On The Upswing - Again - For Now

Let’s get you up to speed. I managed to get my drain out the day before I flew to Ohio.  The boys and I flew on a shockingly small plane, the boys were well behaved on the trip and, as hoped, it required very minimal exertion from me. It was glorious to see my family and was a time of year when everything is bright green and flowers are blooming everywhere. I hugged a lot of people I needed to be hugging ❤️  However, it was strange to have so little energy. Usually on summer trips, I’ll run in the mornings, go to antique stores or flea markets with my dad, run around with kids outside, take kids for ice cream and more. But instead, I did one of those things each day and then needed a good long nap. 

The good news is that my stamina and energy are steadily improving. I went to work two days last week!  My goal is to ease into a schedule of working part-time and hope to maintain that through radiation. 🤞 I also went to a concert last night (John Prine at Wolf Trap!) but I think I paid for the “late night” today.  I did almost nothing. 
 
The funny news is that my eyebrows and eyelashes finally fell out!  Okay, not exactly and not completely. But my hair is really growing in now and I think the new growth has sort of pushed out the eyebrow and eyelash hairs that were barely holding on all this time!  So I have loads of fine stubble coming in, but not many of the longer thicker older hairs left. How weird is that?  I’m too lazy to take and post a photo since I’m in bed, but it just looks bizarre to me. I’m thrilled of course to be getting my hair back now, but a little disappointed that my reprieve from shaving legs was so brief. 

All was good at my check in with my doc on Friday and she even said I could ride my bike!  (I have a new saddle that desperately needs to be tested out.)  I am hoping that she will clear me to start radiation in the next week or so. It will then take the radiation oncologist a week or so more to get everything ready to go before I start.  Therefore, still on track to finish by August. 

I need to finish up treatment ASAP because I’ve signed up for the Army 10-Miler (Oct 7) and the Rehoboth Beach Seashore Half (Dec 8). And THEN I remembered that, because of my surgery last November, I deferred my entry for the Richmond Half to this year (Nov 10). So, I kinda need to start running...