going to take a little nap right now.