I hate seeing ZERO posts in so many days. I know...call me obsessed but I actually love blogging! So here I am at my mother in laws sitting at her computer. The hubby is playing some kind of video game at the moment that involves shooting zombies. Of course all those games where you hold a gun and that's all you see look the same to me. I see hands and a gun and people shooting each other. This time, it just happens to be zombies. haha To him, they are different. Ahhh well. I am much more of a Tetris, Trivial Pursuit or even Mario Cart kinda girl! I have gotten into Pokemon before. It's not so bad. At least it's constantly changing. As a kid I was Mario obsessed. Think regular Nintento. Oh yeah. I am a child of Atari too. I pretty much loved all that stuff.
These days I am a blogger though. I do have my Nintendo DS and Gameboy Advance for rainy days. I usually prefer picking up a nice thick book and a hot mug of coffee though. That's my ideal sort of day.
I hear it's pretty awful right now in some parts of the country. My sister said there was supposed to be several inches of snow back home. I am not complaining at all about the 62 degrees I enjoyed today here in North Carolina....even if it was raining all day!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Competition is Almost Over
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Fourth Follow Up (I got to a computer)
I am currently IN North Carolina. I am on my mother in law's computer for just a few moments so I thought I'd post you all an update on how I am.
My fourth appointment went pretty good. We voiced our concerns to the doc and since I have been concerned about some pressure that is off and on and the side and shoulder pains we are doing a CAT scan and an ECHO at my next 3 month follow up. He did say if the problems went away, I could cancel those at any time. They are more of a peace of mind for me, and also to make sure that fluid went away from around my heart and to kind of see what that scar tissue is doing inside of me. I personally think all the excess scar tissue left inside of me causes me a fair amount of discomfort.
Otherwise on paper I look great. Almost everything anyway. haha I was a bit anemic but with all my stress and everything lately I actually have not been eating well and even dropped a few pounds. I was not at all surprised about that. I need to pop a vitamin I think. I also need to make sure I am eating right. I am really bad about not being able to eat while I am stressed at all. I think this vacation is taking care of that. I had an open faced roast beef sandwich smothered in gravy yesterday. Oh yeah. mmmmmmm :)
I am having my thyroid levels checked too but I never know about that. I have the nodules and the whole goiter thing but it's usually normal. I still need to have it monitored. After radiation treatments thyroid problems are common. Not to mention I already had four nodules before this thing started AND my mother, grandmother and two aunts all had thyroid disease. I am kind of expecting it. It's just a matter of time.
The doc loved seeing us. We take the whole clan in at my appointments. That's all for now. I may get on again later this week but if I don't, I'll be back on the 31st!
My fourth appointment went pretty good. We voiced our concerns to the doc and since I have been concerned about some pressure that is off and on and the side and shoulder pains we are doing a CAT scan and an ECHO at my next 3 month follow up. He did say if the problems went away, I could cancel those at any time. They are more of a peace of mind for me, and also to make sure that fluid went away from around my heart and to kind of see what that scar tissue is doing inside of me. I personally think all the excess scar tissue left inside of me causes me a fair amount of discomfort.
Otherwise on paper I look great. Almost everything anyway. haha I was a bit anemic but with all my stress and everything lately I actually have not been eating well and even dropped a few pounds. I was not at all surprised about that. I need to pop a vitamin I think. I also need to make sure I am eating right. I am really bad about not being able to eat while I am stressed at all. I think this vacation is taking care of that. I had an open faced roast beef sandwich smothered in gravy yesterday. Oh yeah. mmmmmmm :)
I am having my thyroid levels checked too but I never know about that. I have the nodules and the whole goiter thing but it's usually normal. I still need to have it monitored. After radiation treatments thyroid problems are common. Not to mention I already had four nodules before this thing started AND my mother, grandmother and two aunts all had thyroid disease. I am kind of expecting it. It's just a matter of time.
