Today, I made a great deal of progress-I actually went on my first long-ish walk, and feel pretty good about it! Certainly, I feel like I have more energy than before…I am even thinking of going out for a short cycle as well! I have to get back to exercising and generally getting the weight off that I put on during chemo-not an easy task, but achievable…just need the willpower to do it. Once the chemo side effects have worn off properly, it will make exercising a lot easier. This, together with a balanced diet, should get me the rsults I want. And also, once the weather cools down a little more, I have the doggie to walk too. So muc exercise without the expense of the gym! Yay! 244
OK, off to cycle! See ya’all later!

Hello, All!
I have just finished the heavy rounds of chemo for Breast Cancer- I was diagnosed in February, and have been going for treatment ever since- have put on weight over the period of time of the chemo and now need to lose it again. I haven’t been able to exercise much of late, but plan to get back into that as soon as the last of the side effects of the chemo are gone. it wilol be a long haul, but I think I am up for it! *s*
That’s me, will write more later!

Today was chemo day…always a bind, as it is a long journey followed by a long therapy…three hours…but I had the news I was wiating for today-the blood tests showed that the cancer markers in the blood had fallen, indicating that the therapy is doing what it should!!! That is good news! Finally on the road!I am not out of the woods yet by any means, but i am one step further down the road, and I hope this trend will continue.
I am going back to work this Friday-only for two weeks mandatory, but better than nothing..I just hope I am up to it. I am going to give it my best shot and see what happens…I am not very happy about going back to work in a headscarf-I HATE headwear in general, but I have no choice. It’s better than folks staring because of my army shaved head!
OK, that’s all for now- will write more soon!Big hugs,’Kat

It’s enough to make one really cringe at times…Now that i am at home and nave more time to myself, I can begin to look at things in a very different light!!! So much going on that we tend to filter out when we are busy at work or have other preoccupations…Like the way my son was going through his wages all in one day, or the fact that very little gets done here in the house that I don’t get to do myself! the chemo leaves me tired, but still i feel that I need to get going on more mundane things, like housework and such-in all honesty, it’s probably a good thing, as i wouldn’t be half as perky as I am if I sat on my butt and said I was ill….as time goes by, I am sure that I will be able to do more…especially as the Oncologist is allowing me to go back to work for a couple of weeks to get my proverbial feet under me again…all to the good, I say!!!

The Cringe factor is definitely one I hadn’t considered before my illness, but now, i am beginning to see that even cringy tho it is, even work has its plus side…. Having folks to talk to is a BIG plus, even if you don’t really like them much! I am quite looking forward to it, in fact!

OK, More later!

To the world on this rainy second day of the new year 2011 !!!

Boy, does it seem like a long  time coming!!!! Just when you thought that 2010 was here to stay, bag! It’s gone, and we now have a shiny new year ahead of us! Truth to be told, it seems like the old year just flew past, time seems to fly these days, not like when I was a kid when we were dying for the summer holidays that would never come, but once they arrived, were endless! Now, time just hurtles past and, before we know it, we are one year older, not necessarily wiser for it, either!

Work is laughable-the whole place is falling apart,  the unit is working below par, and, with two out and two others aspiring to be out, we are going to have fun and games this year! I don’t know how we are going to run the unit! It will leave just me and two guys…to cover round the clock shifts! Not the path of wisdom, I dare say! I know we are going to have problems in the future…God alone can help us now…

Ok, need to get ready for work..

see ya’all soon…

Big hugs,

Where I work, this seems to be the norm rather than the exception!!!! For example, it’s funny how the hospital can demand that its senior medical staff present (unpaid) for an emergency, but have no eay to get them to and from the hospital if their car breaks down! We had one such case last saturday…cost the guy an arm and a leg to get to and from home…and he isn’t making a brass bean on the deal! back in the UK, the hospital sent out for us and took us home afterwards…AND we actually got paid regularv overtime!!!! Not so over here in Cyprus! We haven’t been paid overtime for months now- and we are owed money from overtime we did a year ago!!! Not very bright! We have tried everything, and still we have’t been paid. Hopefully this month, they said…I wonder if it will be true this time…
OK, more later….

Doing the Dance!!! The happy one, that is!!! I have just rolled over the six-month checkpoint post-op and things are going just fine!!
OK…now let’s see…the first hot flushes started a couple of months ago. I was put on Menopace Plus and Starflower oil which help at least to some degree, but the primary short fuse temper is still prevalent I just know that it is a hormonal thing, but I can’t help it-at least the post- op depression didn’t take a hold, whichn was what I was worried about-I do get bluesy days, but not that many.
The thing that helped me a very great deal is the fanatastic relationship I have with my Dr. He is not only a great Dr. but an old and trusted friend who wanted to do the op himself for me. I can tell him everything and confide in hi8m as well, and this has been a great help for me in the pre- and post- op times. between them he and Dear Hubby brought me through very smoothly and with much love and care, and I feel good now because of what has happened to me with these two guys! angels or what?

Ok, will write more soon,
Big to you all,
‘Kat