This week has been a rough week. I ended up having to go to the ER over my left hand swelling up. It seems like by the 5^th month after my Rituximab chemo treatment some body part swells up and makes my life a challenge. I hate that.

This time I ended up in the hospital for 4 days. While there I learned some things.

1)  They have essential oils offered there. I enjoyed smelling peppermint. It helped me relax.

2)  Peppermint can be used instead of mace. I spilt some peppermint oil and I ended up getting some into my eye while I was cleaning up the mess. Ouch! The nurse and I had to flush it out. Not fun at all. At least I know now that I can use my peppermint oil for mace in a pinch.

3)  That the nurses and nutritionist don’t know what they are doing when picking out healthy food. They gave me fat-free salad dressing and other fat-free products, but guess what the first ingredient in these products was? If you guessed high fructose corn syrup then you guessed right. When I was able to choose my own food. I did a lot better.

4)  Having a meal without grains in it at the hospital is a huge challenge. They serve a lot of grains and guess what that does not work for me.

5)  I hate having a moving bed.

I am glad to be home. Nicholas was happy I was home too. I am thankful for my neighbors who watched out for my baby Nicholas and for my sister in law who took me to the hospital.

Next week I will be heading to Seattle and getting my infusion treatment.