Second Chemotherapy is over

I finished the second chemotherapy at 5:30 this afternoon, then ran to the pharmacy to pick up refills and then to Staples to return a purchase.

I found out today that Benadryl is very effective at putting me to sleep. I received it as part of the chemo treatment this morning, and it knocked me out. I slept past noon sitting up in a chair! I was pretty groggy for the afternoon as well. I finally started to wake up around 4:00, and by then I was getting impatient that the drip was not yet finished.

I feel pretty good, although I am a bit run-down for a man who just sat around all day.

The unexpected sleeping allowed me to re-learn a valuable lesson: I am not in control. The last thing I wanted to do today was sleep. But God made me sleep. And God also allowed me to recover enough to drive home and run errands on the way. And it is God, not the doctor or the chemotherapy, that is shaping my present and future.

Hopefully the chemo brain will not set in, and I will be able to remember this valuable lesson!