selinafenech (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} selinafenech) wrote,@ 2008-07-10 19:05:00 |
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Going away for a while
I've got my next chemo tomorrow, and now that David's doing full time work, and won't be around to look after me during my zombie days, I'm heading off up the coast to my parents for 4-5 days of recovery time! I'm hoping it's going to make me feel a load better than last cycle too, just being in different surroundings, fresher air, wood fire.... mmm. Not to mention, a nastiness of chemo is your sense of smell becomes SUPER POWERED (NOT a good super power to have by the way). And for the last three cycles I've been smelling my home, and not enjoying it. The smells of our household have become linked into the nausea... so not smelling those smells will also hopefully make me feel better as well!
I remembered my blood test today, and my veins are still coping well, yay! I'm trying to regain a positive outlook on it all, but it's hard to stay positive with nausea, it's like it feeds on my mental power and turns happy thoughts into wanna-throw-up-now thoughts.
The first few days after chemo are hard. It's like you simply don't have any physical or mental ability to do ANYTHING. Even watching TV is hard... Even reading. And at the same time, napping all day, which is the easiest way to get through the tough days as quick as possible, is also hard, and makes me not sleep well at night because I don't really NEED the sleep, it's just I can't do anything else but sleep... So frustrating. Hopefully being somewhere different will also help break up the tedium.
I'm only filling orders once a week at the moment anyway, with my happy little helper monkey, which makes things fly past very easily! So hopefully I'll be back in time next week to get orders out and journals in!
Have I mentioned I'm also re-designing my cameo pendant setting? My last cameo setting, as with this one, are custom made by a jewelry factory for me based on my designs. The last one though I stuffed up a little and the sizing isn't quite right, so being a perfectionist I'm getting a new lot made, and taking the opportunity to create a brand new design as well. They should also be in very soon! Also, for any artists or crafters in Australia that might be interested in any of my remaining older style settings (still shown on my website www.selinafenech.com), I will be selling off the remaining settings (anywhere between 100-200, I'm not counting them!) when the new stock comes in. Anyone interested?
I've got my next chemo tomorrow, and now that David's doing full time work, and won't be around to look after me during my zombie days, I'm heading off up the coast to my parents for 4-5 days of recovery time! I'm hoping it's going to make me feel a load better than last cycle too, just being in different surroundings, fresher air, wood fire.... mmm. Not to mention, a nastiness of chemo is your sense of smell becomes SUPER POWERED (NOT a good super power to have by the way). And for the last three cycles I've been smelling my home, and not enjoying it. The smells of our household have become linked into the nausea... so not smelling those smells will also hopefully make me feel better as well!
I remembered my blood test today, and my veins are still coping well, yay! I'm trying to regain a positive outlook on it all, but it's hard to stay positive with nausea, it's like it feeds on my mental power and turns happy thoughts into wanna-throw-up-now thoughts.
The first few days after chemo are hard. It's like you simply don't have any physical or mental ability to do ANYTHING. Even watching TV is hard... Even reading. And at the same time, napping all day, which is the easiest way to get through the tough days as quick as possible, is also hard, and makes me not sleep well at night because I don't really NEED the sleep, it's just I can't do anything else but sleep... So frustrating. Hopefully being somewhere different will also help break up the tedium.
I'm only filling orders once a week at the moment anyway, with my happy little helper monkey, which makes things fly past very easily! So hopefully I'll be back in time next week to get orders out and journals in!
Have I mentioned I'm also re-designing my cameo pendant setting? My last cameo setting, as with this one, are custom made by a jewelry factory for me based on my designs. The last one though I stuffed up a little and the sizing isn't quite right, so being a perfectionist I'm getting a new lot made, and taking the opportunity to create a brand new design as well. They should also be in very soon! Also, for any artists or crafters in Australia that might be interested in any of my remaining older style settings (still shown on my website www.selinafenech.com), I will be selling off the remaining settings (anywhere between 100-200, I'm not counting them!) when the new stock comes in. Anyone interested?
