My LMS adventure

At my last visit, the oncologist said there will be good days and bad days, enjoy the good days. Here's what I'm doing to enjoy the days. There's a Vera Bradley discontinued pattern that I like. I found a bag and wallet in that pattern (Botanica) on eBay. Tuesday I walked to the North Community Center. I'm doing the paperwork to get some money for a few fun things. Okay, the plumbing work for my home, and the painting for my home isn't fun. Although I'd love to paint my bedroom today... maybe I'll wash the walls and prep for patching... one wall at a time. A neighbor has passed a trike to me, you know, a three wheel bike. Here's the best part. It's very stable; I haven't ridden a two wheeler for 30 years. When I'm riding, I can't tell it is a three wheeler. The lady who owned it was around my height. Now I have no excuse to stay home from the pool. I feel like a kid that got a bike for Christmas. Do whatever I want.... ...

Lately, my abdomen feels odd.... Now realize, I'm a 55 year old woman, I carried a child to full term. I've carried an extra 40 pounds for most of my adult life. I know what fat feels like... when I touch my stomach, the fat feels.... like dead meat. There's no feeling there. Tomorrow is the needle biopsy of my liver, so I went to the website to re-read the instructions. As long as I was on the website, I figured I'd re-read the latest office visit note. That's where I read, " Large heterogeneous necrotic and enhancing mass in the R hepatic lobe (8 x 8 x 6cm), increased since prior CT but present on recent PET/CT." I should have paid better attention to metrics. My yard stick is old... errr.. antique --- no metric measurements. So I google it. (of course). Eight cm equals inches. Okay, not a great search... got some answers for how many cms in 8 inches. And then I found the answer. Slightly over three inches. wait. Three inches. That ...

This week for the first time since recovery from chemo and the surgery, I felt sick. I made some progress this week, also, so a status report seems appropriate. Where I am: Currently 17 months since original diagnosis, I've not worked for one year. My energy levels are low. I can make a list and knock items off the list, but also leave many things undone. I manage my frustrations by ignoring what is not getting done. -- which works well for my roommate also... I'm not nagging him to install the new thermostat, or re-box and store his belongings in the living room. Dishes accumulate in the sink, until they hit critical mass, then I unload the dishwasher (yep, that's the wrong way to do it...if I want the kitchen to be tidy.) Generally I stay caught up with laundry, but got behind this week and needed to re-wash some clothes. I started to figure out how to make the TVs work (two older TVs... one with a DVD player, one with a VHS player...is my dream.... at this po...