Stamina -- Word for the Day -- Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Stamina

Definition: staying power, endurance

I really don't know how ChemoSabe has kept up the last two weeks. It has to be the Dex that keeps him full of stamina. He was out of town yesterday and he didn't really get into bed until 11:00 p.m. He needed up at 3:30 a.m. He received a call around midnight and had to meet someone in his office... That is about 25 miles away from our house. He got back home at 2:30 a.m. Told me to get him up at 4:00 a.m. --- He was gone by 5:30 and is out of town all day today... Stamina... Last week was no different.

After Friday, he won't be on Dex again for two weeks. Maybe he can level out. He has labs tomorrow along with another Velcade shot. The shot should bring him down a little by Saturday. I am praying his labs will reveal good measures since he is working so many hours.

Oh.... since Monday, he is carrying two cell phones.. Double trouble! Thanks bunches to the one that made that possible. (Sarcasm)

The weekend has already been laid out for him. He will be out of town all day on Saturday... Hmmmmmmm, I wonder if some of my girlfriend's with bikes would like to go out for a while. I've never done that. ChemoSabe wanted to venture out on his bike Saturday to the job site, but it entails a lot of back highways and he would be leaving around 5:00 a.m. Too, too many deer out there for me. So, WE decided that wasn't a very good idea for him.

He has started to read some cancer articles the last couple of days. The one last night was based on the appropriate foods. After he went down the list I don't know how he would survive. He does all the wrong foods. Things he has done for years and things our doctor told us he could continue.

Milk -- He drinks a gallon of whole milk a week. Milk causes mucus to form in your esophagus and stomach lining. Cancer eats away at this mucus. Soy is suggested. Ugh...

Sugar -- His dentist had already advised him not to chew gum with sugar. He is a bubble gum freak on the bike. He eats a bowl of cereal every night, sugar in coffee, and the list goes on and on. I have been getting sugar free ice cream. It tastes like homemade...

Pork/Beef -- We had a pork loin Monday on the grill and then BBQ pork chops last night.

Those are only a few things.

ChemoSabe made two dozen oatmeal raisin cookies Monday night. They are just about all gone... I have had about five. When he is on Dex he likes to make those cookies.

You know... it doesn't really matter what we eat. When the Lord calls on us we could have a salad in our hand. Guess that why I have gained so much weight... You can tell I am living for the day! ha

Well, gotta run. I just wanted to give you a little update and hoping it won't be a "I told you so" if his labs come back bad and it is because he has so much stamina.

Good afternoon and Love -- Pepper