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This week has been just as busy for us. I had “die off” symptoms (headache, dizziness, nausea, extreme fatigue, and brain fog) on Monday into Tuesday due to my treatment dosages on Monday. On top of that, my husband accidentally gave me poison ivy last week, so we have been battling that. Also, since we have too much going on, he accidentally left a load of our wet clothes in the dryer on Sunday. I found them yesterday (Wednesday) when I was getting ready to wash all of my clothes again with special poison ivy precautions. The dryer had the stink, so we had to do a bunch of cleaning in the dryer, wash all of my clothes in special poison ivy stuff, and then also rewash the wet clothes a few times to get us back to neutral. Life is coming at us fast right now. We keep trying to slow down, but it doesn’t seem to be working. I have cried tears of frustration a few times this week.
In addition, my husband has oral surgery tomorrow (Friday), so he started his prep medications yesterday. He has 3 medications he needs to coordinate at different times throughout the day. He watches me coordinate all of my medications, supplements, and treatments every day like a boss, but he doesn’t have to do this much himself. Here is how the conversation went:
Me: Do you have all of your meds mapped out for timing throughout the day?
Husband: No, I was planning on doing that today.
Me: You are mapping it out the day you are starting the meds???
Husband: Yes. I don’t think it will be that hard.
Me [trying to be helpful]: Okay, so if you need to take _____ at this time and with food, and _____ at this time without food _____, then you need to do ______ at this time. Repeat that throughout the day.
Husband [deer in headlights look]: I think I am going to have to sit down and write this out. My head is spinning.
Me: I can help you. I am an expert in this type of coordination. Give me the details, and we can walk through it all together. [We proceed to map it all out and put alarms in his phone.]
Husband: This is day 1, and I am already exhausted. There is so much to think about.
[We both look at each other with that familiar look and bust out laughing.]
Me [still laughing]: Yes, it must be tough to coordinate 3 medications. I have no idea how you will manage it all.
One thing is for certain: My husband is my home, and he is also an adventure (see image below). And, I know he feels the same way about me and our life together. I am not sure we are referring to the same type of adventure that the image below describes, but we definitely are each other’s home and an adventure nonetheless. 🤣
Brutal. Life still coming at us fast with no indication of a slow down. Tears of frustration.
Beautiful. Laughing with the husband. Holding out hope that life will improve soon. Getting to be with someone who is both a home and an adventure.
Just another day of . . . This Brutiful Life: The Brutal & Beautiful Moments of My Life.
This Brutiful Life 