One of my favourite Loony Tunes scenes is a rare speaking part for Wile E. Coyote. He is in some kind of hut that reads “Explosives: Keep Out”, filling up carrots with explosive liquid in a plan to finally “get” Bugs Bunny, who is meanwhile using a tractor to pull said hut (which is inexplicably on wheels) onto train tracks. As the Coyote fills the carrots, he laughs to himself and says “Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius” over and over. At one point, in the distance, we hear a train horn. His ears perk up, then he goes back to filling the carrots and repeating his koan, until it is too late. C/W — extreme cartoon violence.
That is how my Monday went.
You’ll recall on Sunday I posted that things were going ok with fever and I was hoping to at least get to three weeks. I got to 2 weeks and change. Sunday night I had a bit of a chill. I threw on my sweatshirt and went back to sleep. The apartment has a “smart” thermostat (scare quotes necessary) and it often gets quite cold at night. I then had a coughing fit before going into work. I shrugged it off and headed in. At work, I had a green tea at a meeting, which after a few minutes occasioned a cyclical vomiting episode that went from 0-100 before I could get the drugs in. It took me over an hour to settle down enough to get an Uber home and the simple trip home and up the stairs was a real challenge. When I get into the apartment and catch my breath, I take my temperature and . . . 101.3. It took a double dose of meds and six hours to get the fever under control. So I’m on break from the cancer meds for 48 hours and today is a recovery day. I wouldn’t say I was as cocky as the Coyote (in this particular episode anyway–see also MRI expectations in December for the real blown expectations). But sometimes life deals you a blow and you have to roll with it.
The unfortunate thing here is the fever came last, so I got the warning after the explosion. Before the 101.3, I was in the high 98s all day. It would be really convenient if the fever hit first before the other symptoms. I will leave a request in the suggestion box. I’m sure my meds will take it under advisement.