Chondrosarcoma – ah shit, bob's sick

Name the area(s) that have pain: Hip, Back, Right Leg, Body
Pain intensity: 3

Physical Symptoms:
Overall Morning Pain Level: (9:am) 1-10 / (3 )
How Well Did You Sleep: 1-10 / (5 )    5 hrs.
You Woke Up Feeling: 1-10 / (6 )

Overall Afternoon Pain Level: (Noon): 1-10 / (2 )
What is your fatigue level: 1-10 / (4 )
How is your appetite: 1-10 / ( 4)
How is your walking ability: 1-10 / (5 )

Overall Evening Pain Level: (7pm) 1-10 / ( 4)
What is your fatigue level: 1-10 / (5 )
How is your appetite: 1-10 / (5 )
How is my walking ability: 1-10 / (5 )

Afternoon Nap:   none
Mental, Cognitive & Emotional:
How is my ability to think: 1-10 / (9 ) 
How anxious do I feel: 1-10 / (0 )
How depressed do I feel: 1-10 / (0 )
How angry do I feel: 1-10 / (0 )
How irritable am I: 1-10 / ( 0)
How happy am I: 1-10 / (8 )
How is my relationships with others affected: 1-10 / (0 )
How is my enjoyment of life affected: 1-10 / (2 )

Exacerbating Symptoms:
Family/Home Stress Level: 1-10 / (0 )
Job stress level: 1-10 / (0 )
Other: 1-10 / (4 ) Blue Cross( )
Current weather conditions: 10 degrees

Medications:
30mg morphine(s)  7pm. – 
10/650mg vicoden(s)  5pm -
Overall day : 7

Tonight’s a busy night! …. back on the air waves. Yep, I’m feeling better then the past few days. Had a great day at work today, looking forward to tomorrow.

Next week I’ll be heading back to Beantown for some tests and tweaks which I expect will bring us no real exciting news … but maybe I’m wrong about that too. I’m not sure what to expect out of this trip … don’t know if I’ll hear results right after the tests or if I’ll have to wait a week or so for the results.

Last night I added a new post to “The View From Here“.

I got an email from my dear friend Rose in Sweden and she sounded so upbeat and happy! I don’t know how she maintains such a positive spirit all the time … but she’s a great example for me.

I’m hoping for a few good, positive, days this week … so far today was the first one, and I have the feeling there’s more to come.

If you live in the northern section of the country … STAY WARM!