The Days After

The days after cycle 5 went like this: Friday and Saturday I had the "chemo hangover." This is a general ill feeling which includes being tired, achy, not hungry and dizzy. I have no desire to do much of anything during this time but read and watch a little TV. On Sunday I woke up and felt about the same. The difference was that I forced myself to go outside and do a project. While working and moving about, I generated a sweat and soon afterward I felt better. Markedly better. Today which is Monday, I did some Cross Country coaching for two hours which did not mean I did the physical activity, just that I spoke to the athletes, directed them and helped prepare for a stretching drill tomorrow. After that, I grabbed some lunch and played 18 holes of golf using a cart, not walking. While I am tired now (evening) I feel good and think it's a "good" tired. I don't know if it's the sweat that did it but that seemed to correspond to the upswing of feeling better. Usually I start feeling better by the Tuesday after treatment, not Sunday. For what ever reason, I'm glad of it and hope to make it happen after my last round next month. Until then, onward and upward!