Getting A Cold
The Sunday before Thanksgiving I got a cold. As the week went on it turned into a bad cold. I was congested and coughing day and night. I had already decided not to go to Atlanta for Thanksgiving and THANK THE ALMIGHTY GOD that I did.
I was very sick and weak. In the bed and not moving much. I had decided to try Whole Foods for Thanksgiving Dinner. I was exhausted when I picked the meal up. I had NO desire to eat any of it...let alone warm it up...and I didn't. Thanksgiving came and went and David brought me a plate which helped bring me back to life. It was memorable.
David decided to go out of town for the weekend and I just prayed I would survive.
I mean I was thinking is it possible to survive Chemo and then die from a cold? That would be tragic.
Fainting in the Grocery Store
Sunday after Thanksgiving and I needed to pick up a few things from the grocery store...like cough medicine and more tissues. I had about 10 items on my list. I had on leggings, a black t-shirt, felt hat (no wig) and grey hoodie. I had the hoodie on over the hat going in the store and just decided to keep the hoodie on while I shopped.
As I was going around the store I noticed how tired I was. I was leaning on the cart. Not really pushing it but leaning and pushing.
I got up to the check out line and was exhausted. I remember taking one thing out of the cart and then the cashier helped take everything else out. I was grateful. Then I watched as he started to scan the items.
I felt like he was moving in slow motion. I was thinking OMG I'm not going to make it. I took out my store card and the money I thought it was going to cost and put it on the counter.
All of a sudden I got SO hot. It was the same type of hot that I felt during the MRI the week before. I took off the hoodie and put it and my purse on the empty counter. I remember thinking I need to put my head down. So I put my head on my purse...
...the next thing I heard was "Ma'am, Ma'am are you alright?"
I was on the floor. I had fainted. All I thought was "Oh Boy! This is bad!" She called 911 but in the meantime there were some fire department guys shopping and they came up to check me out. I looked up at the manager who I knew because I went to that store often and she was asking me if I was alright and telling me that I had fainted. I told her I was alright. She said she couldn't let me drive like this and needed to call 911.