Slowly Recovering
As those of you who are long term readers of my blog know, I hold Dr. Randy Pausch in some pretty high regard. I hope that I have been able to live my life with cancer as eloquently as he did his life. I remember reading in his “blog” that when he finished his chemotherapy, he posted the following picture:
I have to say, I felt much the same reaction on March 18th as I left the hospital for my last treatment (okay, perhaps not on the 18th, as I recall I felt pretty yucky that day, but the feeling was the same). The reality, though, is that MY mission is just starting. I might not be able to do anything more (at the moment), but we (my doctors and I) will remain vigilant for the next…oh…4 years! 
I find that as time moves along, that I am feeling more and more like myself. Things that I have noticed: I have (a little) more stamina in the gym — I’m able to run for about 15 minutes (broken up into sections at the moment) — and my hair is growing faster. For the latter, I had stopped shaving my head before Christmas, but my hair just didn’t really grow that much. Now that I’m done with chemo, I have actually begun needing to use a brush / comb on my hair. Woo Hoo! Other big news is that I was able to delete the recurring appointment to get my chemo from my Outlook calendar (it’s not a big thing, but it was certainly meaningful to me).
What’s on the horizon. The biggie is that I have my post-treatment, restaging CT scan (and bloodwork) tomorrow, with a follow-up appointment with my oncologist next Wednesday. As with my scan in February, I do not expect that anything will be there, but knowing me as I do, I am sure there will be some anxiety tomorrow.
I still want to have a party to celebrate my finishing up with chemo, but my weekends are pretty busy (with scouts and family stuff) for the next couple of months. We’ll see. On the other hand, one could argue that we celebrated my being done with chemo by going to Disney World, which was very cool.
Thanks for checking in.
Merle
I’m glad you are getting back to normal.
Keep up the good work! We still haven’t done lunch!!
That’s awesome. Congrats.
Your pictures from Disney are great, thanks for sharing them.