Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Away from email (and computer) for awhile...

I figured out how to log onto my blog from my mom's computer!

We are all fine, but currently out of our house, because we had a sewer back-up earlier this week, and we cannot go back until the basement is cleaned, sanitized, and the walls/carpets are repaired. Oh, yeah, and the driveway is dug up.

We had our driveway repaired last week, and it appears to have damaged a sewer line...... hence the back up...... it has been quite a hectic couple of days and not real pleasant! It's a big mess, and anything that came in contact with the "water" is contaminated and must be cleaned or replaced.... At any rate, I am grateful that our insurance covers the interior of the house and it is being professional cleaned by the disaster cleaners.... we will have to fix the driveway ourselves, that's just the way the insurance works. A very boring way to spend money, all in all.

We are staying at my mom and dad's and I can't access my email remotely so until I get that resolved.... I won't be reading or sending email! So if you don't hear from me, that is why. Thanks for all the comments ... since I have no email I'll sent out blanket greetings and "thank yous" Judy - good luck with your move....... Patti......... 35 minutes???? unreal......... Anna... Steph's email is burried in my old computer account, but we only have a day in NYC anyway, so I guess we'll miss that chance..... Loretta, I hope you had a great time yourself in NYC...... Pat, Gwen, Kelly, Darryl, thanks for checking in..... and hello to everyone else....

Anyway, apart from disturbing the peace at my mom's house, we are all coping fine...... just another of life's interesting twists and turns....

Joanne

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

No news is good news!

Nothing new!

My November 1/06 appointment with the oncologist was unremarkable..... physical exam was all fine, although it will be the scans later this month that will actually show what is going on.... still.... my lungs sound fine, abdomen, etc........ I am feeling quite fine, so I am certainly hoping that the disease is stable. I can't say I am confident of that, but certainly I am very hopeful!

And, I am feeling better and stronger, so the break from chemo is seeming like a very good thing.... I even have little hairs growing in all over my head, in between all the thinned out strands.... it might get looking a little freaky, but it is great to have hair! And great to not have it falling out all over the place....

I am scrambling to attend to the paperwork involved in the "consult" at Memorial Sloan Kettering, currently booked for November 30, and that will be an interesting experience as well. Gord and I will spend two nights in New York City and that will certainly be a thrill.

That's it for now....

Joanne.........Go Riders Go........