A good, and overdue, update. :-)

[blackmare]

Walking this evening was therapeutic. I took the photo below as we were on the path along the shore of the nearest lake. Mom is still here, which is really good. Big News:

WE ARE IN THE NEW HOUSE. :-D :-D :-D

Scroll past the image for more about the ongoing recovery-from-lung-cancer process.

Comments

[srsly_yes]

Outstanding news! Who knew there was such an amazing pill???

ETA: Congratulations on your new home.

[ride_4ever]

Responding! Improving! Yays!

And lookit how your sense of humor is intact! The way you phrased that June 14th memo! The way you took something potentially scary and wrote about it in a way that made me snort with good humor.

[blackmare]

So, until all this happened, I had NO IDEA that cancer could somehow - I have no idea how - cause blood clots in the legs. But it can and for me it did. And then there was ... Xarelto.

Lots of people do fine on it, but I am not one of those people. Now I’m on Pradaxa instead and the main side effect of that is: I BELCH LIKE JABBA THE HUTT ZOMG. But it sure beats having to lie down for a couple of 2-hour naps every day, and randomly horking when awake! Seriously, like, you’re fine you’re fine you’re fine you’re uh oh -

Finding what’s funny in it all, is kind of a survival tactic but mostly just how I roll. I’m genuinely feeling really good in pretty much every way. I have an MRI on September 3 to see how the brain situation is coming along, and that’s making me a bit nervous because I’m really sure I’m getting a lot better, fast ... but there’s sometimes that nagging little ”...what if I’m not really?”

But I had the same worry before last Wednesday’s blood test and office visit, and look how well that went! :-D

[ride_4ever]

Sending hugs and positive thoughts for September 3!

[durayan]

Cancer SUCKS. But it doesn't get to own you. You rock. SMASH those little bastard tumoritos!!