Update...

I haven't posted for awhile. I'm finally back to feeling more like myself (whatever that means). I had the last chemo on Monday. February 23rd. I didn't go in to work on Tuesday, the 24th or Wednesday, the 25th and went in on Thursday. That was a mistake. I was barely functioning. I didn't go on on Friday, the 27th either. All I can say is that that time of the month started on Wednesday. I made myself go out to dinner on Saturday, the 28th and ran some errands on Sunday, March 1st. I made it in all last week.

My surgical oncologist, Dr. Z. called me mid way through last week. He wanted to know how I was doing. We talked about the upcoming surgery. He said that even if everything was a go to have the surgery as soon as possible after June 8th, there was no guarantee of no complications. I hadn't even thought about that. I asked him if it would be detrimental to wait until after July 8th (MFD's wedding in Vegas) and he said no. He also talked about breast reduction on the left breast vs a mastectomy. Another thing I hadn't thought about. He said the plastic surgeon could be working on the left side the same time he was working on the right. Less time on the operating table sounds good to me. I have an appointment on 3/16 before my next chemo so we can discuss this in more detail. BDHA will be there too to ask questions I may have forgot.

My position at work has changed as of Thursday of last week. I'm no longer a team lead heading a closing group. I will be working on the company's "rejects". These are mostly documents that weren't signed correctly. When I was out most of the week of 2/23, it was "crunch" time at work. I was upset that I was letting my group down by not being there to help out. I was told that I needed to worry more about my health than what was going on at work. It's hard. I use work to keep me from obsessing about the "C", but I shouldn't obsess so much that my health suffers. It's a good feeling to know that the president and director are looking out for me. This past Friday, I could tell that my stress level had lowered a great deal. I'm still there to help out with questions and maybe they'll let me do HUDs or check them during March's "crunch".

Change of subject:
Something I've changed my mind about. I can't remember if I posted earlier about getting a new phone. BHDA, MFD and MFS all have Blackberry Curves. I had a Palm Treo which I really liked. About 10 days ago I turned it in for a Curve. I wasn't too sure that I liked it but I've changed my mind.

Two things that have amazed me about the phone. If I get an email to any of my accounts, I can view it on the phone and then if I don't want it, I can delete it from my phone AND the computer inbox. Amazing. The second thing is that MFD signed me up for Google Latitude. It lets me see where my "friends" are at all times (if they're sharing). When BDHA was in Cancun last week, I could tell where he was. It showed me that MFD was in Oakland Saturday night and I almost called her to ask her what she was doing when I remembered she was at a highschool friend's wedding. Since the kids are adults now they don't care if I know where they are. This would have been so kewl when they were teens as long as they couldn't turn the sharing off. The only down about it is that MFD texts me to ask me if I'm going in to work that day, and if so, why haven't I left yet? Nagger.

MFS is home for spring break. He's heading up to NYC on Friday to interview/film a friend for a school project. I think it's about how hard it is for graduates to get jobs and live in high-cost areas. BDHA is thinking about joining him on the weekend and doing some sightseeing with him. I think they call that a "pub crawl".

Another change of subject:
Don't ever let Chas tell you that Mr. Whacko picks on him all the time. (see picture below)



Good night all......