Last night I finished the first 5 days of treatment in the soon to be filmed "Fred vs Lymphoma 3" (catchy tag line pending). This first five has not been too bad at all from a physical standpoint. I'm still eating well, looking dapper and swag as usual. I get two days off for continued observation and blood counts. I'd go into detail, but I don't even know what the hell it is they monitor for.
The plan then is another 5 on then 2 off, and rinse and repeat one more time. So that puts the hospital stay at 3 weeks total with a projected release day of Easter. I would never be brazen enough to suggest a fake boulder to be put in front of my door if I am released on Easter. But if someone wanted to help pull off that practical joke, I would of course engage in aforementioned shenanigans. (I make all types of jokes, nothing is off limits)
The key to maintaining your sanity in a situation like this is to have fun with your environment. How do you have fun with your environment at a hospital? I'm so glad you asked! The most obvious way is to make friends with the nurses. Don't be an ass of a patient. Lots of people are much worse off than me or you. And if your like me, you make friends with ALL the nurses not just the single hot ones. The other nurses then act as your surrogate without you having to do anything.
Observe:
Today during the day I gave everyone free tickets to the "Gun Show". The talk was all the rage and permeated from the day shift to the night shift. So inevitably one of the young medical professionals came down and asked me about it. Word quickly spread to the rest of the staff and my profile of "World's most upbeat Cancer patient" was officially set in stone. (small caveat, being the youngest patient on the floor by 20 years has given me a built in advantage.)
My cohort from the other night came in and hung out to help me scheme and plan to eventually get a date with one of her coworkers. While that might sound strange, look at it this way: everyone here thinks I'm hilarious and really sweet. ( I am in fact hilarious, and I love sweets. So 50% isn't bad) So tomorrow I'm going to dress in normal clothes instead of standard gym apparel since I will be free of the machines. And free from the machines I can wander about as I please. So I will get pictures of me overflowing with swag around the hospital. I'll also be performing my favorite activity (and one that makes the ladies swoon) by going down and entertaining kids and their families in the Children's Hospital here. There is nothing, and I mean nothing that is more fun than getting kids and their families to laugh here. So hopefully this afternoon or evening I'll have another post up with me checking swag levels all over this place and maybe some photos with recently entertained families.
The only sure thing is that tomorrow, I will wear sleeves. I promise.
Again anytime someone wants to visit there are only two rules: hit me up first so I can let you know if it's a good time, and number two:
pants are optional.
Location:Parkview Pl,St Louis,United States
Freddy, thanks for the smiles! Another good post. Curt and I are probably going to avoid you for awhile until E gets 100% better... don't want you to get what she has. Miss you on Thursday's, but hope you'll be back at it in no time :D!
ReplyDeleteRight on Susie, I need some delicious Rito cheese.
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