When the Doctor Becomes the Patient: A New Lung Cancer Voice - by Lisa Woody

I Feel Great
January 21st, 2009
I have felt really great for the last few days - 95%, I think. I even shoveled the walk and front stairs yesterday. Yesterday was also chemo day and I am starting to feel the creep of nausea and fatigue so I wanted to claim that 95% while I still could. Because my white count went so low last time I will also get Neulasta today, which is likely to add to the achiness I’m experiencing from the shoveling yesterday. Mostly, I just wanted to get my “I feel great” out there.

My husband and I have our last quiet, uncommitted, just us weekend for quite a while coming up. I foresee fires in the fireplace, movies on the TV and maybe a little crossword catchup as well as plenty of his good cooking. We have to run the dog to the vet on Saturday for a nail trim - they’re trying to desensitize him but boy does he hate having anyone mess with his feet and an angry 100 lb dog is no fun to deal with.

I just finished Pride and Prejudice for the gazillionth time. It always ends the same way and I always love it just as much or maybe a little more. Next is a Jane Eyre redo. My current audio book obsession is Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch series. Still working on my daughter’s quilt - I hope to be appliqueing squares by the time she and I go to Canyon Ranch next month.

My oncologist confirmed that the next scan will be after my third Alimta treatment - so February 24th. Until then we just keep checking blood counts and liver and kidney function tests. My anniversary is coming up in March and I am just so very grateful to still be here and feeling well.

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