fogparty: isn't this about plan 'q'?

May 12, 2008

isn't this about plan 'q'?

so... i've just been sitting around healing. not doing much else. trying to avoid those "you're over doing it" glares from beth.

stitches came out last week. they'd told me to be moving my arm as much as possible before they came out so that i could go easy on the incision once the stitches were gone. they don't want it opening up and running the risk of being forced to wait longer for radiation to start. dr. sabel was pleased with the outcome and glad to see he hadn't damaged any significant nerves. (not as glad as i was!)

tuesday i head to the lymphedema clinic for some preventative training. i'm looking forward to that. i have very slight swelling in my right arm, but at times it's a bit uncomfortable. nothing i can't easily handle though, so i'm not complaining. however... no sense in it getting worse if there are some little exercises i can be doing to help.

then wednesday i finally have my appointment with radiation oncology so they can do their prep ct thingy. they say that treatment begins about a week later.

it will be nice to have a plan in motion... and to be working the plan.

this whole thing is going so differently than i anticipated when i started my medical leave. i thought i'd be having only 2 weeks of radiation and then jumping into the really yukky stuff with the high-dose il-2. but now that radiation has been extended to 6.5 weeks... my doc is holding his cards a little more closely about what we'll do after radiation.

i guess he's not really hiding anything though. he just wants to see where we land before he makes a call. and that's one of the things i like about him. he doesn't go by the book. he thinks every step through carefully.

since good ol' dad's feeling so well, the kids are begging for our usual "minute-after-midnight" showing for the next "gotta-see-together-before-anyone-else-does" movie to come out later this week... narnia - prince caspian.