Last weekend was so-so, more so bad than so good, but oh well. Monday, I went in for another Procrit shot, I think they are starting to help out a little. I had an okay day today, we got new pain killers that seem to have less side effects on me. I have so many drugs on my list and I can't stomach them all, especially since I am not eating anything. Turns out the "CR" in the new Ambien CR stands for Crack Rock! That stuff makes me crazy high and hallucinate, I had to slide against the hall to get to the bathroom when I woke up in the middle of the night, I ended up crawling back to bed. So, I cannot refill the regular Ambien b/c of the timing of the filling of the CR, so I tried Valium, which seemed to be working for a few days, but my doc is worried about it being addictive. So, last night I tried a Lunesta, hate those commercials, and it did nothing for me! At least the new painkillers don't make me sweat like a crazy person and I am able to manage some sleep at night. I have to write down every dose of every pill I take and each day fills up a page in my notebook, the new painkiller is every 3-4 hours, so that's a lot of pills each day with just that one drug. Sorry, I have been a slow blogger, but over the last few days, I have not left my bedroom to come downstairs for anything. The pain is manageable, but the loopiness of the drugs and the no appetite are keeping me down, plus all the anemia stuff doesn't help. Today the doc told Joel to get my pain under control and take the painkillers as soon as I need them, regardless of the time. Once we can get my pain under control, then my energy will build back up along with my appetite and everything should fall back into place. It worked today, so we are going to stick with that plan and see how it goes. My incision is healing nicely, it's just my innards that are bothering me.