the next step

Hi Everyone,
Today I had my appointment with the cancer patient P.T. at the hospital's health club. Next week will be my first session working with a trainer. I feel so ready to get back to my usual routine. I feel like I have been sitting around resting for far too long! My family and Paul's have been so great! One of the hardest things has been not being able to wash my hair. I have had several volunteers and it just feels so good to have clean hair. That will all be insignificant in about 2 weeks. I will be starting chemo witin the next couple of weeks and the chance of losing my hair is very likely. I will probably just be proactive and shave my head before it begins to fall out in clumps. I have always had long hair and this will probably be a tough one for me, but I am trying to keep it in perspective. It IS only hair,it will grow back and there are so many other things that are far worse than a short term bald head.

I am having a small surgical procedure on Mon.am. I am having a "port" put in my upper chest as a location for the chemo to be administered rather than sticking the veins in my arm every time. After that I meet with the oncologist and off I go on my way to chemo treatment. Probably a 2 month time frame for that. Two months... I can do that! After that I just heal, get stronger and grow my hair back.

Again, thank you so very much all of you! The food has been unbelievable. The notes, cards and e-mails keep flowing. The drivers and grocery shoppers have been a tremendous help. The support and caring for me, Paul and the boys has been a life line to us all.

With thanks and gratituude, Kathy