Aches & Pains

I take it to mean that the radiation is working, all these hurting places on my body. It feels as if I have knives stuck in my bones. Moving is a demanding chore, so I sit still mostly, moving between chair and bed. I know I went through the same thing on a lighter level with the test dose, and it passed in a day or so.

I will wait it out and take things easy. Still, it won't do much good for the Wegman's Eat Well / Live Well challenge I signed up for. They send you a pedometer to track your steps. The goal is 10,000 steps or 5 miles a day. Its a joke. Today I charted 324 steps. I have a looooooong way to go.

Still, if you don't have a goal and an incentive, you won't know if you are making progress. Its a bit easier to rack up 5 fruits or veggies a day due to the need to put my medicine in fruit juice. At least in one area I might be OK!

I checked with the team leader before signing on. I would not want to make the team look bad just because I can't move like I should. But they assured me it was better to have me on board trying than to make me feel like an outcast. After all, the purpose of the program is to encourage people who are not moving enough to move more!

I figure if I get even one day of 10,000 steps, I am doing amazingly well. Maybe they should design one for recovering cancer patients! I think I would be more comfortable in a group closer to my own inabilities. Ah, well. Once I can be near Sugar again, she will encourage me to get walking. Help is on the way. Meanwhile, patience. Patience. Rome wasn't conquered in a decade.