Ok then...

I'm having a new lumpectomy on Thursday, but I don't have time to talk about it. We're gonna make it through this month SOMEHOW! I did cancel my three UEN Technology courses for now. I wish I didn't take so long to wake up in the recovery room. It's rather embarrassing.

Fake Finish

The Leadership Plan paper/project is officially written. BUT, don't get your hopes up--it's a FAKE FINISH! I still have to take photos and make a CD of artifacts for Tuesday night's 10-minute presentation (which means I have to buy playdough at the store so my kids can form shapes for photos!), outline that 10-minute presentation for delivery, make a graphic organizer for Monday's 5-minute presentation on the Leadership Plan. I have useless make-up blog entries to post for Instructional Design. Time for a new hat--Wedding Slave! From Tuesday on, I'm Jamilyn's Girl Friday until her wedding day, December 18th. Sheesh! Our little Puddle Duckie is getting married...fake finish.

Is That A Light?

ONE MORE PROJECT!

Thankful

A few more projects and papers behind me and I'm ok! The rat race isn't quite over yet--one more personal philosophy paper, two research papers and the final installment on an instructional design--I'm almost a person again! The storm has made me hurt all over (remember Nulasta?...ow!) but there's so much to be thankful for, who can complain? Things I'm thankful for: A patient, supportive buddie, a wonderful family, a great job, another round of chemotherapy completed, another semester almost over, another sweet grandson, almost cooked, another sweet daughter, almost married, another good son,almost connected, another Thanksgiving, still alive!

Recap-New Season

In December of last year, a routine (for me--every three months) mammogram detected a new vague area that tested positive for cancer of the original type (triple negative) near my sentinal lymph scar. We headed to New Hampshire Christmas downhearted from the news. I was scheduled to have lymph node surgery as soon as we returned. But that day, my surgeon was uneasy about the diagnosis and wanted to re-discuss our options. After a whirlwind day of review and consideration, we made the sad but obvious decision to have a full mastectomy/lymph dissection on Jan. 12th. A month later, my body had not stopped creating fluid after surgery drains were removed. In a rather dramatic middle-of-the-night "explosion" my doctor sent me back to surgery for expander extraction and wound cleanup. I was put on a wound vac that helped me heal faster. The funky part of that story is that just three days before this diagnosis I paid tuition to begin work on a Master of Education degree at SUU spring semester. It has been a fascinating ride, getting sick or falling asleep in class, working with patient professors and cramming up to the very end to complete the semester on time. But it happened and I'm now a person once again, ready to resume blogging!