On Friday the 22nd of July i celebrated my first anniversary. It has been one year since my last chemotherapy treatment and I am still in remission!
Yesterday I took the day off of all work and spent the day with my sisters.
I took them shopping and then we went to the pool and hot tub at Americainn in Litchfield.
After that we went over to the nursing home to visit with Dad.
In the evening Brian, Cecilia and I took Brian's work car down to Chris' shop to have them look at it. By the time I got home last night I was one tired woman but it sure was a good day.
This morning it is back off to the races!
PHysical therapy then into Cecilia's house to help her get her junk/trash out to the transfer station. Next I'll be going over to Beatrice to help her pack up her house in preparation for moving. It's going to be another long one!
Long but good!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Where does time go?
June has come and gone and here we are approaching the middle of July. In my last posting I said that I was scheduled for another PET scan in June. I did in fact get one and it was done from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. There was no sign of cancer anywhere in my body! Remission feels good and I have been keeping very busy. I am putting in anywhere from 50 to 60 hours of work every two weeks at Lutheran Social Services and am able to keep up with my chores around home. That doesn't mean that I don't get tired! In order to make it through my shift at work I have to take a nap before going in. What use to be a 15- 20 minute power nap now takes about an hour or two. Some days are harder than others and I fight to stay awake but in time perhaps that will get better.
My once thin hair has become full again and has required cutting quite frequently. Before I got cancer I was afraid to cut it short because I was afraid of what it might turn out like. I am no longer afraid of what my hair will look like because I know that it grows back. That being said though I have discovered that I like my hair short and so I have chosen to keep it short.
It is soon coming up on my one year anniversary for being in remission. My last chemo treatment was July 22nd of last year. I went to the relay for life event after I finished my shift at 11PM and did a lap around the course. Along the way I found 2 luminaries that were extra special. I am not sure who made them but some one made one for my mother and another for me. That really meant a lot to me.
Brian just came and got me for a bike ride! It has cooled down from what it has been and the humidity is low. So cool and comfortable! Perfect night for a bike ride! We only went about 1 1/2 miles but it was so good to be back on the bike. Last time I did that was about five months into my chemo treatments. Not sure about that. I'd have to go back and look through the blogs!
it felt good anyway!
I've written a book about my ordeal with the cancer but am not sure if I will publish it or not.
As I have thought about it, I have thought that perhaps it would be too negative. Then I have rethought it and thought about a different approach to it so that it isn't so negative and then I rethought that because I thought about whom might read the book and wondered if it would be helpful or harmful to them so now I am not sure again. I guess time wil tell.
My once thin hair has become full again and has required cutting quite frequently. Before I got cancer I was afraid to cut it short because I was afraid of what it might turn out like. I am no longer afraid of what my hair will look like because I know that it grows back. That being said though I have discovered that I like my hair short and so I have chosen to keep it short.
It is soon coming up on my one year anniversary for being in remission. My last chemo treatment was July 22nd of last year. I went to the relay for life event after I finished my shift at 11PM and did a lap around the course. Along the way I found 2 luminaries that were extra special. I am not sure who made them but some one made one for my mother and another for me. That really meant a lot to me.
Brian just came and got me for a bike ride! It has cooled down from what it has been and the humidity is low. So cool and comfortable! Perfect night for a bike ride! We only went about 1 1/2 miles but it was so good to be back on the bike. Last time I did that was about five months into my chemo treatments. Not sure about that. I'd have to go back and look through the blogs!
it felt good anyway!
I've written a book about my ordeal with the cancer but am not sure if I will publish it or not.
As I have thought about it, I have thought that perhaps it would be too negative. Then I have rethought it and thought about a different approach to it so that it isn't so negative and then I rethought that because I thought about whom might read the book and wondered if it would be helpful or harmful to them so now I am not sure again. I guess time wil tell.
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