Saturday, October 18, 2014

The “C” Word – Day 70 Slow, steady progress

Today’s goal was for George to get up and move around just a little bit more.  He did so this morning as he made his way to his desk to check on bills, balances, etc.  This afternoon he has not moved too much at all.  We both are still trying to catch up on sleep that we missed for two weeks.  Even I managed an hour and a half resting time during which I may have dozed a couple of times.
Today it was sort of back to normal for me as I had to get Mom up, dressed and driven to SarahCare.  It gave me a chance to go to the grocery store for a few more things while leaving George to his own defenses. 
His biggest problem today is that he woke up with a mouth full of canker sores and sores on his lips.  This has made eating rather difficult as everything stings.  Our neighbor just stopped in and told him to do warm salt water rinses.  Hmm, good idea!
We enjoyed the left over dinner that our neighbors brought over last night.  Decided to do “dinner” for “lunch” and then lunch can be something more simple.

As things settle down I may not journal/blog every day – sort of depends on if there is something to write about.  It is good to feel as though things are moving towards less stress, less activity, less worry.  Moving forward we will still be needing to deal with the aftermath that cancer brings.  How to live with it, understand the feelings and emotions that have been going on and will continue to go on to some degree.  Many deep seated emotions have been in play for the past 9 weeks and some will warrant further observation.  But, for now, we are content with slow, steady progress.

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