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Ah, Day Five of the Nor virus Diet. I've lost ten pounds and don't even dream about food anymore as I can't think of it without becoming queasy. But I know that won't last and I should be on the downhill side of this. I'm assuming that being in chemo is impairing a quick recovery. That, and BRAT doesn't really work for a diabetic. Bananas, applesauce, and rice are all very high-glucose. I'll stick to my 1-to-2 mix of juice and water, thankyewverymuch. I might try some toast, though... Bossman is making "you should go to the doctor's" noises but I am resistant. For now I'm well hydrated and for this, all they can do is treat the symptoms, which doesn't seem like a good enough reason to risk anyone else's health - sick people at a clinic don't need to be around me and certainly neither do the health professionals.

But hey - 10 pounds. Maybe it will stay lost. [edit a couple of hours later: make that 11 pounds now.]

I've taken to watching documentaries on Netflix when I can't read any longer or lie in bed trying to sleep. Boy, are there a lot of Egyptian mummy/dynasty ones. Which I've already seen countless time thanks to a child who was fascinated by the culture. I amuse myself during the ones I haven't seen by trying to find the glyph for "to bring", that being one of the few I recognise. I've found some interesting other documentaries though, which don't suffer from the poor editing and weird camera tricks of what we find on TLC or the History Channel anymore (I'm pretty much limited to PBS, BBC, or National Geographic docos at this point) - there was a four part series about kingdoms, or cultures, of ancient Africa, which was great. And a series hosted by an Egyptologist examining similar features of other ancient cultures to the Egyptian ones. You know - Pyramids in Meso-America and other lands, myths about life-after-death and what that culture did to address those beliefs... got to see some good shots of Etruscan tombs that I hadn't been aware of in that one. And I really enjoyed a special about Hassidism in America. Most of the shows that I'd be interested in were ones I'd already seen so I've had to eke out the selection to 'make it last'. Oh - the two hour (?) show about the search for the reincarnation of the Lama Konchog, now recognised as Tenzin Phuntsok Ripoche (who is six years old, I believe) was one I had to rewatch. I saw it a couple of years ago and it was worth the second run. I've even sunk to watching shows about visiting South Pacific tribes in search of cannibals... (well, the cultural stuff was interesting. I don't really care about the 'who here has eaten humans' aspect of the stories.)

( Silly things one thinks about when one is bedbound and bored )

I've run out of steam. Back to bed for me.