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October 6, 2005

Back to Work Maybe?

It's amazing how good you feel when you eat. My appetite is back although my taste buds are not 100% and I have trouble eating anything dry, too spicy or too sweet. Needless to say, I've had a pretty good week. Maybe I've even eaten too much at times. Yesterday I had some questions for the doctor and it was his day to be in Shelbyville, and I wanted to stop by the hospital and see if Securitas would at least let me be on call when they couldn't fill my job. I was lucky and caught the doctor in the reception area on the phone so was allowed quick questions. I had hoped we would keep my dosage at 50%, but he wants to raise it to 75% and said it would never be 100% again. It depends if I feel good Monday and my bloodwork is ok. I hope if it's raised I don't get sick again. Also asked about when I would have a CT scan again and he was non-commital, maybe after this treatment. Also curious about hair loss. It seems it should have started by now and by some chance maybe I'm one of those who won't lose hair. Wouldn't that be great, but I don't think we're out of the woods on that yet. At the hospital I was greeted by when are you coming back to work and we sure could have used you last week. I would like to just work a day a week, maybe working into two. I went back to the clinic and got a permission slip from the doctor to be faxed to the office. I haven't heard anything back yet. I am smart enough to know if I should do this or not and told them if I didn't feel up to it I would say so. The doctor and I both agree that this would be good therapy, besides the fact one could always use a little extra money. So, it's nice to write something positive. Even everything at the barn seems to be going okay, donkeys behaving themselves. It's interesting that with the females separated from the three jacks all the boys are getting along, no fights, no scars. I love the last little girl. She is so sweet that I think I'll name her Sweetie. Think positive about Monday's treatment, 1/3 of the way done, is what I'm trying to do.

Posted by Robert on October 6, 2005 5:47 PM | DIGG | del.icio.us | furl