neighbour party, Canada Day, went to the zoo Friday with the cousins, bought golf clubs..yes really) and sometimes things seem almost normal!
Here is a pic of Ave's cake...she wanted a castle but also wanted a Tiara on it.
Maybe the ativan (sedative taken morning of) helped last time. Hopefully tomorrow will be as good....I am hopeful. I just slept through treatment most of last time so have decided that I am not good company and Steve will likely just drop by right at the end to take me home. I do however have a very tough time talking about it and even writing....so mostly I just try not to think about it.
I had my appointment with the oncologist two weeks ago and she discussed the results of the CT and gallium scans I had done about a month ago. Things look good. My gallium scan was clear and the CT scan really only showed two enlarged nodes in my neck with is a big improvement and indicated that I have responded well to the chemo. The goal is for these two nodes to be less than 2 cm after treatment (they are about 2.3 cm now) and the PET scan to be clear, then radiation won't likely be necessary. She also indicated that the affected nodes may not return to normal size as Hodgkin's usually results in some scar tissue on the nodes. I can still notice a bit on the right side of my chin but it's nothing compared to what it was in March.
My hair is wispy and pretty short....my scalp is now visible and I am mostly sticking to bandannas. I haven't pursued a wig yet and maybe won't bother since a wig might be pretty uncomfortable in the warm weather. I do long to take off my bandanna at the end of each day...the girls have grown accustomed to my head....not so sure if Steve has :) My eyebrows and lashes are getting thinner too and I certainly don't need to shave my legs much..bonus! Generally people who see me that haven't seen me in a while are surprised at how good I look...I don't look sick and have good colour.
The girls are now on summer holiday and I am too. I am sort of officially off work until October 1st but will likely still do a few hours as necessary just to keep some of my projects going. My plan is to spend some great quality summer time with the girls (and Steve of course). I have a few things planned like swimming lessons and dance camp. Wynne will also start gymnastics 3 times a week tomorrow but otherwise I am going to make time just to take it easy. We have vacation scheduled for the week of August 9th. We are going to head to Kingston, Lakefield and Bancroft (Su's cottage).
I have decided not to do our annual XCIV canoe trip. As Steve indicated to his bro and sis-in-law when we were discussing it, we really need both of us with all pistons firing to portage the canoe, gear and kids and if I developed a temperature while we were out I would be about 4-5 hrs from the hospital....so we likely won't take the chance. Hopefully some of you will decide to go without us!
So granny and grampa are here now and I am headed in for treatment #8 tomorrow. Hope these positive feelings continue!
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