6th DAY OF RADIATION

Thursday October 2, 2014

It was another busy and overwhelming day.  It's been like that the last two weeks since I decided to move.  Having all these appointments, trying to pack, working full time, and keeping the house in show-home appearance has all been so overwhelming.  I haven't had time to adequately take care of myself, but on the other hand it's been nice to be busy and focus on things that I can get done and can control.  I still feel a lot of relief now that my chemo and radiation are underway because it lets me know that we're doing something about the cancer.  The wait is the hard part.  This long process ahead of me is hard too.  But I'm keeping my focus on the end result.  

So today I had to take my mom to the hospital so she could have a bronchoscopy.  Her doc had incidentally found a spot in her left lung this summer while she was in the hospital having her hip replaced.  Then he found another spot.  Last week she had a PET-CT which lit up and now she was to have this bronchoscopy.  I picked her up at 7:30 in the morning and got her to the hospital.  Then I drove back home to get the kids to school.  Abby's a senior in high school and David a freshman in college.  I like to joke with my kids all the time.  I teased them at the beginning of the school year by saying, "Hey Abby, you're finally higher than David.  You're a senior and he's only a Freshman.  And guess what?  You and Grandma now have something in common!"  Ha ha.  (One thing I really want to aim for soon is getting the kids a car.  It's getting to be too much for me to be driving all over the place every day). 

So I got the kids to school and then came back home to take a shower.  I had time to do a little straightening up of the house and a little packing, but then I had to head back to the hospital.  I had arranged to move my radiation appointment for 10:45 am instead of 1:45 pm, so that afterwards I could just go pick up Mom.  Her bronchoscopy was supposed to be done around 11:00 am.  

My radiation appointment went fine, didn't take too long, and I wasn't uncomfortable.  I still didn't have any more abdominal pain.  When I went to find Mom they couldn't locate her!  It took about 20 minutes before they finally realized where she was.  She was doing great after her procedure and was able to be taken home at about 11:45.  I took her back to my house and she laid on the couch and watched TV and doze.  I had to pick up Abby from school at 2:30.  An old friend was coming by to take a look at the house at 3:30 because she and her husband are looking for a place to rent.  By 4 pm it was time to go pick up David from college.  On the way back we took Mom home since she was feeling better and wanted to be in her own home.  

The kids and I stopped at King Soopers to get dinner makings.  I was craving making bacon cheeseburgers so that's what we did.  It really hit the spot.  I know I shouldn't be eating a big meal but I really love food and have been food-deprived for a couple months now.  It really was a good burger.  The kids and I didn't get any more packing done that day.  Days like this with all this running around, I just can't get anything accomplished that I need to.