I had my CT scan today (the day after returning from being out of town for almost 2 weeks). Things have been super busy trying to unpack and get things cleaned up from the trip. Plus it doesn't help that we got in late last night and I am just super tired from everything that we did! I was getting ready to eat a late lunch this afternoon when I happened to glance at the instructions for my CT scan and it said not to eat or drink anything 3 hours prior to my scan. Well, at that point I was within that 3 hour time span so I had to wait until after my scan to eat anything. I also had to drink the wonderful barium solution and it was starting to make me feel a little nauseous at the end since I hadn't had anything to eat since breakfast this morning. I ended up having to wait an extra half hour for my scan because they were having a hard time getting an IV into the patient they were scanning right before me. I decided to post a comment to my facebook page about having to wait and having an empty stomach and I got so many comments from concerned people about my scan and hoping that things turned out well with it. I honestly wasn't nervous at all for my scan until I read all of those comments and got to thinking about what results they might find in the scan. Now I have to wait until Monday to find out what those results actually are. This was just a standard abdominal/chest CT scan that I will have done every 3 months to hopefully catch any cancer early if it decides to grow back. After the scan was over and I was on my way home I ate a few snacks that I had taken with me. Once I got home though I started feeling a little sick and ended up having to run to the bathroom with some diahrrea. I think that this is just a side effect to the barium drink. I was told that there is something else I can take in place of it so I'll have to ask about that before my next scan.

Sorry that I have been MIA lately. The month of June was totally crazy for our family! I just realized that my last post was on the day of my last infusion so I want to mention that just briefly. June 6th I had an Avastin infusion and it was pretty uneventful. It was the last day of school for my elementary school kids, but my oldest daughter was already out of school so she babysat the younger two for me. I got home just a few minutes after the kids got home from school. The infusion took longer than I had planned (again)... It seems to take longer and longer each time just for them to get my infusion medication from the pharmacy. Once they finally get that things go pretty quickly. I didn't even need any labs last time but I still had to wait almost an hour before they finally got the Avastin for the infusion... I have been noticing a headache during the infusion time and it usually sticks around for about a day. After the infusion I had to go up to the radiology lab to pick up my yummy barium drink for my CT scan that will take place on June 29th.

I hope that no one has been worried about me! I just haven't had a lot of free time lately to do much blogging! The school year is coming to an end today and things have been crazy between end of the year school activities and the swimming lessons that I have had the kids in. I have been feeling just fine lately and have been able to do just about anything that I want to. Just to give you an idea: Yesterday I went on a zoo field trip with my 1st grader (and took along my oldest and two youngest kids). As soon as we got home I dropped off M&M and Kay and MJ and left again to drive to the school for my 3rd grader's class awards program. Then after we had dinner that evening I went outside and mowed the front and back lawns in just over an hour (and it is a push mower, not a self-propelled mower). I think that that is the quickest I have ever mowed the whole yard! I thought that I might be sore today from everything I did yesterday, but I feel just fine.

Things have also been crazy because we are making plans for some trips and family visits coming up this summer and some of those events are almost upon us!! It is definitely going to be a fun, eventful summer!