It
was a another somewhat fitful night last night as back pain set up where my
left kidney used to be, and didn’t want to leave me be. But I finally got past it with “prns”--an
extra dilaudid pill logged as “pain relief as needed.” I am finding that if I lie on my side when
the pain is at its worst, it does subside and I can get back to sleep. Still, this new development is not welcome as
it causes me to up my pain meds which in turn causes me to be partially zonked
during the day. (I don’t mind being
zonked during the night!)
Yesterday
was nurse day. Judging from the color of
my eyelids and surrounding tissues she’s pretty sure I’m becoming anemic. This
would be no surprise if true; all my taste buds related to red meat are dead or
are on strike, so I’ve had very little appetite for it. If it weren’t for chicken I don’t know what I’d
do. I have discovered an item at Wendy’s
that I didn’t know about. Without
looking at the menu the other night I asked for a “crispy chicken sandwich” and
what I got was a kid’s entreé about half the size of their adult sammiches. Two of those perfectly match my appetite and
they are quite tasty to my current buds.
The
nurse also wants me to eat eggs. Who
knew eggs could help with anemia? My
taste buds are about 50% effective on egg, bacon, and cream cheese
products. Plus, cooking bacon is messy,
and I’m loathe to fix eggs without also making bacon. However,
Deborah showed me how to prepare bacon in the microwave, where there’s far less
after odor and no skillet to clean up afterwards. So we’ll see.
Two eggs, four strips of bacon does not sound like too daunting a
challenge for breakfast or lunch—provided I can stand long enough to prepare
the meal. Yes, it has come down to these
kinds of questions and I was pushing it today getting through the cooking process
for lunch. And then the entreé was only
half as tasty as I remember that bacon and eggs ought to be. *sigh*
The
last of the book reviews I’ve been waiting for in regards to The Dark is now in, and it’s largely
very good. I’ll be promoting it tomorrow
or the next day. The book currently has
a 4.9 rating with Amazon readers, with more than a dozen reviews posted, and that is outstanding. There will be sporadic promotions for the
last two books over the weeks ahead but no more writing on new projects, I
think, other than this blog. I’ve pretty
much decided to call it quits with the publication of book #4, Weird
Coincidences. I did not submit that
one for outside editorial reviews, but if you read it and liked it, then
reader-posted reviews on Amazon.com are always
welcome.
That’s
four books, folks. Four books published
after taking a sabbatical where I said I’d publish at least three. I don’t feel too shabby about that, although
I sure hate the diagnosis that came with it.
I am grateful, however, that my energy levels at least did last long
enough for me to get that last one out. Given what it tries to say about the value and joy of life, that last book may have been the reason for everything.
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