Home again

Finally home! Bev was correct below, by the time we got home and ate, I was already worn out and went to sleep. It's funny how when you put regular clothes on compared to hospital garb and you are in your own house instead of a hospital room, you think you should automatically feel normal. But your body can certainly change your mind about that rather quickly. It's good to be home. Thank you for all of your prayers and support that have gotten me this far. We commented while we ate how fast the past two weeks have gone. Two weeks ago was the holiday weekend and Tessa and I went to the CSU/CU Rocky Mountain Showdown. I felt fine. Amazing all that has happened since. Such a roller coaster of emotional and physical well being. I am now a statistic. Better yet, I am still a survivor!
Over five weeks ago, I thought I would be done with chemo. No more low weeks of white blood counts, no more nausea, just a body in remission of cancer growing stronger. Cancer has a way of playing by it's own rules. Just when we start to figure out what those rules are they change again. Our plan was by mid September to have a big remission party BBQ at our house for all of our friends, supporters and family. We even booked a remission party in my favorite place in the whole world Disney World in Florida with family for October. All of that now has been cancelled. I'm thankful just to be alive! Now we wait. The only thing planned now is the scan coming up the first of October, to see if the final two rounds of chemo did their trick and killed the last remaining tumor. Of course, my hospital stay did not go completely without incident. I have a new blood clot in my upper left arm and have to go back for a blood draw and another ultrasound Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. I got thrush on my tongue, a baby disease and my tongue hurts a little. And of course I still have a cough, the last remnant of the swine flu. But I'm alive! I will have to do a little work from home for a few more days before I heading back to work. I don't want to be the cause of someone else getting this flu. But I'm alive! I'm a survivor! Thank God for that!