Hey Everyone, I'm Alive and Well

[blackmare]

And, as it's a beautiful evening here, I am about to go out for a walk.

Pictures when I get back, maybe. My mental ability to Do The Things is ... limited, lately. Mostly because being on lockdown, I think.

<3 y'all.

Comments

[cuddyclothes]

Welcome back! Yes, lockdown brain. I know it well.

[blackmare]

IT IS SO DAMN WEIRD AND FRUSTRATING. It's like, I already had some problems with what's known as "executive dysfunction," but self-isolation, lack of schedule, lack of anything resembling normal social life, etc. etc., has ramped that problem up to eleven.

The good news is that it's nothing to do with chemo, which, at 8 days after my first infusion, has given me almost no side effects. A bit lower energy for a few days, but even that is rebounding fast.

[srsly_yes]

Was thinking about you the very morning you posted. Delighted you're getting out of the house and enjoying the fresh air.

Sorry not to have commented sooner. Sheltering in place stressed me out more than I realized. Then, in the last two weeks I wound down and turned into a non-responsive blob.

[blackmare]

Hey, take it easy on yourself. I'm going through much the same thing. <3 There I things I can easily do and things I just don't have the brain for. I flake out on things because I JUST CANNOT RIGHT NOW, and it's really nothing to do with the cancer treatment, which so far is going MUCH better than any of my medical professionals expect.

Like, I'm 8 days post-chemo now and I have had practically no side effects. I'm stronger than I was 10 days ago. I don't think that ever really happens, but it has for me.

[srsly_yes]

Brava! What great news. I'm thrilled for you!