Well all, it has been awhile since I last visited. I haven't had much new news until the last few days and I have been kind of waiting to see what my "clearance day" visit with the surgeon would bring. I think I told you that my oncologist signed off on me 11/5 and so then I was waiting for my surgeon to "sign off" which was yesterday, the last day of November. Wow, I cannot believe how this year has just whisked itself away yet I have had so many things going on.
To let you know my surgeon has "signed off" on me and that means that I am free to travel, move, flying or driving, lifting any amount of weight I am confident I can lift without damage to my "remodelled area". Which by the way is only just past Phase 1, I have a Phase 2 to go through? I suppose so, there is a small procedure that needs to be done to my remodelled area which includes cutting the scar tissue away from the latisimus muscle and then "it" should fall nicely. Although the surgeon is surprised that I have "healed" and dropped as well as I have in just 2 short months. Well, can you blame me I have had nothing else to do but heal well! At the time of Phase 2 I will also have a reduction on the left side so that I am then considered "balanced equally", because as some of you have seen, right now I am quite unbalanced! Oh, and the chest is unbalanced as well! Ha Ha
I am trying to tie up loose ends here in Temecula, CA as we have found a home to rent in the McLean Virginia area. I cannot believe that we are actually moving from one home to another, we never have. We have always moved from the house we were living in to storage for several reasons, most of them because Craig couldn't or wouldn't like the house I picked out for him, so this time I got smart and had him pick it and he did a marvelous job! Well, from the pictures anyway, I will let you know in a couple of weeks, but I think he did good!
The movers are pulling in to the driveway on Monday morning and then I will be leaving on Thursday, the 10th of December for the cold seasons. Did you catch that I am quasi happy and then not. Too many people to say farewell to and not enough time to do it. I will be sending out our Christmas letter this week and it has all the new particulars and the old. We will still have our email with Verizon, so that will remain the same, our cell phones are the same for now.
I hosted my last Holiday Cookie Exchange affair in the Temecula area, I will certainly miss my neighbors, they are all such a hoot and we have a great street of people, my friends from the High school volunteer posts were there, my chums/sisters were there (well actually they were the ones that talked me into having one last one) and some friends from other places we have called home throughout the years. A new state we will now call home and hopefully find friends and neighbors like we have here. I don't know do I appear like a shrinking flower to any of you?
Take care and have a wonderful holiday season, I will be in touch when I land in the DC area.
Hugs, Deb
Thanks for the update Deb. I'm bummed that as soon as we arrived you left- but such is life. Good news is that now we have reason to visit Virginia. If I don't see you before you leave have a safe trip. So glad you are healthy and that we were able to see you at least once!
ReplyDeleteLove from Joe G. and the fam:-)