In good times and bad ...

[scottishlass]

The IV treatment pretty much knocked me out yesterday, I felt nauseous and weak. I slept between visits to the bathroom and Chica and Cenour kept me company on the sofa which resulted in me almost falling off. As small as Chica is she sure appears to be huge once she takes over the sofa. And Cenour, oh well he likes to stay on my legs and afterwards I'm never sure if I can ever walk again (he weighs about 20 kilos now). Anyway, I didn't sleep well so I decided to stay up and write a bit but I still have to write three reviews and work for a living as well *sigh*

Hope to catch some sleep this morning after I have finished a last editing for one of my authors. At least he is a good writer and I only have to focus on his scripting and coding in the book. Tonight I will probably layout the whole thing and it will go into final QC and printing tomorrow. Atm I don't have a new project in the pipeline, but I think I will take a time out for the time being. I will probably tutor a bit but for the moment I am quite happy not to work too much as I keep having little incidents like blakc outs. Nothing too serious as I'm used to that during chemo but it is annoying.

Oh, yeah - da meme ...

Your Japanese Name Is...

Aiko Takashi

What's your Japanese Name?

Comments

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Your dogs are heavy!! :D Must be good to keep them company.

So Una... when you have those "black outs" do you faint all of a sudden?? And how long do they usually last? If you do pass out, wow, I hope it's not anywhere too random otherwise it might be dangerous >_<

And your Japanese name rocks! ^^;; Aiko? Takashi? Cool. Mine's Tori which literally means chicken. Eeeek.

PS. LOVE your new Kimura mood themes.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I never quite like it when my cat lays on my legs too, too heavy!!! But 20 kilograms!!! (I confess my daughter is about 22 kilos, but she is a skinny little thing, bless her!)

[koellegirl.livejournal.com]

Hi Una,

sorry to hear you feel not to good. I wish you all the best and really hope you will feel better soon.

All the best

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

For his height Cenour is the right weight, but now he gets those cute lovehandles and I'm chasing him around a bit while going for walks. I don't want him to get any bigger :)

Don't worry, Dian, I don't faint. These black outs I'm referring to are more like total blanks of mind. I had them during my first, second etc. chemo as well. but then they happened to be during class or something and that was embarrassing. Mostly, I can't remember for a moment or two what I have been doing or where I am. it is annoying and the first few times it is also scary as hell, but I got used to them and I try to not let myself worry too much. It is just the whole system reacting to the drugs and all and up till now I only had it once while I was on a walk with the dogs, otherwise they were all at home or at least inside a building.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Cenour isn't that big (or fat), Most of his weight is purely muscle. He needed to build up as he has arthrosis and his right front leg is really weak. So we went for jogs and all. This way, the leg muscles were all build up and now he can walk (even though he limbs) without any medication because the muscles support his weak joint.

When I had a cat, Minze loved to lay on my chest *lol* Good thing she was such a sleek,little slip of a kitty otherwise I would have been in trouble :)

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Hi Anne,
Thank you. We really need to meet up again sometime. I miss you and our talks :)

[koellegirl.livejournal.com]

Hi Una,

would love to see you again soon. I will meet with 2 other woman from the "in death" forum on 3.3.07 for lunch here in Cologne. One is from Cologne as well, the other is from Duisburg. How about you join us, as your are a great fan of J.D. and Nora as well.
Give me a call or e-mail me, maybe Olli can drive you. It would be lovely.
If you don't feel up to it - which I could understand - we find a date, when I visit you in Düsseldorf again.

All the best
Alice

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Una I'm so glad to hear that you don't faint. I had always thought from previous posts that your black outs meant that you fainted >_>

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

NOOOO :) When we talk about black out here in Germany, it means total blank of mind like a mind wipe, sorry if I have been confusing.
I think I have fainted twice in all my life, scary as hell and always related to low bloodpressure. :)

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure what you meant by black outs before (and dunno why but I always associated it to fainting) but I was shy to ask, LOL ^^;;

I've never fainted all my life though I have low blood pressure :D

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Oh I think when the body is used to low blood pressure it is not a problem so much, but if it drops even further then it is a problem. The two times that I remember were when I was in a Victorian corset for over 12 hours and the blood circulation cut off. I fell like a tree. It was as if someone had switched me off. That was scary :)

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

The two times that I remember were when I was in a Victorian corset for over 12 hours and the blood circulation cut off
OMG. No wonder you felt like a tree. 12 hours? I can't imagine. But sometimes traditional wedding costumes in Indonesia are like that (not what I'd want for myself though) :D My sister for her wedding wore this head decoration that must have dug into her skin/head. Really heavy stuff >_>