October 01, 2010

My sister told me I hadn't written on my blog for a while. I checked the date of my last entry and she is correct. I believe that is a good sign. I don't think about cancer every moment of the day anymore. I don't feel sick and depressed on a daily basis so I don't feel the need to write out my thoughts in order to make some sense out of a disease that makes no sense. I have moved on with positive thoughts that my cancer will not return for a long time. I am focusing on my faith, family, friends, work and volunteer hours. My life, for the most part, has returned to my precancer days.

When I say 'for the most part' it means I continue with my every 8 weeks treatment. I just finished treatment #2. I went through the Ketchikan hospital for my treatment this time. It was a first to try out the Peacehealth (Ketchikan hospital) oncology department. Everything went fine. The oncology nurse, Deb, was very nice and did a great job with my IV. I came home with no bruising. That does not happen very often, thanks Deb. The oncology room is an ICU room. It has enough space for three chairs. It is a tight fit. My chair was next to the bathroom and if anyone wanted to use that room she/he has to move my guest chair out of the way.

When I got to the hospital there were two people getting treatment and when they left another person showed up. That would make 4 of us for the day. The usual treatment day is Wednesday but Deb has to schedule any overflow for Tuesday or Thursday. That means the four of us were overflow since we were there on a Tuesday. Deb mentioned that she had another person scheduled for Thursday. I don't know how many people were scheduled for Wednesday but it is obviously and sadly a very busy place.

When I head to Seattle for treatment #3 I will need to do a chest x-ray and abdominal ultrasound, checking for cancer. I am guessing I will be anxious about that because I was feeling anxious about my treatment this past week and I didn't have to do any xrays/ultrasounds. Feelings that I will always have to deal with and work around.

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