Sexting!

I had a wonderful time last night with Larry and Joe sharing our cancer stories. They both had blood cancers so our stories are a bit different, but the feelings and concerns we all go through are pretty much the same. Larry had a really rough time, but is now 11 years out, and doing quite well. He runs his own music store in Cobleskill, and because he was sick for so long, he had issues with bills piling up. All the musicians he knew organized a fundraiser to help him pay all his medical bills. It was SO sweet when he asked us if either of us were having problems in that regard, and offered to do that for us. Luckily, we are both doing ok, but the thought that someone we haven't seen in 40 years (we just reunited at a reunion in April and have been fb friends since then) touched my heart. It was interesting to see that our thoughts were very similar in how it changed our lives - none of us felt like a big victim - that this was just something we had to deal with and get through. They are both really beautiful people, and we decided to get together again. Sometimes, I almost feel guilty that so far, this has been almost a positive experience - I have felt so much love from so many people, and had such beautiful exchanges. I know cancer isn't always a walk in the park, and many people suffer a great deal. I feel very blessed.

That said, I have an area on my new girl that is red. At first I thought it was just irritation from my bra, but after 3 days, it's still there, and I finally called my friend Cindy who's a nurse to come over and take a look at it. She said it did feel warmer than the rest of the breast, and that it would be best to get it checked out. Of course, with Frankenstorm coming, it isn't the right time to go running to Boston to have the doc take a look at it. Reluctantly, I did call him. I was waiting for a lecture that the accupuncture I had done might have caused an infection LOL!!! He is totally over the top about concern for infection, but I guess if you're doing things like hand transplants, that's a pretty big issue. Anyway, I had to take photos of my new girl, and send them on my smart phone - Hope I don't get accused of sexting LOL!!! I'm sure these photos wouldn't be exciting anyone though!!! After reviewing, he thought it still looked stable, but advised me to stop wearing a bra, to take the remaining keflex I had leftover from surgery, and to try to get out there to see him on Tues. I'm kind of thinking it was caused by the pulling of the tape (which I did remove last night) so we'll see if that helps. So we'll see what happens with Sandy, and if travel on Tues is possible. In the meantime, I'm sending my new girl prayers and good healing energy.