Very round

Today Kenneth was rubbing my my head (without my hat) and said, "You have the most perfectly round head of anyone I've seen." Now I'm sure he is comparing me to the bald men he has seen in his life because I am pretty sure he hasn't looked at too many bald women. But regardless, is there a difference when it comes to bald heads? I don't think so. So I am taking that compliment! Now, I would like to thank my mother at this time for molding my infant head into a nice shape. As I was preparing myself to lose my hair my mom said, "You should have a nice round head. I made sure I kept turning you from side to side when you were a baby so you would never have a flat spot on your head." Thanks mom!! You thought of everything!

Sunshine and Huevos

I lived through the weekend and was happy to see the sunrise this morning and have that weekend over with. Our beautiful sunny weather has been a hazard for me. It is probably only 80 at the most but it feels like 100 degrees when you have chemo drugs flushing their way out of you. Icky! I decided that having cancer treatments through the winter is much better than the summer. I am seriously thankful not to be doing this in the summer. And I am so thankful to be over the hump. More than half done now.

Although I continue my love affair with Pei Wei soup, I have found a new food that is so delicious. I can't get enough of it. Let's hear it for eggs over easy with pepper and lawry's salt on top. There is something about the drippy yolk that has me hooked.

Round 3 Finished!!!

I got through the 4 days of chemo. I was talking to one of the nurses telling her that sometimes I just break down and cry and I feel like such a wimp. She told me that when I was a new patient and she looked over my schedule of meds, she said a prayer for me because it is a tough cycle. I guess I am allowed to cry a bit. So now that I am done, I have the worst two days to look forward to. Saturday will feel like I am dying and Sunday is a close second. I have nightmares both nights so I am going to try to stay awake watching anything to take my mind off it.I am very thankful that my worst days happen on the weekend.It is a very hot day here today. What's going on with that? I got my leg measured again yesterday and got the process rolling for a new foot. A few more weeks to go still for it to be built.Now it is like a race to see if I will finish chemo or get a leg first. Didn't expect that to happen. I think I am most definately rambling on. I will check in when I am out of my dark days.

Round 3 started. -Day one finished

The first day is not so bad. I went in with enthusiasm, ready to get it done. But I know I will feel progressively worse until Friday. I started a good book this time. I like to read suspense or mystery novels. All my friends read historical type fiction. It is too depressing to me to read about real life hardships like war or death or abuse and stuff. So I am stuck. I can't read my murder mysteries because it is too much to handle. Not soothing enough. But I don't want to read the historical stuff and be saddened by how bad life can be. I'm living my own sadness right now. So what do I read? I'm open to suggestions. A friend of mine dropped a book off last night called "The Help". I started reading it today and got through hundred pages. I like it so far. I am told that it won't have a big ''bomb' drop at the end that all the characters die or something. I know I will do lots of crying along with it. I cry alot during these days of chemo. Everything hurts and I get so weak I can hardly move. Day and nights seem endless. I feel like this round my kids have figured out my cycle and they are adapting to it easier. They are a blessing.
Oh, I went yesterday to see my prosthetic doc to finally get measured. And wouldn't you know it, my leg was swollen. What?? Then I remembered the night before I got up off the couch and put my invisible foot down and banged my stubby leg kinda hard. Maybe it swelled. So I have to wait a few days to see if the swelling goes down. What a disappointment! Tomorrow makes 3 months without a leg. I really miss my leg. A lot.

A masterpiece

Charlotte came home from church today and excitedly gave me her handout from Primary class. They learned how we have a body and a spirit. She had a clear cutout that represented the spirit and another cutout that she colored to look like her body. She said, " Mom, this is for you. It was actually supposed to me but one of the legs fell off so now it is you." Funny thing was that it was the right leg and it came off the body cutout, just like me.

Notice my body has one leg but my spirit is still perfect with two!

Back to the Urgent Care..

I made my third trip to the Urgent Care today. This time it was Courtney. She was wrestling with the same brother that collided with Ben the other day and wouldn't you know it... his knee made contact with her thumb and jammed it all up. When she woke up this morning she was still in a lot of pain so we went to the Urgent Care to make sure it wasn't broken. The nurse greeted me and said, "Back again? Well at least you are looking much better than the last time we saw you." This is true. I was. The good news is that it is just a sprain. Doctor said it will be sore for awhile.

I'm getting a leg!!

I saw my surgeon yesterday, the one who has been watching the progress of my leg wound. It is almost healed. The good news is it is close enough that I can get measured for my leg. Hooray!!!!
In honor of a fellow amputee, check out this blog. It cracks me up. Watch the little video and scroll down to see his previous posts. I find it amusing. Hope you get a good laugh too.
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