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Rated: 13+ · Book · Personal · #1921220

My thoughts released; a mind set free

These pages contain my thoughts, from meandering ideas and persuasions to deep cerebrations and serious mentations.

Why, for what purpose? To release my mind and set creativity free. Somewhere inside the constraints of my mind dwells a writer, a poet, an artist who paints with words. In here I release those constraints and set the artist free.

Perhaps, lost somewhere in the depths of thought, is a story or a poem, waiting to be written.

October 16, 2025 at 1:21pm
October 16, 2025 at 1:21pm
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I had a pretty productive day yesterday, considering I felt like three-day-old road-kill. Okay, maybe not quite that bad. With the temperature rising into the fifties (sixty today) and down in the fourties at night, it seems like a good time to remove the window AC units. My wife assisted, of course, but it was still a pretty good workout for me.

We also started getting ready for the snow season by putting away most of the summer items and taking them to storage. After, it was a drive into town to pick up a few things and fill our five-gallon water bottles (our water here is safe to drink, but has a lot of iron in it).

I've been trying to maintain my strength and stamina as much as possible throughout the treatments and surgery. I did pretty well through the first four chemo infusions, but the last one did take me down some. Of course, I had time to recover before my surgery and was doing pretty well again until they started cutting. It took a week to gain the ability to get up and move, sit in a chair, etc...

Even worse, I was unable to eat or drink anything after the surgery for two weeks. Actually, it was eleven days before I could suck on ice chips, and by thirteen days, I was able to sip on a bit of broth. This lack of nutrition left me pretty weak, but once things got straightened out and they started nourishing me through an IV, some of my strength returned. Some, but not all.

Now, it's back to the infusions, which are taking a toll once again on my strength. I also struggle some days to bring in enough nutrition, protein, and calories. Despite all this, I've managed to do pretty well with weight loss and muscle loss. With two infusions left, I'm hoping that I can maintain the muscle I have; I set up a weight bench and am hoping to have the energy to work out a bit each day, as well as trying to walk and do as much around here as I can. Once the last infusion is done, I'll have the winter to get my self back into shape.





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