"A Hard Day's Night"

1/17/11 – What a weekend.  I can honestly say I have zero desire to re-do this weekend, but all-in-all everything worked out for the good.  I know all of you have heard me talk about my neighbor/fellow cancer fighter/close friend the last several days.  Yesterday was a very serious day for him.  Last night at the hospital felt like church.  It was awesome to see so many people praying with expectation.  I can honestly say God was there with us in the hospital.  Everything went well and he is doing better today.  Let’s pray that his health continues to improve. 

I’ve noticed that at night I start to treat my arm like a broken wing.  I start to hold my arm and not move it too much.  I think that’s because I get stiff – nothing 2 Percocet can’t fix.  I’ve decided that my port needs a name.  I’m going to be living with the port for a while, so why not?  What do you think of Pixie the Port?  My port is blue so think of it kind of like a blue pixie stix (props to Mike Flerl for that observation). 

I started back to work today. Yay!  I didn’t think I would ever say that and truly be excited, but I am.  I have really missed work so it was nice to talk to Shannon and know that there were a few things that I could do to help out the team.  I have a list of things that I’m going to try to work through during the week.  My goal for each day is 4 hours.  Today I only made it 3 hours.  As I worked my left shoulder got stiffer and stiffer.  I also noticed that I was progressively getting more and more tired.  I actually only netted 3 hours.  I decided it was best not to overdo it on the first day back. 

Tomorrow I am going to get my PET scan.  I have to show up at 9:00 and the PET scan is 11:00.  I’m not exactly sure why I have to wait 2 hours until the actual test but I do know that I have to drink icky contrast fluid again – yuck!  Mom came into town to go with me to the test.  I won’t get any results back today but I should have some for my consultation Thursday.  I’m not really nervous, but it does run through my head that the last time I had a scan was when I was told that I had a malignant mass in my colon. 

Some people send cards, flowers, or get fun little treats when people get sick.  My mother-in-law buys puppies.  She bought me a yorkie yesterday!  Yes, you read that right.  She bought me a dog!  He’s a 2.5lb 5 month old yorkie.  I’m excited!  Buster and Stella aren’t going to know what to think.  I’m thinking about naming him Percy for perseverance.  I want to name him something so I will remember what was happening and where I was in life when I got him.  Todd likes to tell people that his name is going to be Percy Harvin or Percy Sledge depending on who he’s talking to.  I won’t get him until this weekend.  I’ll make sure to post pictures of him soon.

Should I be concerned that Todd is enjoying watching International House Hunters?  Or could that work for my advantage?  We may be moving to Slovenia.

I am absolutely stuffed!  I’ve had chicken alfredo and brownies and ice cream for dinner tonight.  I do still need to have a coke Icee.  I still haven’t gotten one.  Maybe I’ll pick one up while I’m running around tomorrow.  My song of the day is The Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night”.  I think that’s appropriate for the weekend I’ve had.  I probably be going to be early.  Night!