When I get where I'm going...

Good evening,
Have you noticed that my last three posts are titles of songs?

Today JP dropped me of my parents just incase the new doctors office called and wanted to see me today. After a few hours of sleep (hey, it was 5 a.m. when I was dropped off) my Mom and I went to see my niece. We were helping here get her house settled before her new baby is born. While visiting and working the doctors office called. Yeh, as I was hoping to have things set up before our trip. They wanted to see me on Friday. What? This Friday?! So... I did what anyone would do, I asked if it had to be, if it was "urgent" and then I explained about the road trip. She was so sweet and said the doctor was in the office, she would go ask him if it was urgent and then call me right back. She did and the doctor said to go enjoy my trip. Another yeh! We then set up an appointment for two days after I get back home. I did a little happy dance to be able to go on the road trip before the bonker thoughts started going through my noggin. I won't go there and share those now as I do not want to get worked up right now. Understand?

Later, we went back to my parents house where I met JP and then we were off to pick up the rental car. YES! It is a "red" zoom zoom car, at least for me! :o) Now to see how this Toyota Corolla preforms. I should get going as dinner has been eaten and now to fill the car with all the goodies that we are getting out of our house.

Have a fun week everyone and I will post again where-ever I happen to find a internet connection.

P.S. Brad Paisley - the singer for the song title

the sun'll come out tomorrow...

Today was a little better than yesterday. 1 - I got to see my bug-a-boo (grandson) last night. 2 - I got to see Dr. L today (one of my all time favorites) 3 - my sister took time off from work to take me to see Dr. L. (Awwww...she is such a terrific sis)

Dr. L and his great nurse K were fantastic. I got a big hug and gave a big hug to both of them when we saw each other. After an exam, Dr. L said I could get dressed and then we would talk when we all had clothes on. He did suggest that he could take his pants off but HE would get cold. :O) So, I did what I was suppose to do and then we talked. Dr. L told me about the CT findings. They showed that there are 2 masses about 5cm in size. (Which is between the size of a quarter and a clementine.) One is in my pelvic area sitting on or near the main artery that would go down my left leg. I think it is an Iliac artery. The 2nd is near or laying on the muscle that lays over the liver. The CT results could not tell if the masses are dead cells, scar tissue or that d@#m cancer is back. Then Dr. L tells me in so many words he does not feel confidant to do the surgery (biopsey/removal), esp the one near the artery, so he suggested a new/different doctor. Yeh! Especially since the Oncologist I have now wasn't concerned about the pain I was having and didn't do anything about it. What? With my recent history, I expected something. Nope, I didn't get it, so I moved on. I am so glad that I did AND went to see my regular doc. Yeh me!!
I asked Dr. L how urgent this is and he said not to put it off. I said I wouldn't, (duh!) but was wondering IF I can go on a road trip for about 10 days or less. "Yes, go on your road trip" he said. I am now waiting to hear from the new doctor and what he has to say. I hope I can get in to see him tomorrow.

On the happy front. Our suitcases are packed, most of the bins/items are ready in piles that we are taking and I am almost have the 2 bags packed of items to put near us for things to do (read, write, take pictures with and more). The bins are items to take to our son and daughter-in-law out of state. We are going to take some of his belongings to him, help them move and hopefully see the new grandbaby be born. I can not wait to get on the road, even though JP and I will be in the car a looooonnnngggg time.

Happy Tuesday everyone - hope yours was a great one!

p.s. The pic is of me with home-made cheese soup. Yum!

All we can do is Keep Breathing

Today started off pretty good. Snuggled in under the warm covers till late in the morning.
Talked with my daughter for a long time and JP called me on his lunch break. Then it was finally time (better be before lunch - right?) to slip from under those covers and step into the shower. Such a nice feeling to let the warm water wash over you.

But then... I got a phone call. A phone call from the doctor herself and not her nurse.
"Shit" was all my brain could think. (sorry for the swear word). She was calling about my CT results. Oh boy... here we go again. They found two masses in my abdomen. She did not say what size they were. Just that there are two and that the CT person could not decipher what they are. Could be cysts, could be dead lymph nodes, could be anything. He did say that I need to see a doctor who could do a biopsy on them to find out more. Really??? What a day! So... I and the doctor's office called my gyno who has done most of my surgeries in the last years (we will call him Dr. L) and I have an appointment tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m. I am so happy it is right away. Dr. L is great - I really do like/love him, so I am glad I am seeing him.

Now with that all being said, I am not sure IF we will be going on our road trip. I will know more about that tomorrow.

Hang in there everyone and keep breathing.

Weekend Update!

Good evening,

Yesterday at 8 a.m. I had the CT Scan done at the local hospital.
That meant that between 8 p.m. and midnight I had to drink one of the two jugs of Barium stuff. Yuck! But... my hubbie (I'll call him JP) gave me some smart insight. One put the jugs in the fridge, it goes down better cold. Two, drink it with a straw as it makes it go down quicker. You know, they both worked a whole lot better than when I had to drink them last spring. Whew! At 4 a.m. the alarm went off for me to go drink the second one. Not sure if that bottle went quicker or not, I just know I wanted to crawl back in bed. After a little more sleep, the alarm went off again at 6 a.m. This time it was for me to get up, shower, get dressed and leave for my appointment. JP was so nice, that while I was in the shower he went out, dusted the snow off the car, shoveled the drive and made the car toasty warm for my drive. He crawled back in bed afterwards as I was going to go spend the day with my parents after my CT. Such a great guy. Now I wait for the results, which I hope will be tomorrow.

Oh... we got a call from my son and daughter-in-law wondering when we might be coming their way. They live about 16 hours away, expecting their first child together and have an opportunity to move to a bigger place this coming weekend. We were planning to make the drive when the baby came, but if the results aren't too bad we may make this trip. Please pray for the results and for the trip as JP and I have not been in a car "together" for that long in a long time.
Have a great Monday everyone!

Blue Day with a gray sky

Yep, today is a blue day, in meaning that I am blue.
I have been having some lower left abdominal pain and finally had, had it so I called the doctor.
This morning I saw a new PA at my regular doctor's office as my doc is on vacation. It was nice to find out that "she" could feel a mass there and that they are going to check into it with a CT Scan. Yeh! It is not all in my head. Maybe that will help my noggin relax and not think about cancer. You see... back in March of 2011 during a laparascopy (sp?) surgery they found out that I had cancer. Ovarian cancer to boot even though I had a total "total" hysterectomy back in 1997. Interesting huh? Add the pain, discomfort, and other things going on, it just all piled up an made it a blue day. But you know, my hubbie is home from work and that is making my day a lot better. I sure do love him! :O)

Happy belated New Year - 2012

This is a new year, new beginnings with new adventures.

This year:
This year I will be married to my hubbie for 30 years.
This year we have 4 grown children and 3 of them are married.
This year we have one 4 year old grandson (who'll hear a lot about)
This year we are expecting 2 new grandchildren.
This year I am starting a bucket list of sorts.
This year "I" am making changes.

I decided today to start a blog about my everyday Nana (life) adventures.
Last year was a rough one and I will blog about that later.
Enjoy today and I will be back.