Ya know, I just realized I didn't say WHY I was getting a CT scan in the last post, lol. Well, for the past 2 yrs or so, I've been having spells of nausea, at least once a month, sometimes more. When I got the cancer diagnosis, I just assumed that was the reason, but then after all treatments were over, the nausea came back, and maybe a little worse. Ok, I know it was worse cause I was actually vomiting and couldn't keep anything down. So I mention this to my oncologist, not really sure if I needed to be worried about it or not. And that's what the scans were ordered for. The stomach ultrasound showed that I have gallstones! It also showed that there were some suspicious spots on my liver. Probably nothing more than fatty cysts, but still need to checked out closer. After all, the liver is a common place for the cancer to reoccur. And so there was a MRI ordered, but thankfully it showed nothing to be concerned about!!!!! Ok, back to the gallstones. There is one good thing coming out of it, I get to go back to my surgeon, the good looking one! Had a consult with him last week and will be having it taken out June 30th. It will be a same day surgery and I should be coming home that day as long as everything goes as planned and there are no complications, and I don't expect there to be any. According to what I have read and what others have told me, I will probably be sore a couple of days, but nothing really horrible. I've been through worse, right?
After that appointment, I had to go see Kelley, my onc. They just found out that their office will be closing! Honestly, this really makes me mad! My first onc already left a while back, and I felt really, I don't know, almost scared I guess. I mean they have treated me since the beginning of this nasty beast, I don't want to have to see someone else. But I continued seeing Kelley, she's the nurse practitioner in the office and she's wonderful. But now she's not even going to be there, no one is! I know it's not their fault and not their decision. My security blanket has been taken away from me, THEY were my security blanket, they, along with the grace of God, are the ones that made me better. There, I got that off my chest, maybe I'll start feeling better about it. Here is a pic Doug took of me and Kelley.

Yea, I'm still around! I just don't feel like I have anything to talk about. I did have some check-ups recently. Had one with my surgeon, and he said everything looked fine. One with my radiologist, said everything looked good to him. And a little funny about the two of them... well I've been having quite a bit of tightness in my left arm, where the node dissection was AND the radiation. So when I brought it up at my appointments, they both pointed fingers at the other one, lol! Radiologist says it's from surgery, and surgeon says it's from radiation! Ugh, MEN!!! So when I have my check up with my oncologist, SHE says it's from both, lol!!! Which I totally agree with! They all recommended physical therapy, but with gas prices rising like they are, I passed! I did promise to consider it if the tightness got any worse. But I just don't think it is bad enough for therapy, and one of them showed me some easy exercises I can do myself at home to help with it. I can already tell a difference too. I was scheduled for a ct scan a couple of weeks ago, but insurance decided they didn't want to pay for it until I had a stomach ultrasound and chest x-rays. Those were set up for last Friday, but no one thought to mention it to me that I couldn't eat before hand, and of course I had ate, so they couldn't do it! It was rescheduled for yesterday, and I made sure I didn't eat anything! Guess it will be a few days before I hear anything from them.
We have been on a couple camping trips. We went to Fall Creek Falls state park back around the middle of May. My good friend Samantha and her family joined us, and we had a great time! I did get my freshly healed foot to hurting a little bit, but it was worth it cause I got some great pics! Here are a couple...


Then the wknd following that, which was Memorial Day wknd, we camped in Pigeon Forge with Kim and Billy. The weather was gorgeous and we were able to get in the pool. Well, kinda! The water was soooo cold, and I only got in to my waist, but the kids toughed it out! It was a lot of fun!
We'll be planning another trip in July sometime. But for now, the camper is set up in the backyard and we can camp whenever we want, lol!