recovery and life

thank you ladies. your words of encouragement are truly awesome!

thankfully, i put myself into lockdown before it was officially advocated due to no immune system.  So, I am now used to the quietness of our little bubble -  I have also taken over control of the remote control, from my husband who has been driving me insane with endless four wheel driving you tube videos (poor guy is in withdrawals).  He got told go and talk to your Mistress (his trusty patrol) in the garage".   Jamie and Claire Fraser are on Netflix and we have a date!!

When Jamie, Claire and I aren't galloping through the wilds of Scotland and Virginia - I like reading, doing creative projects or organising the story lines to a series of Children's books I was in the middle of writing before Brian and the Lymph Nodes Band came to town.

The day I found out that the lump on my chest wall was BC, the song from The Life of Brian (Always look on the bright side of life) kept replaying over and over in my head right up to the day I went into surgery!  So I decided to call the lump - Brian!  told you my sense of humour was slightly dark!  The night before surgery - all four of my kids face timed me and we all raised a glass to Brian and his Lymph Node band as they ended their final concert together. It provided a tangible relief to the family and a way to farewell that part of the journey.    

 

Prior to leaving the hospital, I did ask IF there was a possibility of more surgery would it happen or be delayed. I was assured that surgeries would not be held off .  It will be interesting to see what the team say on Monday and how swift things will begin to occur. 

I did the CT scan today - only uncomfortable part was having to extend my left and right arms over my head - the raw and fresh scars from surgery (my left) and several prior dislocations (my right) were stretched to the point of shedding tears...both arms protested by then full locking into that position which brought more tears as I needed help to unlock them to be able to move. 

To be honest, I am now dreading the Bone scan on Monday for that exact reason...however it needs to be done. I will just deal with the arms afterwards. 

i sincerely hope you are all doing okay during lockdown and all the limitations it has brought to us all.  Keep smiling ladies - your words of support are a true blessing to every single one of us.

Big hugs

Lois.