a good week

so it seems that this cycle is one of those where the first few days are horrible and then the sky opens and the sun shines and the rest of the days are gravy. i have to take some of the blame for the first few days tho as i forgot to take one of the antinausea pills for two entire days, which could have been a reason why weds and thurs last week were so rough. i was also blaming the sunshine - as some of you know the chemo makes me very sensitive to sunlight so while everyone else was raising a glass to the heavens welcoming the advent of spring i was huddled in the dark wishing it would rain. regardless it got better, i have started taking the compazine (yet ANOTHER antinausea) as directed by the nurses, which was WHENEVER i feel even a LITTLE like i might be feeling nauseous. i hadn't been taking it because it was so light that i felt it wasn't doing anything, but i have to say now that i am taking it alot it seems to work. that and the Prilosec, a stomach pill that apparently does something to offset the fact that i don't really have a stomach lining at the moment (being that it is composed, like hair follicles and cancer cells, of fast growing cells that are the target of the chemo drugs). i don't know how it works but i do know that i tried many stomach medicines to almost no avail and this one little pill a morning works a charm - i even ate some smokin hot thai food this weekend to little ill effect.

incidentally, if you are anywhere near new york city go here before they close it down for being too damn good-
POODAMs 44 -19 broadway astoria NY 11103 718-278-3010
northern thai food, like nothing i have ever had before. a literal new taste sensation... ask for the special menu and be brave. fried duck mouth anyone?

but like i said it's been good, its nice to have energy, i am excited to get a lot of long overdue work out of the way this week. the lack of a sour stomach is also making me less ornery so maybe i will now be less annoying. or not, depending on your view, sitting there in your chair shaking your fist in anger at my words.

also, this weekend i saw some of the wheatpaste posters we did for rogan are up, its hoaky but i was really excited as i have wanted to have some of those up since i moved here 8 years ago, it's really expensive to have it done legally but finally... hooray!