Good morning......couldn't sleep so I decided to come here and check out the family blog.
I must say, I have been sitting here smiling especially over the fact that Tommy seems to have made it to the blog. GOOD JOB!!!!! (Hey Aidan has taught us to celebrate everything.)
It is good be home and around my own things. There is no place like home!
I am sort of on a baby's schedule......sleep, eat, drink, pee, poop, nap and then start it all over again....LOL. Napping is good!!!! The only relief I get from the muscular pain in my right back is from pain medication and heat. The pain was caused by the procedure done to open my bile duct because the tumor was closing it off. In time the drain will be reversed and the pain will go away. Until then I manage the pain so I can do what I need to do.
My second Chemo is on Friday at the hospital. It's hard to get a schedule going because my chemo takes all day (6.5 hours) once a week. I have to be dropped off and then picked up at the end of the day. Michael will take me to the hospital, go home and sleep and then come back to get me around 4:30. The following week I will go to Cancer Care at Apple Hill Medical Center for my treatment. By that time I will have a schedule set up so I know what I am doing on any given day (Chemo, blood work, tests, etc.).
Already a change has been detected in the size of the tumor and everyone involved is excited about that. There is only one outcome......and that is WINNING!
My friend Jim said he is calling my cancer (follicular lymphoma) FOOLicular lymphoma ...because it's a fool if it thinks it will get the better of me. I like the way he thinks.
Everyone is asking what they can do for me. Right now, prayer is enough. I can't stress that enough. My medical needs, my physical needs, etc. are all being met. I have to be real careful what I eat and how it is prepared....little fat because my liver cannot process it with restricted blood supply.........no bacteria....no getting sick......because that will stop my chemo. I am sure as time goes by there will be things I need and I will ask....I promise.
My job right now is to get better.....recovering from four major operations in less than four days......my body adapting to the drain, the port, the chemo.....it's all just a bit much. The time will pass.....and before I know it I will be out in the yard gardening.
I am so glad to have this easier-to-use blog. I am going to delete the Multiply site which I DID NOT LIKE. I am not interested in doing Facebook either so I will make good use of this blog. Thanks LaDonna for setting this up.
It is almost 5:00 so I guess I should finish my Cheerio and apple juice snack and get back to bed. The wind is blowing so hard here it is going to be hard to sleep. It sounds like the shingles are being ripped from the roof. At least it is NOT snowing.
Hugs to all,
Doris
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