Magic Number Seven

Today begins session number seven. More than halfway done, so the countdown toward the final session can now begin. Let me try bullets as the way to cover a lot of ground. (Thanks, so much, for all my readers and comments. The phone calls, email messages and nice thoughts make this much more tolerable than it would otherwise become.)

• The sense of taste once returned on days five or six. It now leaves, and doesn't come back. Except for the basics of salt, sour, bitter, etc...nothing tastes different. Pretty boring.
• My sensitivity to cold, once the most noticeable side effect, runs much longer. Doesn't really leave me, but is tolerable after days eight or nine. First few days, any touch of cold is painful and yet quick to disappear with some warm water.
• Down two pounds since I began, so "You still look about the same" is the comment I hear the most. Hair hasn't left, either.
• Energy depletion is apparent. I run out of gas early on the first few days, and then it returns about day six or seven. Hard to get enough exercise when this is going on, but the golf game hasn't really suffered much. Confirmation that golf isn't really much exercise...!
• Folks at work are patient and understanding. Things there going well, we just need to write more new physicians. All ideas welcomed.
• Nate will be home tomorrow night, set to do some contract work with the Rose Festival promotions staff. Stay tuned for updates, he may be in a Gecko costume if he's not careful.
• All else remains the same. Big week next week, with graduation and lots of visitors from California. At least I'll be off the pump and feeling pretty well by the time people arrive.