randomness

this morning i woke up feeling ok, but suddenly about 1/2 an hour after i woke up i felt a sudden "sick" feeling. reminds me a super duper dose of morning sickness. my guts just hurt. quite badly. and i feel naseated. additionally i'm feeling chilled and cruddy, just generally UGH.

additionally, just to answer some questions: i really can't take medications that are over the counter, for those who have suggested various options. unfortunately gleevec interacts with almost everything, right down to and including tylenol. the best i can do right now is try to eat as healthily as i can, drink tons of water so my liver is not overtaxes by processing the gleevec and and hope for the best. all the various supplements that are normally seen as harmless may interact to the gleevec making it less effective or too effective. so all those type things (some that you'd never guess, like garlic pills) are just not an option for me.

for those who wanted to see the hat and coat, here's a pic!  marti took it last evening at KN.