"Look ahead, not back"

“The young sailor at sea was ordered to climb a mast to adjust a sail during a violent storm. He got halfway up, looked down, got dizzy and sick. An old sailor on deck shouted up to him Look up, son, look up. Young sailor looked up, regained his composure, and completed his mission. Moral: Look ahead, not back.” - Unknown

Day 15 AS

Not a lot of excitement to report... I'm feeling a lot less pain but am exhausted seemingly all the time. So much for my big plan to go back to work after two weeks -- silly me. I spent almost all day Monday sleeping, and while I was awake I was dizzy -- kind of weird.

My big treat is an outing this evening to my hairdresser. I am hoping I'll be able to deal OK with a couple of hours in her chair. I am definitely looking forward to a little pampering. John is going to be my escort so I don't have to drive yet. I was a little dizzy getting out of the shower again this morning so I think this is a very good thing.

John made a couple of pureed soups for me last night. I'm finding my taste buds are hyper-sensitive -- he used just a wee bit of tarragon in the chicken with mushroom soup and it is still very strong to me. The soup's good, but 1/2 cup goes a long way now! The other was also chicken based with mexican flavors -- in this case the diced chiles he used are very strong flavored to me. It seems odd -- I usually love really strong flavors -- I guess I need to start thinking in terms of I used to love really strong flavors...