Preparing

I have Hodgkin's Lymphoma Cancer... again. I am one week away from possibly coming home with pain in my lower back from a bone marrow biopy & being happy that my cancer is gone for the most part. In that scenario I just wait for my stem cell treatment. In a less favorable scenario, my PET scan will show that I still have cancer or my biopsy will show that I have cancer & I will be spending the next three nights in my hospital starting a harsher chemotherapy treatment called ICE. I have undergone easier chemo treatments recently and in the past but I've been told this ICE won't be a piece of cake. I just completed 6 mini chemo sessions & for this reason I still have my hair, & have been able to deliberately gain extra weight. No side effects. I'm a monster. In a good way. Yeah that's me saying I'm strong.

My doctors told me that I should taper back my prednisone (this medicine allows my joints to feel good). Oh yeah I have Rheumatoid Arthritis if you didn't already know that. I started tapering down from 10mgs to7 recently but maybe I rushed it because in the past two days I have been feeling pretty crummy. I'm not gonna taper down anymore, on Friday I explained this to my doctor & she agreed I could keep the prednisone until I undergo chemo. My left ankle is swollen enough that I limp & cannot walk much today. I cannot go to the gym limping which is why I am here laying in bed with my leg elevated.

Its later in the day now & despite my swollen ankle I did a fairly light workout. My ankle felt a little better but I mostly worked on upper body. Push ups, curls, military dumb bell press, side lateral, leg lifts, hip abductions, glute kickbacks, & some wall sits. Ended the night with a high protein meal and lots of water. Its getting late now so I am going to work on my exercise plan for the WWBD project.