One out of three!

Despite my suspicions that the western medicine world is chomping at the bit to give me poison chemo, that doesn't seem to be the case!!! I've been now two weeks trying to get appointments and just got my first one this morning. I had narrowed my list of options down to three doctors. Dr. Sutkin, Dr. Collea and Dr Schlossberg. Dr. Sutkin's office required getting certain information from Boston before giving me an appt. and apparently, that hasn't happened yet. Dr. Collea doesn't have an appt. till mid November. I thought that might be a bit late to get started. So I called Dr. Schlossberg's office, and I now have an appointment on the 24th. I also have to fax the 27 pages of medical history from Mass General to them.

I'm working from home today - and very grateful to have that opportunity. In between, I'm able to throw in a load of laundry, and put some sausage tortellini stoup in the crockpot for tonight's dinner. By not having to do the running to Albany and back, I'm able to spread my energy out nicely, and get most things done. I'm still behind - haven't even sent out thank you notes yet - but I'm starting to catch up. Since most of my job is done by phone and internet anyway - it really was an easy solution. My kitties, Marcello and Minnie Pearl are very happy to have me home! My long time friends Joan and John Bradley are visiting the area, and coming over for dinner tonight I haven't seen Joan in years - and John only briefly at his dad's wake couple years ago.  It will be so nice to see them and catch up on all those years.

My chemo schizophrenia from yesterday seems to have subsided, and I landed at a place where I will do chemo, but I'll trust God to help me use alternative therapies to prevent the long term damage it can do.  Not sure if I mentioned it before, but I've been asked to do the message at a Healing service at church on the 29th, as the theme is Breast Cancer. I've been working on the message, and it still seems a bit long - have to try to cut some of it. I do find that writing this blog, as well as that message, helps me to process my own thoughts and feelings better.