Ron Washington Wisdom
Half-time of the Super Bowl
Posted by TFG on November 10th, 2011
That’s what I felt like — the star running back, having gained 150 yards in the first half, so dehydrated I needed an IV. That’s what I got today, when I went to see the doc. He got all over me about drinking more fluids, and eating more calories…I dipped down to 199, and my BP was 89/63. After the IV, it was a respectable 110/81.
This has been the worst week of all. Big pain from swallowing anything at all. Liquid, solid, hot, cold, doesn’t matter. Though cold is worse. My entire rib cage feels on fire when I swallow. So, doctor says, MORE PAIN PILLS! I hate that, he looked at me like I was crazy when I told him I wasn’t full-timing them, but I hate being dehydrated, too. No, I don’t need pot, so all you pot-heads step off, quit telling me to go get some weed.
No more chemo for a month or more, and only three more radiation treatments. I’m almost done with Round 1, or the first quarter, or the front nine, or whatever you want to call this. I’ll be Churchillian, and say, “…the end of the beginning.”
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Down the homestretch. When radiation ends, you’ll recover quickly. I think your doctor is right about the pain meds. You should really take them. Just 3 more visits to the beast!
Not only that, I get two days off before the last two! Piece of cake, my man.
My dad was like you….take your damn pain pills!! There’s no reward anywhere for stressing your body by not doing that.
Well, the reward, such as it is, is avoiding becoming a strung-out junkie looking for my next fix, d00d. Granted, it’s unlikely, but we all know I have a bit of an addiction problem…it’s what got me in this mess in the first place. I’m really deathly afraid of becoming an addict, and following Phish around the country.