June 5, 2012 Pain, Fever and Bruises

Hi everyone, Hope you are well. I am doing fine. My bone pain in my body has increased in the last couple days. I can handle it but, it still sucks sometimes. Sometimes I wonder, Why? What's the point? Not sure yet. If these posts help someone out there-you-then, that's good. That is good enough for me. So, I get over that quickly. My pain meds-which includes acetaminophen-has not been taking care of my fevers. So, my daily fever-with the meds-is between 99 and 100. Never enough to go to the doctor, but enough to make you feel like crap. I guess they would be higher without the meds. I have been noticing more bruises on my body the last couple days. Ugh. Bruises on legs and stomach for no apparent reason. The bruises on my legs have always happened-but there are a few more than normal and the stomach is new. And those hurt. (I do not take Neupogen injections; so, they are not from that in case you are new to reading the blog :) ). As far as the rest of things go, I have been feeling fine to good. Like many of you, I will sometimes get mad about the pain that I experience or just the general feeling of fatigue and feeling run down; but then realize that there are so many others out there that have to deal with worse things.....so I get over it. Honestly, I have two legs, two arms, the ability to see, hear, feel, etc. I thank God for those things every day. Thanks for listening (reading). Hope you all have a good week! Kat

Mid-May 2012

Hello everyone. Hope you are doing well. Thanks to all of you for reading my blog. I appreciate it very much! Just wanted to give you an update on how things are going. Honestly-most of it is the same. I continue to exercise, (try to) eat well, sleep enough, take vitamins and herbs, stretch-I have not done yoga or acupuncture in awhile-and I need to follow up with both of those! Today, I have some cuts/bruises on my arms-from gardening, which I love! I think I may be getting a mouth sore, which I haven't had in quite a while. They suck, don't they! Yuck! I feel for you who know what I'm talking about. They are like the size of miniature craters :) Anyway, I used the magic mouthwash that I had gotten from the hospital last month-forgot I had it-and wow-I think it may go away! We'll see. My bone pain is between mild and moderate, as long as I stay on the pain meds :( If I do forgot to take it, the pain jumps up the scale. I am holding on at only 2 pills/day though! Down from before, so that's good. That's it for today. Thanks again for reading and have a wonderful day! Take care of yourselves, Kat