Our Thanksgiving at my mom and dad’s was delicious and perfect.  I don’t know what would make it perfect at your house, but here was our menu:

Hors’doerves
Cucumber cream cheese sandwiches
Deviled eggs
Cheese cubes

Meal
Turkey
Stuffing
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Asparagus
Fruit Salad
Green Walnut Jello Salad
Cranberry Sauce
Crescent Rolls

Dessert
Pumpkin Pie
Sanders Bump Cake

It was all delicious, and as always, too much and we all sat around going “Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh” for a while before we made room for dessert.

This morning, I was shopping at 5 AM at Kohl’s.  I do it online, but I do it at 5 AM so I feel like I’m out there in the cold and masses. (Yeah, right.)  I may hit a few more stores later, but I was very happy with my accomplishments thus far, and the fact that I paid no shipping and got an additional 15% of my entire Black Friday sale purchases.  Life is good.

So now? 

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. 

I talked to my doc today, and it seems there are several lil guys that are acting up in the abdomen region.  So, surgery is out of the question because that usually means there is microscopic cell activity.  However, since I’ve been off it for so long, I get to do Carbo and Taxol again, which always worked the best.  They tend to give me neuropathy, but right now the neuropathy is gone.  On the other hand, this chemo combo makes me bald faster than Speedy Gonzales, so by Christmas, I assume I’ll be stocking capped again LOL!!

Since I just got a really good haircut, I think I’m going to try to get some good photos taken the next week or so at school so I will have hair in some of the yearbook.  Just a thought

Next stop, The Land of No Eyebrows~!

Sigh.

The reason I haven’t updated is that I have nothing to say, and I don’t wanna whine about how crappy crummy I feel and how I’ve been falling into bed at 7:30 and waking up at 2:30 which is still seven hours of sleep but it’s not good sleep because I miss everything and feel exhausted by the end of the school day and it’s driving me nuts to wait for the doctors to call and let me know what is next so Monday I’m going to call them. 

And yes, that was a really bad sentence, but I don’t care so there.

I’m whiny and unreasonable and crabby and just plain tired of all this.

See why I didn’t post?

When last we left our patient, she was not so patiently awaiting the results of a CA125 test which she (wrongly) assumed would be a good positive result after 6 long weeks of digestive destroying radiation.

In other words, I saw my oncologist yesterday.  My CA125 moved from a 14 (pre radiation) to a 40.  In his opinion, this can only mean one thing…another tumor hiding somewhere in my abdomen, out of the range of the last set of radiation.  So, off to the CT scan for me ASAP to find out what’s up.  This will probably be followed by another set of chemo and another winter spent in fun hats….What the heck, I’ve been bald three times already!

While I am quite upset about the results, it is what it is, and I’ll do what I need to do.  I just hope I can continue to teach.  I get less able to handle side effects and such with each concurrent battle.  It’s just sad because it looks like another musical I won’t be able to do this spring.  That’s my biggest loss, in my opinion.  I miss theattre and the theatre kids.  A lot.

So, more news as it becomes available.  *Adjusts her brave face* Off we go!

It was sort of fun to go have bloodwork done on Halloween…the receptionist was a clown, the desk nurse was a pirate, I got big hugs from my longtime chemo nurses, Sgt. Lisa in fatigues, and my blood was drawn by Sister Maria.  I asked what my oncologist came as…his reply?  “A lawyer!”

So, all of my CBC levels were just spiffy – no shots, no nothin’…and the CA125 should be back Tuesday, and I’ll call Lisa so I’ll be prepared for my appointment on Thursday with the good doctor.  If it’s single digits, I just MIGHT get a break (although, he’d probably want me to have one more round of chemo just to be sure…) and if it’s still double digits, I know what I’m getting for Thanksgiving…CHEMO!!

So, off we go into month 11 of the recurrence.  Let’s see what THAT brings!