Cloudy and a bit of moisture on the prairie today. Not enough moisture to measure but it is nice to get a drop of rain. The deck was wet for a wee bit. Sure could use several inches of rain to fill the ponds before winter. The cracks in the yard are wide enough they can trip you up and break an ankle.
I am slowly processing all the information the PA gave me yesterday. I am a bit more hopeful today than I was yesterday. It will be good to have 12 weeks of no reoccurring spells. Maybe during that time I can rebuild my strength and energy levels. What I have been doing is rebuilding then dropping and repeating that cycle over and over. I never get back to where I was when I started this whole mess before they drop again.
The pharmacy hasn’t let me know the medication is in yet so still waiting to start the 12 weeks of antibiotics. My tummy is a bit reactive today so hoping the medication comes in tomorrow so it can settle back down.
I went in at 11:00 today and got the first of two shots in my ass. The nurse injected a whole gram of antibiotic which burned when it went in. I get to repeat this tomorrow. So far my ass isn’t sore but they warned me it will probably become sore. I got to stop taking the antibiotic for the UTI which can cause C Diff.
The PA was positive that this all started with the Cipro I took the end of July. She said the salmonella just made the whole thing worse as the salmonella helped make the colon mad and irritated. She said not to worry about the salmonella that is still showing in the stool tests. She doesn’t think it is active based on my symptoms.
The PA recommended I do whatever possible to avoid taking any other antibiotics by pill. She said I need to have them given to me via shots or IV so they can avoid the gut. We will see how that plays out in the future.
When I went to town for my shot I ran three quick errands and then came home. I have a few more errands to run tomorrow when I go back to town for my next shot. Hopefully the medication is ready to be picked up when I am in town so I don’t have to make two trips to town tomorrow.
I took a long nap this afternoon. I finally slept hard last night and was sleeping really well when the doctor’s office called me this morning at 8:00. Sleep finally found me!
Tomorrow is Jim’s birthday. He is going into Cottonwood Falls in the afternoon to get his oil changed in his car. While he is waiting for that he will drop our ballots off at the Courthouse. I am going to grill steaks for his birthday dinner. Not sure what I am fixing tonight other than chicken – have some thawing but haven’t decided how I am going to fix it yet.
Feeling a bit weaker today again. Will be glad to get back on the antibiotic hopefully tomorrow so I can get this C Diff back under control again. Don’t have much energy to do much today. Am trying to drink lots of water to replace what is going out. Did manage to walk with Jim down to the mailbox and back up again. Feels good to stretch my legs a bit. I miss walking several miles a day.
Thursday Jim teaches his class again. Friday I have an appointment with the Dermatologist for a skin check and Monday I have a mammogram. Good thing I have doctor appointments – it gets me out of the house.
Healing is happening – it is taking a path that I prefer not to go down. I am getting to the point of acceptance of what is. Resistance is not productive yet seems to be my first stepping stone to healing. I feel myself moving off of that stone today, Oward and upward to wherever this is taking me too.
I get a quote of the day every morning via email. The other day the quote said “A sacred illness is one that educates us and alters us from the inside out, provides experiences and therefore knowledge that we could not possibly achieve in any other way”. This quote was written by Deena Metzger. The timing of receiving that seems divine to me.
Grateful for a good night’s sleep and an afternoon nap, grateful for shots that deliver antibiotic without impacting the gut, and grateful for healing that is happening within me.