I'm not sure anyone is even looking at this blog anymore since I have neglected to post anything since May, but I wanted to document this happy day. I took my last chemo pills this morning and I'm feeling great. Metal taste, tingly feet, and dry & irritated skin are still present, but hopefully not for long. My next milestone, treatment-wise, will be a CT scan showing that the treatment worked. That will happen on September 18th. I will also meet with the surgeon who removed the tumor to schedule a surgery date to reverse my ileostomy. I am looking forward to THAT surgery!
So what have I been up to since my last post? We celebrated Erin's 8th grade graduation at the end of May and then Daniel's high school graduation in June. We also traveled to Florida in June and July for family reunions on both sides of the family. The picture above was taken at the height of the bridge between Sarasota and Bird Key. I have kept up exercising almost daily since the beginning of radiation in December, when my doctor said that was the best thing I could do for myself. I do feel all the exercise helped me get through chemo with so few side effects.
We bought 2 SUPs (inflatable Stand Up Paddleboards) in July that we can take to lakes around NC and also to the Gulf Of Mexico in FL. Isn't this amazing to believe it is inflatable?? We are able to roll them up and put them in a duffle bag for travel back and forth!
In August we traveled to Niagara Falls, Montreal, and Quebec City for a family vacation. We had a wonderful time and I was able to keep up with everybody as we walked everywhere. Of course Katie had an exercise app on her phone and tracked that we walked over 25 miles that week. (Our oldest child, Matt, ended up spending that week in Tallahassee moving his girlfriend into a new apartment and did not make the trip.) This is a picture in Quebec City with the famous Frontenac Chateau hotel at the top.
Well, that's all for now. Thanks for checking up on me!
