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Right after my 7-minute barbecuing tonight I went out for my 2-miles. I must say I felt the best I have felt in quite a while. I jogged for about 70 to 100 yards and then walked for 70 to 100 yards. I had good aerobic capacity and I could have jogged harder. But I am planning to do two miles again tomorrow morning. I wanted to leave some fuel in the tank.
Except for the peripheral neuropathy (numbness) in my feet, I feel very well. The numbness in my feet feels about the same as your arm and hand feel when you hit your funny bone. They don’t hurt but they have that tingly numbness.
I did a little digging on the net and it turns out the chemo attacks the nerves. Why the feet, I don’t know. Maybe gravity lets it concentrate there, but that seems unlikely. In looking at the various potential remedies, I didn’t see any magic bullets. Some things work for some people and some don’t. It appears to be nearly a case-by-case thing.
I’m feeling too well – although I still have sensitivity in my left chest area. I’m hoping the mild pain in that area is the parasite being hammered. I’m feeling quite good right now and enjoying it. It makes me not look forward to another treatment. I’ve been through that valley five times now and I know what’s there.
But there are two mottos I have, “When the going gets tough the tough gets going” and “Courage is not the absence of fear, it is the conquest of it.” I’m not really fearful; I’m not looking forward to it. It’s sort of like going in for a root canal. It’s something you’d really rather not do. But, when it’s important, you do it.
I’m off to bed. I like to get lots of sleep as I think it helps me during the day. Today I seemed to have good concentration all day.
Posted by The Vorlon at January 30, 2006 8:42 PM