Sick Leave

I'm going to take a break from blogging until I feel better. I took my first monthly and LAST Actonel yesterday and have felt horrible since yesterday evening. I have a fever (chills last night), all of my ribs hurt (that's putting it mildly), a headache, dry mouth, headache, and feel as if I got hit by a truck. I'm not taking any more of these. If anything motivates me to go to the gym and work out, this is it. I feel as bad as I did when I had chemo and have been in bed and chair all day. This is awful. Google it if you want to know more about these side-effects I'm having. Since it's a monthly pill, I guess it will take a while to get out of my system. When it comes to medication, I'm a mine canary, so I don't know how long I'll feel bad.

In 2001 I had enviably excellent bones. In 2005 after stopping hormone replacement therapy and having chemo and prednisone, it was down some but still good. My latest bone density test was in the osteopenia range. It's like the good news is I don't have cancer, but chemo stormed through my body like Sherman through Georgia.

I will take my chances with calcium and Vitamin D and exercise and weights. No more of this stuff!