Pretty Good, Not Bad, I Can't Complain

All things considered, our participation in the Silicon Valley Brain Tumor Ride was a big success.  As I wrote last week, I've been a bit foggy and lacking in energy since tapering down on dexamethasone a couple of weeks ago, so I had my doubts about having enough in the tank for a fifty-mile ride (kind of embarrassing since we used to ride 75 to 100 miles a day without giving it a second thought).  Happily, I felt great and even had enough for some unplanned detours - a combination of poor signage on the route and generally being unfamiliar with the  Peninsula - when all was said and done, I probably rode closer to 60 or 65 miles (including a few at the finish that I could have done without).

Swimming in Molasses

While I have written about this in the past, I am back to the same place so here we go again...I am tapering down to a lower dose of the steroid Decadron (wasn't he a Transformer?).  I am very, very happy to be doing this and I can't wait (actually, I can wait.  I will taper very slowly so my endocrine system doesn't go completely haywire) but it is leaving me feeling like I'm waking-up from a ten-year nap.  I'm sluggish, fuzzy, and living in slow motion.  It will pass but right now it makes getting through the day a challenge.