I haven't really felt good the past couple days. I am trying to rest so I will be as healthy as possible when I get to Panama. One of my doctors changed a medication I'm on, and I think it screwed me up for a couple days (well almost a week really). I was tired, dizzy, and nauseated all at the same time. The worst of it was on Sunday when I started shaking uncontrollably. Luckily I knew to check my blood sugar and eat something right away. Sometimes I just feel that medications aren't all that worth it when they have such crappy side effects. I called him today and after debating with him on the phone about it, he lowered my dose back down to what I was taking last week. I feel much better today! Guess that means I have no excuse to delay packing and getting everything ready for the trip.
Yesterday I got a confirmation e-mail from the Stem Cell Institute to get all the last minute details set up. It is really nice that they provide a driver from our hotel to the Institute since I have no idea how I will be feeling from day to day. They also provide a cell phone for emergencies so we can contact the Institute doctors and/or coordinators.
Everyone keeps asking me if I am getting nervous, and I can honestly say that I am not nervous about the procedure. I feel totally comfortable with the procedure they will be doing and feel really positive about the outcome. I just can't wait to get there and get the show on the road. :)
I am glad that your feeling better. I am glad that your not nervous about everything. I am sure everything will go as expected. I know your dad's going and he will make sure everything goes ok.
ReplyDeleteRemember when you asked me to help you with the fundraiser here and I said I would do my best but, that it might be hard for me because we are so close? It was easy because we are so close. This right now is harder for me than anything probably because it's more real. You know your not just my sister in law your my best friend too! I love you so much that I couldn't imagine a world with out you in it. When my brother married you he wasn't the only lucky person I was too! I just hate that you have to go through any of this and if I could take it away from you even if I had to have it I would. I would rather suffer so you don't have too! The funny thing is that when I pray I never ask god too take away my diseases I ask him to take yours away. I may ask him to help me make it through the pain but, I know I can take it. What I can't take is for you to be sick or in pain or to not be able to see. I have prayed so much for you that I know that no matter how much it's going to kill me when you leave Friday morning that it's also going to be a relief for me. I know that you will be in gods hands and he knows how much I love you and how much I need you. I know in my heart he will take care of you and bring you home safe and better. I have also been thanking him for whoever created Skype so we can still see each other and talk. Then I can see you and I know that will help all of us that can't be there with you.