Oh My!

It has been quite a week. First I had a blog post all written and I went to do something and the post disappeared. I had saved it, but it decided that it would disappear instead of staying saved. Sigh. 

That being said, I have been busy with appointments. As I was talking to the nurses at the Plastic surgeon, they told me I needed compression after being filled. They suggested a sports bra. Ladies, you know how difficult getting into a sports bra is when you have two flexible arms. After my appointment I went shopping for a sports bra. I bought two. One zipped in front. The other did not. So the next day, me being a rule follower, went to put on the cute sports bra that I bought. The nurse told me to lead with my bad arm. So I tried to lead with my left arm since it isn't as flexible. Well, I tried to pull it over my head and got it stuck. I was stuck, I couldn't get it on and I was having issues trying to get it off. It was sad. My shoes flashed in front of my eyes while I was stuck. ( I have some cute shoes!)

Luckily my mom is here and I called her to help. I'm so thankful she was able to help me. Needless to say I went out that day and bought some more zip up the front sports bra so I won't have to worry about being trapped in my sports bra.

So I have been seeing my plastic surgeon to be "filled" After that appointment, I'm a little sore. I knew I would be sore. It's not too bad. I just take it easy that night. The ladies who work there are amazing. I turn my head and close my eyes really tight. They ask if I'm ok. I say, this is my face when someone does something medical. They laugh. I'm so thankful there are people who want to do the icky medical stuff. 

I am going to PT once a week. I have an amazing person who does my PT. She listens and answers all my silly questions. She spends time stretching my arms and working on my flexibility.  I have exercises to do at home. I faithfully do them. I'm looking forward to getting my flexibility back. With that said, I'm not to the point of my recovery that I am looking at when I can go back to work. I miss the students and the staff. I love what I do. So more paperwork to go back to work. I am paperworked out. Sigh, I know it is for a good reason I need to fill out tons of forms. I'm so glad I have an Rockstar HR person who has walked me through all the paperwork I needed to do. 

I will miss seeing these two everyday. Yesterday they decided to stop by for a snack out of my planter. Lemon Balm and Lemon Grass. That is not the name of these two, it is the plants in the planter. They are fun to watch and their wing span is huge. Either Jovi will be sad that I am gone all day or happy she can nap all day without me bothering her. 

When I started on this journey mom and dad asked what I wanted. I said that after my treatments and surgery, I want to go out for a lobster dinner. They agreed as long as they could go with. So this week, we went out for a lobster dinner to celebrate the end of my treatments and healing from surgery.  Dinner was very yummy. As you notice I had shrimp and scallops along with my lobster. It was very yummy and we had a great waitress! 

i was so glad we could celebrate. Then later that week someone brought Chicken Alfredo and some yummy ice cream. After Dinner Mint is really good ice cream to have with brownies. Just the right amount of mint and ice cream for the chocolatey brownie. 

Next week I go back for my chemo maintenance. This I have to do every three weeks until the end of March. With this chemo, I don't get sick, I don't get the low days and my hair will grow during this time. It's still not auburn or curly, (sigh I'm beginning to think it won't be either) I'm really looking forward to getting my memory back. I wonder when that will happen. Not that I had a great memory to begin with, but it got worse with chemo. 

I'm also looking forward to going back to church choir. I really miss singing with the choir. I love choir and the choir director is great.

 

I know I can't go back to my full schedule yet. I have some things planned. Like going to the Sheboygan Children's Book Festival. But that means I need to make sure I have down time that week. Same thing when I go see Hamilton. Yes I'm thrilled to go see Hamilton. But I also need to make sure I schedule nap time.