Two Weeks Out

Here's a picture of me taken last night as I rested in my trusty old hospital bed. Can you see the tumor impinging on my eye? Well, if you've wondered why I haven't blogged, e-mailed, or texted much lately, there's the culprit. Because of it, my vision crossing very often, especially when I am looking at something close-range. I have to close one eye because I can't focus them together, and it makes typing very difficult. It looks like I may need to have it removed in the near future, and may very well become "the next thing" in my cancer journey.

Other than that, I am happy to tell you that I am doing as well as I could hope at the two-week-since-surgery mark. My legs are getting stronger each day. I can stand, do basic pivots, and I even took a couple of very small steps during physical therapy yesterday. I have stopped the strong pain medicine (goodbye, crazy dreams!) in favor of Aleve or Advil for my muscle pain. Even though I move slowly and painstakingly, I AM moving, and that's the main thing.

Life here in Lemingland has settled back down into a rhythm, and that works so much better for our crew. The day after I wrote the last blog entry, I sat everyone down after breakfast and introduced a new "framework" for snow days and other unexpected, unscheduled days. Since our children thrive on routine, it helped them to know what to expect and how to earn extra privileges. It improved things tremendously, and I was able to get the rest I needed while making sure that they felt calm and cared for, too.

And so, dear friends, I wait with varying amounts of patience for my wounds to heal, my strength to regain, and beautiful, blessed Spring to arrive. Luckily, for right now, time is on my side.

:-) Sharon