Shot number 2....the shot went easily enough, had my angel Mrs. C online with me - I think it still makes her more nervous than it does me, LOL! Saw my darling Dr. M yesterday, so far my platelet count is holding steady at 77, and everything else is well within normal range....he told me he always looks forward to the days he is going to see me - I'm his favorite patient cos I have such a great attitude, and am always so well-prepared with my questions and the info he is going to need. (And isn't that a nice change from my old doc, who hated my attitude cos I knew as much about this beast as he did!)

Woke up early with a low grade fever and some alternating "hots and colds", and headache and joint aches. Got Boo off to school and went back to bed til my friend Kerry got here....she did a few things around the house for me, and we looked at the pics from her vacation, and then she roused me up and took me to lunch - sure was nice to eat some place where the food isn't wrapped in paper and they bring it right to your table, LOL!

Checked in with Mrs. C after Kerry left and then went back to bed.....and shortly thereafter the "fatigue from hell" kicked in, and I didn't get out of bed until Sunday night except to get more water and Gatorade, let Mrs. C know I actually was alive, and occasionally throw up.

And the fatigue went on and on, exacerbated by insomnia (interesting combination, that)......

I have never been so exhausted in my life.....bone-crushing, mind-numbing, spirit-sucking fatigue like I have never known before....I'm sure there are dead people with far more energy than me....too tired to move, to think, to even speak in complete sentences - if there was an Olympic "staring at the wall in a daze" event, I'd take the gold medal with no problem! Low-grade fever, joint aches, headache and nausea seem to be my constant companions, but at least the mood swings haven't been too bad - I think a "swing" would require more effort than I'm capable of, I'm too tired to feel anything but "blah", LOL!

But life still goes on, and I dragged myself around on automatic pilot....down to mama's every day, down to the clinic for my weekly blood draw, got the trash out, got Boo to Girl Scouts, forced myself to take a walk or two hoping that would help me sleep, and just generally stumbled through the days....

Shot #3 tomorrow.....wonder what next week will bring.....