A Good Week!

 Happy Memorial Day Weekend Y'all!  

I hope you all enjoy some down time doing exactly what you love this weekend! 

Here's a quick, good update!  I mentioned that I've been having some pain in my femur, in a pinpointed spot that shoots down my leg. Of course, the worry about that is that the cancer is there since it's not uncommon when have mets to the bone for it to be in the femur. But, NO.......

It's sciatica.  I've been rather limpy walking for the last 6 weeks because of the right hip pain, putting most of my weight on my left foot when walking, sitting on my left butt when sitting, sleeping on my left side, so I got myself all out of whack. And, I do have some inflammation from radiation, the biopsy, the cancer., all a good recipe for sciatica. They sent me for an Xray to make sure I didn't have any fracture (which is fairly common for bone mets) and if there were a cancer lesion on my bone, it would show up. NO LESION, NO FRACTURE! 

Also, the hoarseness in my voice is 'silent reflux'.  I don't have any other regular symptoms of reflux....just my voice is wonky; therefore - 'silent' reflux.  I'm on a prescription Pepcid for that, so hopefully it begins to get back to normal soon. I do talk for a living you know ;)

We went Tuesday to my cancer center at UNC/Rex. and they have a floor for Acute Care and that's where I went.  I had seen the radiation oncologist first about the femur pain to make sure the radiation didn't cause the pain, and then went to my regular oncology side and saw ANP, Jamie....who was my NP 15 years ago!  I didn't know she was there, and it was like a reunion! We hugged and cried...I just love her. She is unbelievably good at explaining everything. 

We learned so much from her about the issues I'm having and about my MBC. She was SO ENCOURAGING AND REALISTIC. Yes!  I can live a long time and have every reason to believe I can be on this line of meds, with some adjustments and do just fine. Yep, things can change with MBC and we will adjust, but all in all...very good news!!

I have been struggling with the mental part, but that conversation was very helpful. There is a oncology psychiatrist on staff there and I will see her soon. I know that will be helpful for me. 

After leaving the office and understanding the cause of the sciatica, I purposely started walking with my weight evenly distributed between my right and left. Yep...it is still a little painful on my left cancer side, but the radiation is helping the pain and I DID IT. 2 days later, I felt amazingly better...I have been going at a full normal pace and speed ever since.  I think it is definitely helping my mental state to just walk normally. I still have to purposely thing about putting one foot in front of the other correctly, like PT style, but I CAN DO IT. That is huge for me!

So...I am now on my 3rd day in a row of GOOD. I'm so grateful for Jamie and that conversation. A huge part of being whole and good will be the integrative oncology...she's referring me to the leader of this from UNC Chapel Hill.

I have been NORMAL. I had 9 ladies at my house Wednesday night for my Fierce in the Forest / Podcast Group. I am in the midst of 3 real estate transactions, plus 2 of my own,  I had a listing appointment that went great and I am feeling like a rockstar!  Don't forget I'm a realtor...please let me know if I can help anyone...I'm good at it and I love it, and it keeps me vibrant. 

I said earlier, this would be quick, but the coffee has kicked in and I got long winded!  haha!  

Love you all....find all your silver linings in life, gravitate to those that you love that love you back, and find reasons to be grateful everyday. I'm going to try so hard to follow my own advice. 

Chill




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