Life continues to be pretty challenging. My health is not good. I am exhausted, weak, viral and very dizzy. I almost got in a car accident 2X!!! yesterday I was so dizzy driving around (my dad, errands).
Then again today he had a dr. appointment as well as banking that had to be done (tax payment was late).
Last week, I did a round of labs for my new specialist. After 5! yes 5 intravenous iron infusions my ferritin is up, however, my red blood count RBC is mildly low!!! therefore I'm mildly anemic! How can this be after all those weeks and effort going to the hospital for treatments?
My WBC was down to 3 (4.5-11 is normal) with mild neutropenia (again). No doubt as per usual there's nothing to be done. It sucks to be suffering like this daily with no recourse. And I'm just utterly exhausted doing daily tasks and taking care of my dad and puppy. My dad's having issues I won't share here but the burden of managing his care is overwhelming me at present, I'm at the end of my rope.
On the positive, one of my best friends visited last week and come hell nor high water I was determined that we would retreat to the woods by canoe for a couple days as planned. And we did!!! It was two nights but importantly one full day out on a beautiful wild northern lake where I was able to unwind, listen to the wind and the loons and the birds (instead of traffic, construction and lawnmowers) and forget all the responsibilities of daily life.
We took Teags along and I found a dog sitter for puppy. I'll post a few photos. Since the trip I've been even sicker. However, I still have two weeks until my next online course starts and it's mostly ready to go, so I'm determined to enjoy these weeks and rest as much as I can.
