It’s the first day of Spring. Lets do this.

I’m ready for some change.

In all honesty, I’ve seen a lot of change this week. For one, I’ve been sleeping! Something flipped last weekend and suddenly I was sleeping most of the night and sleeping throughout the day. I couldn’t sleep enough. I was in a dis-combubulated haze of sleep for a few days there, and didn’t fight it. I don’t know if it was transitioning from Trazodone to Magnesium Glycinate and a sleep THC/CBD tincture, or maybe it was decreasing the steroid I was taking, or maybe it was my body saying, “enough,” but it was time.

I’ve also been seeing changes in the form of some of those side-effects from my new mutation drug, Tagrisso. There was a line about adult acne in the list of side effects, and a few days ago my legs erupted in a red rash of something. It’s not really itchy, but it looks bad. Real bad. I had a consult with the docs this week and they prescribed a steroid cream for it, and my acupuncturist suggested drinking celery juice for it’s anti-inflammatory and cooling qualities (Note: for those of you suffering from high blood pressure, try some celery juice!) I fully believe that food is medicine, and hope to be learning more and incorporating more food medicines through this journey of mine.

What else has been going on? Oh it’s winter again, or it was for a while this weekend. Snow and ice have covered the ground and curtailed some of my daily walks…I think that has added to my malaise.

And I’ve lost my taste for coffee…I’ve gone several days without it, which is very odd. Oh and my stomach is a mess. I can’t seem to digest anything.

So in general I’ve been living in a foggy state of existence this week. I’m not sure if I’m snapping out of it? I woke up at 1am this morning and got up, so we’ll see. 

You all continue to send me exciting books. I’m eager to read some of the new arrivals: Between Two Kingdoms, Wind, Sand and Stars, and My Journey to Lhasa. One that I’ve been working on for a while now and am almost done with is The Mission Walker. I’m really in the mood for good adventure books.

As for shows, Kirk and I just finished season 1 of Severance, and just started season 2. Go Mark and the Innies!

In general all the changes seem to be not so productive. I haven’t seen a big difference in my pain levels, in the feeling in my spine and ribs. I hope the new med is working, but I guess we won’t know for a while. At least I don’t feel like the cancer has changed course since I started Tagrisso, but who knows.

I don’t think I’m going to deep dive into past stories today. Not feeling it. 

Instead I’ll open one of those books and read until my eyes can’t stay open and then go to bed again. 

Peace out.