Eight Treatments Down

Eight down, seventeen more to go. Tomorrow's treatment is very early; it's at 8 a.m. This means, because of traffic, I'll have to leave the house at 7 a.m. and be up 6:30. Anyone who knows me well knows these are not the hours I prefer to keep. I'm not a nice person that early in the day. Of course, that's the opening some will need to say I'm just not a nice person and the time of day has nothing to do with it.

Treatment is going well. I'm usually in and out of the hospital in about 20 minutes or less. I'm on a first-name basis with several of the people I see most often, and I now automatically volunteer my birthday to anyone I haven't seen before. This is one of the ways they check to see if they have the right person and correct treatment plan.

I met with one of the radiation residents this week. I'm not sure if she's new, or just doesn't have a sense of humor. I've joked several times with different health staff, saying I wouldn't know what to do if I had an appointment where I didn't have to take my shirt off. It always get a response...not so with this girl. I looked at her and said "that's a joke". She still didn't smile. My philosophy is if you don't find the humor in the situation, you'll end up losing your mind.

Wally, Jen and the kids (and dogs) dropped by last night. We got take-out pizza. I realized I need to update my blog a little more frequently after Jen said, "Wally checked your blog first to see what you guys were doing today..." Obviously he didn't see anything and had to use that old-fashioned thing called a phone. It was great to see them. Ryan made us a "Secret Book", complete with codes. According to the back of the book, it is part of a series, because it says "Look for More Secret Books!"

I had lunch today with Marion, Kelly and my former manager Ben, who is in town to meet with his team. It was really good to see everyone, especially Ben, who was last in town a year ago. Where does the time go?

Speaking of time, I have an eye appointment tomorrow in addition to my radiation. I can't believe it's been two years already.

The mail this week included a card from Kathy E. and a package from Bonnie M. Thank you again ladies for keeping me in your thoughts and prayers. My friend Sharon, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in August, was hospitalized this week with pneumonia. I'm sure they'll get her straightened out and home soon. She was planning a trip to Halifax next week; I'm waiting to hear if she's still coming or if she's postponing it. I'm also waiting to hear on Socrates. I believe he was scheduled for surgery this week. As I am in others' thoughts and prayers, these are two people in my own thoughts and prayers.