I've lost my curl......

Hey, did I ever say about how my hair is hardly curly anymore?  Amazing!  I have just enough that it gives my hair some body.  I didn't think it would every happen!!!!

Two weeks post surgery. Doing well

It has now been over two weeks and I have had a very different and better experience this time.  I don't know why, but I have.  A tender mercy. I didn't have the post surgery syndrome either.  The acid reflux has been the worst of the after symptoms and even the tiredness seems somewhat less.  I feel that I can now get on with my life and try to be normal again.  I see my radiation doctor that did these past three surgeries on February 3rd when I will have an MRI and then he will tell me how the radiation did on my tumors.  Whew.  Important day!!

the Stages of my Life......

It's been a week after surgery and I am having such a better time with side effects, knowing what happened last time and trying to prevent it from happening again.  The dang acid reflux is really hard to regulate and keep from getting it.  Normal foods I can normally eat causes it and I have to take a lot of meds to keep it under control.  Nausea hasn't been as much a problem this time so far.  ( only thrown up once!). I really feel blessed for a respite in these side effects.  I just thought I needed to check in with my progress.

A touching thing happened the other night during our family prayer.  It was my turn, and as I thanked Heavenly Father for all the stages in life we have been able to have, I turned to mush!!  I lost it.  I remember being a newlywed.  Young parents learning HOW to parent, then the teenage years.  Remembering our oldest child, Tiffany's wedding.  Our first grandchild.  Being called grandma for the first time.  Becoming empty nesters.  And now having a terminal illness, that makes me look into eternity more and more.  Being so glad that I am sealed to my one and only love of my life.  Remembering all those things  that gave us our gray hairs.  But I am happier now than I ever have been believe it or not.  I can look past this icky part and realize that I have had a full life and I have no regrets.

Life is good!!

Radiation Day

Today is the day after my last radiation surgery.  Yesterday was the same thing I had done 2 other times, pretty much.  I found that I had a more enjoyable surgery this time than the last two.  Very good. 

I think I was on high alert with the nurse, Physician Assistant, and the doctor to make sure I got on all the meds to take care of all of the really bad side effects from last time.  All three of them went "overboard" to discuss medications I needed to take and when, to not have what happened last time. 

I don't think I have felt so sleepy as I did yesterday and I do now.  All of this medication has made me so loopy and sleepy.  My sleep is so good when I am sleeping.

I feel pretty good today.  I don't hurt anywhere really and don't feel nauseous.  Things are looking up.  The Doctor wants to see me in a month.