Better late than never

I did not realize it had been so long since I've blogged. But in this case, no news really is good news. I have been really busy at work and having some fun too. This week I was out traveling in south Ga for most of the week. I drove about 750 miles from Tues-Friday. That is really not unusal for my work, but it was the most I have traveled alone since I've been back working this year. I did pretty well and was not really that tired. Instead of eating out, I would just pick something up and bring it back to the hotel room at night to do a little work. I managed pretty well, but I am a little tired.

We went to Knoxville last weekend for my friend Jill's son Aaron's Bar Mitzvah. Between the hotel there and my work travels, I have been in 4 different hotels in the last 6 nights. I am a little confused when I wake up in the middle of the night and am not sure where I am or where the bathroom is. However, I do not think that has anything to do with chemo, cancer or being sick! It may be old age, or just what happens when you are on the road too much at once. But
I am having fun and enjoying what I am doing. I will find the bathroom eventually!

I am still having a bit of discomfort in my leg and back where my incision is. I am having a little drainage or bleeding around there, but I think it is just from where my bra rubs against the scar so we are doing some bandaging around that till it heals. I just could not do that myself while I was traveling. I thought about asking one of my female agents to help me out with a couple of bandaids back there, but I decided against that. Some folks are kind of squeamish with all the gooky stuff, and I did not want to put anyone in an awkward position. Anyway, I am home for the next couple of weeks, so it won't be a problem. My backend and leg (close to the scar) are a little sore in spots, but I think it is from driving and sitting so much. However, I am a little paranoid and have been searching for lumps to make sure it is not more serious. I am going to physical therapy Monday, so I will have, Marcus, my therapist, check it out. I am trying to not let every little ache make me crazy, but it is hard not to do that.

Otherwise things are good. I am hoping to hit some tennis balls this week if the weather holds out, and I can get caught up at work. I am not sure if I have the energy to really play after work, but I think I could go down to the courts for a few minutes at least.

We are having a quiet weekend for the most part. I went to the gym this morning and will go again tomorrow. I acutally wore a pair of gym shorts for the first time in public, but I did make Mitzi check it out and make that what you could see of my leg scar was not too gross. I've just been doing about 30 or 40 minutes on the treadmill and a working out on a couple of machines. I did not go at all last week (or to PT) since I was traveling. It is probably overdoing it going both Sat, Sun and to PT on Monday, but I am going to try anyway. I've gained some of my weight back, so I need to get it off so all my new clothes will still fit. I gave away all the old ones, so there is no going back now.

With my neice Zola's help, I finally loaded some music from ITUNES onto my IPOD. Lisa got it for me a while back and loaded some books on there, but I just could not focus enough to listen to them. Now I know what I was missing and just can't wait to load more on there. I appreciate now why all teenagers always seem have earphones on all the time! If only I could have done that when I was stuck in my bed for a year! Next weekend Zola is teaching me how to load music off CD's onto the IPOD. She is a very patient teacher and was able to give me really good instructions over the phone. Lisa tried to show me all of this when she visited but I was really not able to pay attention to her then. I can tell my ability to concentrate is improving a bit. Or maybe I've just been using "chemo brain" as an excuse to not have to do things I did not want to do. It worked for a while, but I don't think I can get away with it for much longer. Lisa says I can use it as an excuse for a year, but I am pretty bored with this "helplessness" stuff. It is just not my style! Time to get back to normal!