Re: how are you?

Note from Erin: I'm going back and posting from Dad's original emails, so you can catch up. The actual first date of the wholer blog was in January 2015. This particular email was sent only to some family on July 3, 2014, following hospitalization over prior weekend

In response to the question, "Hi, how are you feeling? A treatment today? Thinking of you."

I have 40x more energy than when I was in the hospital. Almost hypomanic. Could not sleep last night. Only slept about 2 hours, Still feel good. I slept enough from Sat AM til Tuesday that I should still have some extra sleep credit! Ha!

I was at office yesterday and today.

I forgot until the update went out to say that I have postponed chemo a week. Oncologist let it up to me, and I figured another week to recover wasn't too bad an idea. Also that way I will have chemo on 11th, and  then none before our trip to Colorado. Otherwise would have had chemo a week before left for trip....but 7 days was when I got in trouble this time.

Then will resume Friday after get back, Aug 8. So off chemo almost a month. But not sure it makes that big a difference at this point, as sometimes take 3 month break after 12 visits. (Research I read says you do better if you keep treating, just not so often.)  Will see what Dr. Lavelle's thoughts on it are. Chemo on 11th will be number 10 of 12. Then re-evaluate after 12th.session.

I think my body needs to recover from all the antibiotics that they threw at me while in the hospital. I am still having difficulty with many foods just don't have much taste to me. I have pill form of antibiotic to take for a week after out of hospital. (Ice cream is an exception!!)

I have mostly enjoyed eating smooth things...pudding, cottage cheese, yogurt, jello, fruit, etc.

Mouth sores pretty well healed, so not so difficult to eat or talk on the phone.

Copied in [to other family] as I wanted to send out basically the same information since I had forgotten it.

John E. Swank