Off the Road
If you tuned in here for RVing chatter you probably won't get much for awhile because we are parked for several months...either in Hemet or Orange, CA....due to my health issue. Breast cancer. This is sure not what I expected to be doing but that's life and I'm trying to make the best of what needs to be done.
I'm recovering nicely from the surgery and the doctor told me I can now do anything that feels comfortable. So I've taken off my princess crown and am back trying to do my share :) In the long run I'm going to be just fine, I' m sure.
In the short run I have some "doctoring" to do. This week I saw the medical Oncologist (chemo) and the Radiation oncologist for initial assessment visits. The chemo doc wants to do a further sophisticated test (oncotype DX) which determines the percent chance of distance recurrence of the cancer. That will take about 2 weeks. The results of that will help decide if I need to do chemo. So far the risk/benefit leans toward no chemo.
If chemo is recommended and I decide to do it that would take about 12 weeks. After that I will do 33 treatments of radiation. So in 2 weeks I'll know if my treatments will take 3 or 6 months.
We moved into Orange County to an RV park near Angels Stadium so that we're much closer to the hospital/doctors.The Upside is we are back in the fast life and lovely weather of OC :) Downside is the park rent is double what we paid in Hemet. And It looks like we moved here at least a month early. I just wanted to be closer during radiation. This is certainly a live and learn experience because we did not know that if I do chemo it would take place before the radiation. Oh Well...
I share all this with all of you because a couple of you have said you didn't want to bother me with questions in case things weren't going well. While I/we certainly have "down" times I absolutely know that in 6 months I'll be through all this and we'll be on the road again. My goal is to make each day of the 6 months be a good, special day in some way...small celebrations, mini tours, laughter, movies, walking, biking, new recipes, taking pictures and smiling.
I am so lucky to have a great family and friend support system and to have my special Jim to help me through all this. He now has a 3-ring binder filled with all my medical info, reports, questions, etc. Today the doctor asked what Jim did before he retired. I said, "Guess!" He looked at Jim and the binder and said, "Engineer."
I hope to do some interesting things here in OC that I can share with you. Even after living here for 27 years I'm sure there's stuff to do that we missed out on. But tonight...I'm up for a movie and popcorn :)