Day 5 was much better. The additional progesterone pill isnt too bad and no real side effects. I'm tolerating the addition iron pill as well. It just makes for a lot of pills. I would say I'm up to approximately 20 pills now.
The only real side effect I'm feeling is with the addition of prednisone, my appetite has increased. Which again makes it tough in the land of sausages and pretzels. My wrist is still very swollen and has a huge bruise. And because it's on my wrist, I move it a lot so I feel it a lot. The skin irritation where the reaction from the adhesive was has also gone away so the itchiness has also left. The main thing I'm dealing with is the bruising from the shots. I'm still icing it like normal, but it doesnt seem to be working as well this time around. I'll spare you any photos, but my stomach is now a collection of various sized and colored bruises. Its makes for a very tender abdomin and slight discomfort when I'm sitting. Lastly, for those that don't know, as the result of a car accident years ago, I suffer from nerve damage in my leg. It usually is treated with an internal device that sends relectrical pulses from my nerves to my brain to stop the pain. I had to turn that off and the pain is slowly starting to come back. I dealt with this last time so it wasn't unexpected, it's just not fun.
Emotionally I feeling better and in a better head space. Thanks again for the outpouring of support. It's always wonderful to know I have a great tribe looking out for us.
We are now in full vacation mode until we head back on the 8th. I have a full itinerary to keep us busy. We are basically driving along the north countryside of Austria and then making a circle and driving across the Czech Republic.
Today we hit the coolest amusement park in Austria. It was called Family Park and it was just a perfect day. Zero crowds and the weather was lovely. Duncan was the perfect age to take here. Almost everything he could ride as long as we accompanied him. We spent the majority of the day there.
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| At Nigl winery |
In the late afternoon we headed to the Austrian wine region of Wachau. Here it is different than tasting at home. Every single winery is by appointment only. I read an article in Travel & Leisure about where to taste and booked us a 4pm tasting at a winery called Nigl. It was awesome. Really very different from wine tasting in California. The wines were ok, but it was really the experience that was amazing. After wine tasting we ended up in Krems an der Donau were we stayed at a lovely little hotel. We went for a walk, did some window shopping and then found a restaurant that I had researched that had some vegan options. Food was just ok, but I was glad to get a meal. We got the food to go and ate it in the courtyard of our hotel which had just enough grass to keep Duncan occupied and burned off some energy before bed. Tomorrow we are off to another city with hopefully just as much good times in store for us.
Thanks for Reading,
HEATHER
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