A 3 month break

Like I mentioned last time, my chest xray did turn out to be more significant than I thought. I called Doc O's (my leg surgeon who is now in charge of all my scans) office yesterday to tell them about the results. They had scheduled me for a chest CT and doctor visit April 19. They reviewed my xray and since I got a good report they cancelled my CT and I do not have to go back until June. In June they will do an MRI on my leg (which they do every 6 months) and a CT on my lungs. So I have another 3 months of breathing easier (no pun intended), and can work on living a normal life without too much worry! I forgot my oncologist wanted to see me after Doc O saw me in April, so I guess I will need to schedule an appointment with him soon. I do want him to do some lab work just to make sure the reason I am still tired is just because everything I went through last year and nothing else.

My leg and chest still bother me a bit. I take a non narcotic pain pill a couple of times a day and that seems to help. I think the leg thing is just going to always bother me to some degree, but I can handle that. The chest scar (from the port) is looking much better, but is still ugly. One of my chemo nurses mentioned last week that I would probably need plastic surgery, but I am in no hurry for surgery of any kind. I will just live with it for the moment and stay away from strapless dresses!

Work is still good, and for a really tired person I am putting in a lot of hours -- no wonder I am tired. I do work for 2 to 3 hours each evening just getting caught up on paperwork - business and personal. This weekend we get to work on income tax. Yea! Didn't we just do that? Gosh the year went by quick - but the days went by slowly somehow.

Bob and I started talking about planning our summer trip to England. I really like to go late July to early August because the weather is so miserable here and just perfect there. I keep thinking we should go before my June scans in case there is a problem, but I just can't keep planning my life for things between scans. Bob's mother turns 89 in July, and I hope we can be there for her birthday, so we will start looking for flights etc.

What a difference a year makes! This time last year I was in the middle of 4 rounds of chemo, facing 6 weeks of radiation and surgery, not knowing even more chemo and surgery would follow after that(or the awful wound vac, 4 weeks of IV antibiotics, etc). Planning a summer vacation or even a weekend out of town was not anything we could even consider. Heavens, I could not even sit comfortably in a chair that was not a recliner! I am a lucky girl, and even on my toughest days, I do not have to be reminded of that!