Well, I'm back at home so I had to check in with Mary yesterday afternoon and today by phone. Yesterday (Friday), the Aleve did take the edge off the body aches after a while. Her and Rick actually went out and took a walk half way down the block and back during the afternoon which I think did her alot of good.
This morning when I checked in, she was doing pretty good. She is learning to be in tune with her body as far as what she is eating/drinking and when she needs to eat and drink so she doesn't get nauseous from having an empty stomach or drinking or eating something that wasn't good for her. She's still feeling some body aches but trying to stay on top of the Aleve meds to take care of that.
It's crazy, because in the middle of the week when we thought things would be the worst for her, it wasn't too bad. Those were the days that we stayed around the house kind of waiting for something to happen or to see how she was going to be that day. Like we were waiting for the "other shoe to drop". I think it's going to be a process to learn what her patterns are going to be (if there are such things) so she still feels like she can be out and about a little bit when she feels up to it.
Hoping next week, her "down week" will be a better week for her. She will have just one Doctor appointment to check her labs, but hopefully won't have to take any meds.
I'll be doing another update in a couple of days. I know Mary would like to write, talk, or text all of you personally, but she has so many wonderful friends that are checking in, this seems to be a great way to get updates out to everyone right now.
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