Vorlon Whispers

12/6 Final Update

I’m feeling better tonight. When I think back how I felt on this day of my last cycle I am light-years better than then. I think the difference is, I went jogging in my previous cycle and this morning I walked the two-miles instead of jogging them. It’s very frustrating, but I’m figuring out how much energy to expend during my treatments.

Last week my weight was 155 Lbs. This morning it was 152 Lbs – the same as yesterday. I’m not too concerned as I felt 155 was a bit on the high side for me. I also think I’m higher than I was at the same point in the last cycle. I’m going to have to tabulate my numbers on a three week cycle to compare results.

I’m been a bit concerned in that even though my weight may not be high, I may still be getting fat. My lower energy level means I’m not moving around as much and I will loose muscle mass. As a start in a compensation for this, I pulled out the Vorlon Wife’s rowing machine and rowed for about eight minutes. I left it on her settings and found I still got a bit winded. I view that as both good and bad. Good that I got some exercise, but bad that so little effort made me puff a bit.

On another front I dug through some ancient stuff on my bookshelf and found my skin fold calipers. I had the Vorlon Wife measure the four spots the manual recommends and then referenced the table. It tells me I’m at 19% body fat. That’s not too bad, but it’s not super either. Ideally I’d like to see 15% body fat and maybe weigh 160 Lbs. Clearly there is work to be done on the physical front. With the chemo degrading my energy it will take some planning to get there.

I have been intrigued with the BowFlex Extreme 2 commercials I see on TV. I’ve done a little investigating and they go for about $1,200 and there’s $200 shipping on top of that. In addition, I would have to figure out where to put it. That’s a lot of money and aggravation for something I don’t know if I would even be happy with until I’d had it for a few weeks.

My body pain seems pretty much gone, but sometimes it reasserts itself during the night. I’m hoping for a good nights sleep. Tomorrow morning I’m saddling up Dasher-1 and head to Rahway where I will spend the day at a client site.

Posted by The Vorlon at December 6, 2005 8:03 PM