Steve is happy. He returned to work today for the first time since the middle of November about four and a half months ago. I was worried he would get over tired and stress his body trying to keep up with all the activity, but he said it was all right and he was just a little tired overall by the mid-afternoon.
He had carpooled, as was his custom with Scott and Keith, so he was gone from 6:30 am until 6:00 pm. He is still not eating much and took a short mid-morning break to eat a granola bar, then had a light lunch, then a half a sandwich mid-afternoon. He didn't need to lie down to rest. For any of you who don't know, Steve works at computers most of the time and so is not usually physically taxed. This morning he had to check in with the company physician before he could start and Steve said it was just a quick stop as a formality. Then he spent most of the day re-setting passwords and catching up on four months of e-mails and missed work. He said he enjoyed seeing his friends and colleagues again who flocked in to see him and let him know they were happy to see him back at work. He is looking forward to getting into the gist of his work and contributing to his projects again.
As far as nausea goes, he says it gets worse as the day goes on. When I talked to him at 8:30 tonight, he was lying on the couch rubbing his tummy. He says it stays that way until he goes to bed and then is better when he wakes up. He has cut out one of his anti-nausea pills and has decreased the frequency of the other from three times a day to twice a day. He had tried to boost his activity in preparation for starting work by increasing time on the treadmill and felt fine doing so. I found it interesting that Steve couldn't say the word "treadmill" when we were talking.... reminiscent of his original symptom some months ago. I attributed it to being tired after using his brain all day today. I hope it is just a fluke or a "nothing" that just happens to all of us sometimes. I will be curious as he gets stressed and tired from work if it will be more noticeable.
Yea, Steve! Way to go and congratulations on the milestone of returning to work!
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