The doc loved seeing us. We take the whole clan in at my appointments. That's all for now. I may get on again later this week but if I don't, I'll be back on the 31st!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Gone For a Few Days, But I'll Be Back With Follow Up Information
We are leaving this morning. My appointment is at 2:30 p.m. Central, but it's a good drive so we are leaving at 11:00 a.m. I am excited, anxious, nervous, etc. I am ready for this checkup, get good news and head to my in laws in North Carolina. It's 59 degrees there tomorrow. Compared to the frigid temps we have had here that sounds just glorious. I'll see the mountains. I have done that one other time in my life. I enjoyed that too. I was just a teenager at the time. I am so ready to go and just relax and visit. Up until right before I got sick my husband's in laws lived in the same town as us. We moved 2 hours away so they decided to just move by the mountains. Now they are a good 8 hours away from us. I miss them TERRIBLY. I've always been very close to his entire family. Even their little dog, a cocker spaniel, Holly. She's quite the spoiled little dog. My girls love her too.
It's hard to believe but my father in law has not seen Gabriella since she was a few weeks old. It's not easy or cheap to make this trip so now they don't get to see us often. He'll be shocked. She's such a happy, playful, giggly baby. People are always shocked at Gabriella because she waves and smiles randomly at everyone. I think she makes strangers at the grocery store feel special. She waves and gives that toothy grin. It's so cute. Anyway, we are off so I won't be around for a few days. I won't be able to drop my entrecards. BUT I will come back and drop away so I appreciate those that still drop while I am away. Just know I'll return the favor when I get back!!
*Prayers appreciated for the trip!
It's hard to believe but my father in law has not seen Gabriella since she was a few weeks old. It's not easy or cheap to make this trip so now they don't get to see us often. He'll be shocked. She's such a happy, playful, giggly baby. People are always shocked at Gabriella because she waves and smiles randomly at everyone. I think she makes strangers at the grocery store feel special. She waves and gives that toothy grin. It's so cute. Anyway, we are off so I won't be around for a few days. I won't be able to drop my entrecards. BUT I will come back and drop away so I appreciate those that still drop while I am away. Just know I'll return the favor when I get back!!
*Prayers appreciated for the trip!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Follow Up Tomorrow!
Well I am ready. My follow up is tomorrow and I have myself all worked up really good just in time for it. I always have fears and get tense before them. This time I feel I do have something to really discuss with the doc though. See, I mentioned the heart tests before and the fluid that had been around my heart. I always wondered if they should have rechecked it. Their concern at the time was if it was a preexisting thing. That would be really bad. So, they did a second echo and determined it was from the tumor and would go away. That's great. I have always had heart palpitations though, since I was a teen so I guess that sort of stuck in my head as a concern. I still get them. On occasion and since about October of last year I started to feel what I thought at first could be wheezing inside me which scared me. It was a subtle, very faint vibration. Then I realized it's my heartbeat. Sometimes when it beats it feels...like a vibration. It's so hard to explain but put your body up against a very loud speaker and imagine the vibration and that's what I feel. I worry about effects from the chemo on my heart because that is indeed a risk. UGH. You are never free from it. The worries are always there and the lasting effects from the treatment are just as bothersome.
Combine all this with the fact that I get terrible back pain from sitting at my computer. I get tense no matter how much I stretch or move. I have to get up and really stretch things often and that is just to keep me from being in excruciating pain. Nothing totally makes it go away. Now I have had some good pains on my left side for some time now that is only getting worse. Top that off with the occasional numbness going down my left arm and pure panic sets in. I think I have a pinched nerve in my back truly. I think if I get that problem fixed a lot of other things will fall into place. I am kind of curious about a chiropractor. I am not sure if they will help or not. Still I am ready for my checkup tomorrow so my doc can ease my mind about some things.
Combine all this with the fact that I get terrible back pain from sitting at my computer. I get tense no matter how much I stretch or move. I have to get up and really stretch things often and that is just to keep me from being in excruciating pain. Nothing totally makes it go away. Now I have had some good pains on my left side for some time now that is only getting worse. Top that off with the occasional numbness going down my left arm and pure panic sets in. I think I have a pinched nerve in my back truly. I think if I get that problem fixed a lot of other things will fall into place. I am kind of curious about a chiropractor. I am not sure if they will help or not. Still I am ready for my checkup tomorrow so my doc can ease my mind about some things.
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