On 01.02.02, I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Too late for surgery, I had chemotherapy, which failed. In May the chemotherapy was changed and I was soon in remission which was celebrated and welcome and lasted nine years - until October 2011. There was progression in 2011 so more treatment was indicated and I am now back in partial remission. But I'm not only a cancer patient - I also enjoy my family, walk my dogs and am learning to draw and paint. Life is good!

Thursday, February 07, 2013

Honolulu getting closer

It's been an up and down day.  Steve and I walked Brix and Demi for most of a mile and I'm hopeful that a real exercise program is gradually getting established.  Last summer  a 2-mile walk was a breeze, but now, with so much fatigue, a single mile is asking a lot.

I also read in bed a lot, when I was awake enough.  We went out for lunch, but my appetite is so down that it was fun for Steve and a waste for me. I should have stayed home with one-half sandwich instead.  But I also finally got a hair cut - greatly needed - and that probably did more than anything to help me feel human again.

Tomorrow I have an appointment with my primary care physician and I'm hoping that will get me back on track again.  I really don't feel well and I'm dealing with constant pain so I'm discouraged most of the time.  But this all comes and goes; tomorrow could be a completely different day.

We are due to fly to Honolulu in a couple weeks so all this has to be resolved by then.  It will be a brief trip - only five days - but we've been looking forward to it for months and I don't want to be the one to mess it up.  We were in exactly the same situation last May - I was completing chemotherapy and ready to begin a healing stint.  That time it worked!  I just sat around the pool and felt stronger day by day.

1 comment:

  1. I do hope and pray that you will feel well enough to go on your trip to HI. That would be so wonderful to soak up sun and relax.

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