I'm Thankful This Week ...

... for friends who can talk us down from our fences. Thanks, Bonnie, for helping me through a very difficult evening earlier this week, and CONGRATULATIONS for completing your coursework this week! You've been a true friend to me since I was an awkward middle-schooler, and I am eternally grateful that we met.

I went to our local cancer center today to have my port flushed, and to have some blood work done to try to find out why I am so very tired and oomph-less these days. I'm not sure if I've told you, but I haven't been able to resume my water therapy as I had hoped after my last surgery because I just don't have the strength. I drag through every day with NOTICEABLY less energy than I had in mid-October (before the neck/tongue surgery). Since I was anemic based on the pre-ops, I'm afraid I might have low blood counts.

With the holidays on the horizon, I need to have more stamina. Of course, I also need it to fight this cancer, clean the house, balance the checkbook, taxi the children, and to LIVE!

Please pray that whatever it is will be easily treatable, and that we can carry on with our plans to enjoy a "holiday break" from treatment.

:-) Sharon