It's August already. Another summer lost to our battles. I completed chemo this past week. We had moved my chemo treatments up a week so that I could make one of my weeks' off fall on the week of the Cousins' Reunion at Lake Vermilion in northern Minnesota. We had a great time. All my sisters were there & most of our children & grandchildren. I think a good time was had by all. Unfortunately, my taste buds were affected by chemo so nothing tasted like it should.
I am now waiting for August 7th to arrive. That is when I have my PET scan & my next CA-125. In the mean time Bruce has had to have a pleural effusion (fluid in his right lung) drained. They removed 800cc. He had had a CT scan as he was having shortness of breath & a cough. He was found to also have pneumonia so he is now on an antibiotic and will follow up with his doctor's office Friday. I will get my blood drawn in the morning after my PET scan & then we will go to Dr. Percent's office in the afternoon to find out if cancer cells were found in the pleural fluid. Bruce's CEA continues to rise even though so far no other change had been found on his scans except for the pleural effusion & pneumonia.
Valee my Appaloosa is now with a good family in northern Florida. It was a tough decision but I can barely get my barn chores done & I am way behind with weeding my gardens. It's also to humid for me to go riding let along drive my minis. We are behind in trimming the trees. Hopefully we will find someone to get us caught up. I'm going to make a couple of calls tomorrow to see if we can hire someone to get the trees & gardens whipped into shape. It doesn't help that we are now in the rainy season & we are getting behind with the mowing as well.
I saw my primary care doctor, Dr. Ravid, the other day. He asked if I wanted to go on an antidepressant. I said I didn't think I needed to at this time. My grandsons are the best mood elevators that one can have plus in 4 months I will have a new granddaughter as well. She's due to arrive December 7th...two days after Aiken's 2nd birthday. Today Anita took Aiken for his first barber haircut. Pauline (Anita's mom) & I went along. He behaved really well and now looks like a little boy rather than a toddler. Most of his curls got cut off but looks like his hair is going to still be curly...just shorter curls. It will be interesting if he ends up with hair like his dad (Brannon) & Pops (grandpa Bruce).
