Unremarkable
I want to let y’all know my CT scans today came out fine, after all my worrying. The official words were “Unremarkable” and “No tumor. No infection.”
With so much going on in the cancer-centric family lately, this was welcome news, a personal relief. Of course the increased surveillance is ongoing, every six months for a couple years then maybe only annually. We’ll see.
I’m in a study at The Cleveland Clinic, as they try to make genetic connections for kidney cancer. It would relay help if family members got a medical heads up and insurance companies covered the scans without so much hassle. I found out renal cancer has no symptoms, so it’s not that we overlooked something. Until it metastasizes it’s painless. Then it’s trouble with a big T. So, early detection is the way to go. And now this family has a painful heads up.
Today I also got an x-ray done on my right shoulder but its just plain old arthritis, nothing I can’t handle so far. I take Aleve when it’s too bad. The pain ingredient is OKed by my doctor as not bad for my kidney. That’s important for me. And BioFreeze helps when I need it.
But on to Spring if I can just let myself get refocused. I want to be distracted by things growing and bright.
My sister Kay is at her daughter Meggan’s house after a week and a half in the hospital. Kay is failing but the treatment keeps changing as people get scared and change their minds. They thought they had a nice hospice house for Kay but it turned out to be ridiculously expensive ($24G a month!). So we are sort of grieving ahead of time and living each day as best we can, trying not to over-think things.
My sisters from Arkansas and Florida are here for a bit longer. Melinda has been here since the first of the year and will fly home next Tuesday. Andrea came on Feb 16th and has a ticket home a month later. Then it will be back to the St. Louis sisters making do, soon to be one less. It’s an odd time for us here.
I don’t feel like I’m making sense half the time, but I decided to write a bit anyway. I need to focus on going forward.
For my celebration I cooked some fresh cod in a foil pack, so it wouldn’t’ smell up the house, seasoned with lemon juice an herbs, and it was de-licious! The good little store on the corner is coming up with some dandy fish specials for Lent, so I’m glad to have it.
BTW I ain’t giving up nothing for Lent. I gave enough already. I’m going to start taking stuff back if I get my way. I’m having extra whenever life lets me, only good stuff.
I’m wiped out tonight but that’s OK. That just means I was busy.
With so much going on in the cancer-centric family lately, this was welcome news, a personal relief. Of course the increased surveillance is ongoing, every six months for a couple years then maybe only annually. We’ll see.
I’m in a study at The Cleveland Clinic, as they try to make genetic connections for kidney cancer. It would relay help if family members got a medical heads up and insurance companies covered the scans without so much hassle. I found out renal cancer has no symptoms, so it’s not that we overlooked something. Until it metastasizes it’s painless. Then it’s trouble with a big T. So, early detection is the way to go. And now this family has a painful heads up.
Today I also got an x-ray done on my right shoulder but its just plain old arthritis, nothing I can’t handle so far. I take Aleve when it’s too bad. The pain ingredient is OKed by my doctor as not bad for my kidney. That’s important for me. And BioFreeze helps when I need it.
But on to Spring if I can just let myself get refocused. I want to be distracted by things growing and bright.
My sister Kay is at her daughter Meggan’s house after a week and a half in the hospital. Kay is failing but the treatment keeps changing as people get scared and change their minds. They thought they had a nice hospice house for Kay but it turned out to be ridiculously expensive ($24G a month!). So we are sort of grieving ahead of time and living each day as best we can, trying not to over-think things.
My sisters from Arkansas and Florida are here for a bit longer. Melinda has been here since the first of the year and will fly home next Tuesday. Andrea came on Feb 16th and has a ticket home a month later. Then it will be back to the St. Louis sisters making do, soon to be one less. It’s an odd time for us here.
I don’t feel like I’m making sense half the time, but I decided to write a bit anyway. I need to focus on going forward.
For my celebration I cooked some fresh cod in a foil pack, so it wouldn’t’ smell up the house, seasoned with lemon juice an herbs, and it was de-licious! The good little store on the corner is coming up with some dandy fish specials for Lent, so I’m glad to have it.
BTW I ain’t giving up nothing for Lent. I gave enough already. I’m going to start taking stuff back if I get my way. I’m having extra whenever life lets me, only good stuff.
I’m wiped out tonight but that’s OK. That just means I was busy.