Wednesday will mark my 6th week post chemo. So
much has happened I really don’t know where to start or what to say. I guess I will
start with chemo 6…
That last chemo was horrible. I felt worse and for
longer. My hair started to fall out
again too. It had been growing back and I had no new hair loss…that is until
this chemo. I am so glad that is over and even more glad there were no more
after that.
My mom and I had some very good times when I started to feel
better. We went to the tulip festival for a day. It reminded us so much of
being in Holland. We spent that next weekend at a spa resort in Leavenworth,
thanks to my dear husband. We got a wrap
treatment, which was nice. I also had my first alcoholic drink, a margarita! We
walked around and just really enjoyed each other’s company. Alan came the
second day. It was a lot of fun.
The hardest thing I have done was say goodbye to my mother.
Alan had training, so I had to take her myself. It was so difficult, and I
cried a lot. It took me a long time to get used to her not be in the house
anymore. I even shamefully went into her room and cried on her bed one day. I
still miss her terribly.
I am more myself every day, and I am doing everything for
myself now. There is a lot of house work and organizing to do. This got a
little crazy when I was in school, and my mom had set things up the way she
liked it. I have had to redo a lot of things to put it back to where I like it.
School is coming up. I had an appointment with my teacher
today. I have three options. One…if there is a spot open, take it. Two…if the
class is full, take theory in fall and do clinicals in winter. Three…if the
class is full, I can take both theory and clinicals in winter. I think I will
opt for two if the class is full. I don’t want to be out of school for a whole
year.
What else??? Oh yeah, I am now up to walking 2 miles every
day. I walk 5 miles at least once a week. I am still working on my stamina and
need a nap most days. If I do too much one day, I am usually tired the next
day, but I think that is getting better. I do have a doctor’s appointment with
my bone doctor on June 1st. I am hoping that he will approve me to
do more physical things like going up the stairs and jumping. I have been going
up stairs, but he doesn’t know that. I want to do my Zumba! I should be going
back to work in June as well. Life is getting back to normal.
I will still be giving updates about my status, and I will
also post some of the pictures my friend, Amy, took of us before my last chemo;
however, I will mostly be transitioning this blog into updates on big things
that happen to me and things I am doing for my healthy life style changes. I
will post my first blog about this in the next couple of days. I hope that it is
informative to someone.
Thank you all for all you have done for me. I feel very
blessed for so many different reasons.
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