Just Checking In

I don’t have a lot to update you on, which is a wonderful thing. Trying to get my life in order as much as possible before surgery next week (May 9) - cleaning and organizing at home primarily.  Planning on going to the office this week too!  And enjoying slow but steady improvement since the last chemo treatment. I even have some soft fuzz growing on my head!  

Sadly, my fingernails have a long road to recovery ahead.  But the plus(?) side of my dying fingernails is that I have never been so consistent at keeping them polished (my attempt to hide the horrid site under the polish). When they started looking bad a couple months ago, I did some research and ordered myself polish that was supposed to have fewer harsh chemicals and was recommended for chemo patients. As someone who rarely has her nails painted and even more rarely paints them herself, it was a bit much to buy the 4 colors I ordered. I blame the combo of chemo brain and Percocet brain!  Thus, in the interest of not grossing out everyone I meet and to ensure that I get my money’s worth from the polish, I now have short but cute purple nails. 😁

The world has clearly been celebrating my completion of chemo - northern Virginia has been bursting with flowers over the last two weeks. The cherry tree in my front yard is particularly magical. However the yellow tinge of pollen over everything outside is a scary sight for someone lacking nose hair to filter it (thanks chemo!)  So Allegra, Xyzal, Flonase and Zatidor are in heavy rotation around here. 

Off to sleep for now. In 7 hours I’ll be meeting up with my running buddy to “walk/run”.  I did a short run on Saturday at the boys’ school fun run - an impressive 1.5 miles!  After taunting my children repeatedly with “don’t let your sick mom beat you!”, I went home and crashed, napping twice that day.  Here’s hoping I can manage a little running tomorrow morning without requiring multiple naps throughout the rest of the day. Good night all!