Hey all!
I have been having trouble getting into my blog sorry!
March 6th was colon cancer awareness day. The color is blue...not what I would have picked. The hospital near our home hosted an inflatable 20 foot colon. You could walk through it OOHHHHH. It showed all stages of cancer......like I really wanted to get up close and personal with that. A friend at the college where I work wants to rent it next year. I may help her get sponsors and run the day.
Anyway- I am 6 weeks out of chemo. Doing OK....excpet I can't feel my hands or feet. Opening jars with my teeth.....they think since I do have some feeling it may not be permanent.
I had a colonsocopy early April. They checked the work they had done last May-everything looks great! I got the port taken out 2 weeks later. Yeah! A cancer marker blood test will be
done every 3 months and I will have a CT in May. I am clean for now. Someone said that looking into chemo is truly a hard road....but looking back would be a blip. It is true- all those awful, naseous moments and the hard visit to the hospital in August. Just memories.
I was thinking about it last week and if I had to do it again I would. Right now I am concentrating on not falling on my ass when I am teaching. My strength and balance are in the toilet. I tried a push up the other day.....I got stuck in the push. Almost had to have my students crank me up.
I spend most days just like Jim...looking for work. One of us has to have full time work and bene's. We will find it! Chris made the Baseball team at Barlow and Laura is playing ASA again.
I look forward to a wonderful spring. Thanks to everyone who has kept me in there thoughts and prayers. it worked.
More later-
Liz
As for me- I am 6 weeks out of chemo 13th. My hair is softer and thicker.....can't feel my hands or feet though.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
TOnward Ho!!!!
Hi-
It has been a while since I last wrote....I couldn't keep my eyes open!!!! Then I found out that the last and extra treatment had left me anemic!!!!! I have also discovered that after six months of doing almost nothing.....your body doesn't just snap back. I bent over in a ballet class the other day and got stuck. My push up's now have more push than up!!!!!!! Anyway-my surgeon says he never met anyone who got every side effect. Now I am am one for the medical
journals. This week they do a colonoscopy. They want to check the work they did last may and see if anything new has entered the mix. I pray I get the all clear. Then next week- I get the port out of my chest. Looking back it seems so long ago that I became ill. I admit it is the worst thing other than my Mother passing. I am glad she wasn't here- she would worry and tell me to buck up. My older sister Marg has kept in good touch. And then there is Jim. He has had it harder than anyone. I can't imagine what it is like to have a sick wife and 2 younger children.
He has handled it all. He was laid off after 22 years and is currently looking for a job. This certainly adds stress-but as a family we will get through it.
I continue to see my oncologist forever. 6 weeks then every 3 months. They do a cancer marker test looking for anything new in the bloodstream. With work and the grade school PTC- I am busy and so no to almost all else. I am looking forward to eating some of my old favorites, when my appetite comes back. The only good thing is that I fit into all my clothes again.
More later after my tests- thanks for all the continued good wishes and prayers.
liz
It has been a while since I last wrote....I couldn't keep my eyes open!!!! Then I found out that the last and extra treatment had left me anemic!!!!! I have also discovered that after six months of doing almost nothing.....your body doesn't just snap back. I bent over in a ballet class the other day and got stuck. My push up's now have more push than up!!!!!!! Anyway-my surgeon says he never met anyone who got every side effect. Now I am am one for the medical
journals. This week they do a colonoscopy. They want to check the work they did last may and see if anything new has entered the mix. I pray I get the all clear. Then next week- I get the port out of my chest. Looking back it seems so long ago that I became ill. I admit it is the worst thing other than my Mother passing. I am glad she wasn't here- she would worry and tell me to buck up. My older sister Marg has kept in good touch. And then there is Jim. He has had it harder than anyone. I can't imagine what it is like to have a sick wife and 2 younger children.
He has handled it all. He was laid off after 22 years and is currently looking for a job. This certainly adds stress-but as a family we will get through it.
I continue to see my oncologist forever. 6 weeks then every 3 months. They do a cancer marker test looking for anything new in the bloodstream. With work and the grade school PTC- I am busy and so no to almost all else. I am looking forward to eating some of my old favorites, when my appetite comes back. The only good thing is that I fit into all my clothes again.
More later after my tests- thanks for all the continued good wishes and prayers.
liz
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Almost done
I know, I know....I have been remiss! I keep forgetting to share whats going on. I have finished the regular treatment and start teaching again on Mon. the 5th. On the 9th I go for a quick treatment to fill in th blanks for the one they skipped when my platelets were low.
It will take weeks after I am done for the fatigue and other side affecgts to subside. I most look forward to sleeping less and eating salads and fruit. We had a full house of relatives during the holidays.......and all that snow!!!!! I did almost no baking because friends and neighbors dropped off plenty of goodies. The kids got a Wii from Santa so we had plenty of fun with that.
More later!
Liz
It will take weeks after I am done for the fatigue and other side affecgts to subside. I most look forward to sleeping less and eating salads and fruit. We had a full house of relatives during the holidays.......and all that snow!!!!! I did almost no baking because friends and neighbors dropped off plenty of goodies. The kids got a Wii from Santa so we had plenty of fun with that.
More later!
Liz
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