Very good day today. Why? I just don't understand it.
Yesterday was bad. So tired in the afternoon that I lay on the bed and slept an hour or so. Pains in the neck and head came on after breakfast and stayed most of the day. Took the usual ibuprofen tabs with little effect. I felt low and depressed about the whole prospect with dire thoughts about future secondary spread and the chemo that I might have to take.
Today felt fine. Took one ibuprofen with breakfast as a precaution though neither pelvic pains nor headache were bothering me. Drove my wife into the city for her hair do, (a perm so it took two hours), and walked about doing a little shopping and talking with people. Walking well without any tendency to limp as I sometimes do. Felt cheerful so I could smile at passers-by or talk with them.
So why am I euphoric today with almost no discomfort when yesterday I felt that the weeds must be spreading and the bicalutamide no longer working? My head is definitely not around it yet.
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