Sorry to have been out of touch but there has not been much to report. I have just been waiting to hear from the oncologist about radiation treatment. I guess that I am having radiation as I have an appointment with the radiation oncologist tomorrow and will find out just what that entails. But the really good news is that my oncologist wants to wait for three months to do scans again to see the effect of the radiation and the IL-2 on my remaining tumors.
In the meantime, I am getting stronger day-by-day and enjoying whatever life has to offer me. Last weekend, I went to the coast with two friends (Phyl Lefohn and Carolyn Miller) who had attended the Pema Chodron retreat with me last October. We were going to participate in an online retreat with Pema. Technology issues (slow Internet connections and the snow storm in NY) kept us from seeing all the sessions. We did see 4 hours of the workshop from the second floor of the local pizza place where we were competing with big screen college football broadcasts. But not doing the whole workshop left time for long beach walks, meditations on the beach, and interesting discussions about how what we learned at last year's workshop had impacted our lives.
In addition to getting the radiation, I am spending the week helping out with both sets of grandchildren, and finalizing the remodeling plans for the apartment I bought so hopefully I can use it when I am in Portland starting in December.
Sounds as though you had a great time at the beach. Keep us posted on the appointment with the radiologist. Went to the first basketball game last night - it was a rout! Not looking forward to football vs Stanford!
ReplyDeleteContinued good wishes for healing. Betsey