I miss writing. I think about coming here often, but there never seems to be time.....or, if there is time, I'm too wiped out to think straight. Work is fine. Actually, it's a bit brutal right now, but I'm surviving. The kids are good. All normal stuff. Roman woke up at 4 in the morning the night before last crying and barking like a seal. He's been home sick the last couple of days. Jesse just got home from his orthodontist appointment, bursting at the seems with energy......and of course, starving. Kyla got home from school about an hour ago. She's going to Santa Barbara City College this semester. She just left for her part time job downtown. John and I just celebrated our anniversary last night. We went to a baseball game with some very good friends. AWESOME seats, Sam! We sat directly behind home base. I had never been so close! As many of you might remember, I was diagnosed with cancer last October. While all the yuck was happening, my favorite team, the Giants, kept winning. Those playoff games, and the World Series got me through one of the toughest months of my life. Anyway, the Giants won last night........AND, I got to see Brian Wilson - The Beard, pitch the last inning from The Stadium Club while sipping on a cosmopolitan. On other fronts, I'm still on the Ondulando Club Board facing a tough re-election campaign this November (sarcasm). Seriously, I think I'll do another year or two, if they'll have me. I was also approached to co-chair Poinsettia Elementary's Carenetwork. We help Poinsettia families in need and I got the opportunity to organize meals for a family in need just today. When I was asked about this, I was a little worried about being spread too thin, but this was too close to my heart to say no. I was also asked if I would be interested in being involved in the Gold Dust Gala this next spring. This is an annual fundraiser that funds the Healthy Women's Program here in Ventura. They provide breast and cervical cancer screening, as well as treatment, for local women. This program helped me with my diagnosis, as well as surgery. I'm so grateful that a program like this exists in our community and I want to do my part to make sure this service continues to exist.
Health, hmmmmm. Things are ok. I'm getting some of my energy back. My hair is growing, although, the gray coming in got to a tipping point when I was asked if I qualified for the senior network discount. Thanks to Celeste, I now have brown hair again! I got a call this week to let me know my oophorectomy was approved. They wanted to schedule the surgery for the middle of October, but I'm not quite ready.....so I asked them to find me a date in November. I haven't heard back yet, but I'm sure I will. I still have follow up appointments multiple times each week. Sometimes I get irritated by all of it and cancel everything. I've had to start wearing a compression sleeve for swelling in my arm. It's called lymphoedema. Since so many of my nodes were removed, and the rest got radiated, Hiroshima style, fluid builds up in the arm and chest area and needs help moving on. I've also had to see a lymphoedema therapist. Tamoxifin is going ok. It seems to be intensifying those dreaded menopause symptoms. Oh well, what's a hot flash here and there between friends, right?
Ok, can't make Jesse wait any longer for dinner, he's starting to melt down. Just a reminder.......enjoy the moment you have right now!
