Monday, November 28, 2011

Sorry it's been over a week since I last posted here! There hasn't really been a lot to post about. If it wasn't for my hair loss and a little bit of tingling in my finger and being a bit more tired than usual, I wouldn't even know that I was sick... Overall I feel pretty fine and normal and it's hard to believe that I really have cancer.

Last week was pretty eventful with the Thanksgiving holiday. Two of my brothers and their families came from out of town to visit. I picked up my younger brother and his family from the airport Tuesday evening and fed them dinner at my house before taking them over to my parents' house. We all met up for dinner at my parents' house on Thanksgiving day. Then on Friday some of us went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point and then we all met up for dinner again that evening. M&M and I made a bunch of treats to take over with us for dessert. On Saturday my family spent the day cleaning and putting up our Christmas tree and decorations. Really the only thing left to do is put the lights up on the outside of the house.

I went to all of church on Sunday. People ask me all the time how I am doing and the only way I know to respond is that I am feeling fine. That seems kind of weird considering the fact that I have cancer, but really I just feel fine. I had a primary meeting after church and then later on in the afternoon we went over to my parents' house for dinner again.

I got a call from nurse Stephanie this afternoon informing me that my blood counts were pretty low last time. She said to give them a call if I get a fever and to wash my hands often and stay away from sick people. I got off the phone and thought, "Yeah, but that was almost a week ago already." Hopefully my numbers will be fine for Wednesday so that we don't have to postpone my next chemo treatment.

I still have a little fringe of hair so I just wear hats everywhere. DH would like to shave it because he doesn't like how it looks without a hat, but I think it makes the hats look more normal. My guess is that after my next chemo treatment the rest of it will fall out.