12 April 2007

More things have finished


Went to court today and I am now officially single again. Marriage is ended.

07 April 2007

Finished with My Sweet Nectar

So I walked into the chemo room for the last time yesterday morning. Was not feeling particularly excited, just somewhat curious. I know my cancer cell treatment is finished, but there is more ahead. Blood testing next week, visit the surgeon in May for a follow-up (of what I don't know...last month all he did was look at one of my incisions and asked how I was doing and left - 5 minutes and 100 dollars! But that's nothing to me now.... he saved my life), then see the oncologist in June for more tests. When I come back from Spain, we will do more tests, ie cat scan and colonoscopy and more blood tests. THEN, if all is normal I will feel more complete. Then it will be yearly checkups. Looking forward to that!! Maybe in NOvember when all comes back as normal I will feel more finished. But for now, HOORAY!! I am done with chemo. I can start focusing more on my walk in Spain, my divorce, my son Leon's college admission and my paperwork (I have a mountain or 3 of papers to deal with). Maybe I will be moving out of my house as well. The divorce will tell. So yeah, my plate is still pretty full. But I tend to thrive on being full.
SO, I am ready to leave the chemo room after my nurse unhooked me and she told me to wait a sec, for my thing. (my thing?) She comes back with a camera and a tiara, puts it on me and takes my picture SMILE!! Which I did, big time.
The other people receiving chemo all congratulated me and I told them good luck, and that their's is coming as well (and yet I know for some of them it will be a routine until they die). Carrie, my nurse gives me a little certificate, like the one teachers give to a kindergartener, with little yellow stars and a big smiley star. Hehe, how cute. I asked after she took my pic what they do with the boys, and she said, "We put the tiara on them too."