One Month Since Surgery
It's hard to believe, isn't it? It feels like it's only been a few days since I was counting down the hours until surgery, and now a whole month has passed.
The great irony, of course, is that the surgery is no longer "the big thing" that I am facing/enduring. That torch has been passed to those pesky, enlarging lung tumors. It makes the whole NIL-major-surgery thing seem small and insignificant.
There's actually a small amount of good news on the lung-tumor-radiation front, from Friday. I wasn't able to have my treatment Friday morning because I had been spiking a high fever (102.7), vomiting, coughing, and just generally feeling miserable overnight Thursday. I saw Dr. D. instead of going in for rad (they are in the same area of the hospital, and share a waiting room). Concerned about pneumonia, he sent me for chest x-rays. Late Friday afternoon, the nurse called. The verdict? NO pneumonia -- AND -- the two lungs tumors being radiated are already showing some shrinkage! Hallelujah!
I'm feeling a little better now. I can tell because I have swung on the pendulum from lying around like a slug to busying around the house and overdoing it. Yesterday morning, we cleaned and decluttered the family room so that Don could clean the carpet (in advance of returning the couch to the room now that the hospital bed is no longer needed). Later, at Autumn's insistence, he and I went out to dinner. While taking a leisurely drive after dinner to enjoy the sunset over the water, Don drove over something sharp in the road and it cut our tire.
Luckily, we discovered it when we stopped at Daddy's construction site for his new house, so we weren't stuck on the side of the road or any other dangerous place. I rolled my wheelchair through the gravel and held the flashlight for him as darkness descended. He wrestled with our spare tire and flimsy (thanks, Ford!) jack to change the tire and get us home safely.
So, you see, the ups and downs of life continue one month after the NIL was installed. Lung mets, radiation treatments, sinus infection (again), shrinking tumors, house cleaning, quiet dinner, peaceful sunset, flat tire, strong husband (my hero!), home-sweet-home.
I'm so glad that I'm still here for the ride!
The great irony, of course, is that the surgery is no longer "the big thing" that I am facing/enduring. That torch has been passed to those pesky, enlarging lung tumors. It makes the whole NIL-major-surgery thing seem small and insignificant.
There's actually a small amount of good news on the lung-tumor-radiation front, from Friday. I wasn't able to have my treatment Friday morning because I had been spiking a high fever (102.7), vomiting, coughing, and just generally feeling miserable overnight Thursday. I saw Dr. D. instead of going in for rad (they are in the same area of the hospital, and share a waiting room). Concerned about pneumonia, he sent me for chest x-rays. Late Friday afternoon, the nurse called. The verdict? NO pneumonia -- AND -- the two lungs tumors being radiated are already showing some shrinkage! Hallelujah!
I'm feeling a little better now. I can tell because I have swung on the pendulum from lying around like a slug to busying around the house and overdoing it. Yesterday morning, we cleaned and decluttered the family room so that Don could clean the carpet (in advance of returning the couch to the room now that the hospital bed is no longer needed). Later, at Autumn's insistence, he and I went out to dinner. While taking a leisurely drive after dinner to enjoy the sunset over the water, Don drove over something sharp in the road and it cut our tire.
Luckily, we discovered it when we stopped at Daddy's construction site for his new house, so we weren't stuck on the side of the road or any other dangerous place. I rolled my wheelchair through the gravel and held the flashlight for him as darkness descended. He wrestled with our spare tire and flimsy (thanks, Ford!) jack to change the tire and get us home safely.
So, you see, the ups and downs of life continue one month after the NIL was installed. Lung mets, radiation treatments, sinus infection (again), shrinking tumors, house cleaning, quiet dinner, peaceful sunset, flat tire, strong husband (my hero!), home-sweet-home.
I'm so glad that I'm still here for the ride!
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