Saturday, July 9, 2011

I ain't picking up the phone


Good morning Chemo 13.

I feel lousy. I guess I was due for a down day and it’s occurred. Not only that, but I have to go to Rite Aide and get a drug called decadron that’ll make me wide-awake and cranky. That’s a combo people are just gonna love if they talk to me today.
I had chemo yesterday afternoon and I think it kicked me into my nadir. A cancer patient’s nadir is the time when the chemotherapy cumulative effects of killing rapidly dividing cells (good and bad) reaches its highest point and most of the blood count indicators bottom out. For the patient this can result in a day or two of enhanced side effects. Since I can’t find a single side effect worth having, this pretty much sucks.
The nadir for my type of chemo is typically sometime between 7-14 days during any block of chemo. Since this is my day 12 for this block (3 of 8 if you're counting -- I sure am) it’s just about on schedule. I should recover in the next 48 hours and be back in action just in time for another blood draw Monday.
Anyway, I am shutting down and sucking my thumb today. My anthem for this is the Bruno Mars hit “The Lazy Song.” If you haven’t heard it go to playlist.com and give it a listen (for free). The lyrics are below.

So have a good day, and if you call I’m not picking up the phone.


Love to all

Bill

The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars

Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

I'm gonna kick my feet up then stare at the fan
Turn the TV on, throw my hand in my pants
Nobody's gon' tell me I can't

I'll be lounging on the couch just chilling in my Snuggie
Click to MTV so they can teach me how to dougie
'Cause in my castle I'm the freaking man

Oh yes, I said it, I said it
I said it 'cause I can

Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything
Nothing at all, nothing at all

Tomorrow I'll wake up, do some P90X
Find a really nice girl, have some really nice sex
And she's gonna scream out
This is great
(Oh my god, this is great)

Yeah, I might mess around
And get my college degree
I bet my old man will be so proud of me
But sorry pops, you'll just have to wait

Oh yes, I said it, I said it
I said it 'cause I can

Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

No, I ain't gonna comb my hair
'Cause I ain't going anywhere
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

I'll just strut in my birthday suit
And let everything hang loose
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh, today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

Nothing at all
Nothing at all
Nothing at all

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