Thursday, May 24, 2007

First week of full days back at work! I am actually surprised by my stamina, I am really not wiped out. I guess it's not a full week since I won't be going to work tomorrow since it is Jessica's graduation. I have been meaning to post all week but when your on the computer all day the last thing you want to do at night is be on the computer! It has been a busy week all in all though for this house. The German relatives arrived on Tuesday night with their new baby; it's really great to have them here for awhile and spend time with us.

Wednesday we went to see the radiology oncologist for a check up. He gave me the all is good, can't feel anything in the neck, and I can't believe how well you are doing! Even though we have faith that all is well and the boys are gone, there is still a bit of anxiety and relief when they tell you all is fine. Later in the afternoon I had to go see the dentist for my first checkup since my treatments ended. He took xrays and did an exam. I have a filling that needs to be replaced and another tooth that looks like it is starting to decay. The doc said normally he would just say lets keep an eye on it but due to my radiation treatments he want to be agressive and fill it right away. Go figure, I don't go to the dentist for 14 years and have only one cavity and then get radiated and 5 months later I have two starting! They did trim back my floride trays so I don't gage on them and can use them! I am thinking my gag reflex will be ultra sensitive the rest of my life now after all of this! I go back to the dentist in mid June and the radiology oncologist in mid July.

I joined a yahoo group for folks with Head and Neck Cancer this week. There are quite a few people like me in the group. Some who are further along, some about the same stage, and some who are just starting. I am hoping to help anyone I can in any way even if it is just a supportive word or two. Having been (or should I say am still) there, we all can use an extra prayer or two to help us get through it.

Sunday, May 20, 2007

I am still suffering from some cabin fever, probably from working from home in the afternoon last week. So, we decided to put the honeydo list aside today and go geocaching. We plotted our course, printed out the caches we wanted to do and headed out after we ate brunch. With all the moisture this spring the mountains are beautiful; the rivers are running pretty high and heavy but it is really beautiful up there right now. Everything is green and fresh and we even got rained on - it smelled really good! We completed 5 caches today and would have done more but we spent over an hour hunting for one cache that we could not find - we even had another family hunting with us! We all finally gave up and left! Another one we skipped was across the creek (which is running pretty high) and it started to rain (hard!)...really didn't need to get soaked or run from rising water or a flash flood.

It is nice to stop and smell the roses...even if you have hay fever. The things you take for granted! We really had a wonder day just the two of us and mother nature.