Side Effects, Mid-May Edition
Honestly, a lot of them have disappeared. Which is awesome. My butt seems to be doing loads better, which was one of my major pains since the treatments ended. I still have radiation burns around my front and back, but they are at least starting to fade like a tan in the fall, finally. Hot flashes are mostly under control with my hormone replacement pills. My skin and hair seem to be headed back to normal. A lot of the things that were bothering be have settled way down, which makes me so happy.
The worst thing right now? Neuropathy! Ughhh. Lately, I wake up every morning and my hands just HURT!! It is a strange pain that is hard to describe, as it is unlike any other hand-pain I have had before. Over the first hour I am awake, it goes from a sharp, stabby, almost prickly pain to a dull ache accompanied by horrible itchies. Usually by the time I head off to work, though, it has subsided. It is completely bizarre and I hate it. But if this is the worst of my problems right now, then I hardly feel like it is worth complaining about. I just run them under the faucet for a while and rub them a lot and otherwise suck it up until it goes away each day.
As for the rest? Honestly, there isn't much worth mentioning. I feel, on the whole, fantastic! As we move further and further into healthier eating habits, I find myself looking better, feeling better, and having a much more positive outlook about the future.
I plan on writing more, perhaps later today, about the food thing. But for now my miserable hands and I gotta go!
Xxo, Phoebe
The worst thing right now? Neuropathy! Ughhh. Lately, I wake up every morning and my hands just HURT!! It is a strange pain that is hard to describe, as it is unlike any other hand-pain I have had before. Over the first hour I am awake, it goes from a sharp, stabby, almost prickly pain to a dull ache accompanied by horrible itchies. Usually by the time I head off to work, though, it has subsided. It is completely bizarre and I hate it. But if this is the worst of my problems right now, then I hardly feel like it is worth complaining about. I just run them under the faucet for a while and rub them a lot and otherwise suck it up until it goes away each day.
As for the rest? Honestly, there isn't much worth mentioning. I feel, on the whole, fantastic! As we move further and further into healthier eating habits, I find myself looking better, feeling better, and having a much more positive outlook about the future.
I plan on writing more, perhaps later today, about the food thing. But for now my miserable hands and I gotta go!
Xxo, Phoebe
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