Still doing great

Everyone may be wondering why I haven't written lately. I was thinking, "no news is good news." Unfortunately some people thought that I must be really sick because I haven't written anything for a few days. It was just the opposite. I haven't written anything because nothing has happened. I had a migraine the first day. After that the medicine kept the nausea away and except for being tired I felt fine. I have started a new glutathione supplement that my Aunt and Uncle gave me. It has probably contributed to my feeling better that expected.

Friday I went to my follow up with Dr. Jordan. It was a quick in and out appointment. He signed my quilt, pulled off the tape, checked the incisions and said everything look good. He said that I looked better than he expected after having had chemo 4 days before.

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Today I went to our Stake Conference. Elder L. Tom Perry spoke. I also went to the adult session last night. It was nice to see a few people who hadn't heard yet. I did wear a facemask during the meeting. I don't know how doctors and nurses wear them all the time because they are HOT and uncomfortable. All I could stand was holding one up to my face and taking a breath of fresh air from the bottom when I got too hot. You also don't realize how many people are coughing until you have to pay attention to it. It reminds me of the commercial on TV right now that has the guy who goes to work and keeps coughing and sneezing on everyone. One of his co-workers even calls in an evacuation request to try to get him to go home. The main idea of the commercial is to tell people that you are hurting others rather than helping them when you come to work sick and end up spreading it around. It is better to stay home and keep it to yourself than to miss a few days of work.

The speakers at stake conference were all very good. Elder Perry spoke a little about their meeting when President Monson became the official President of the church. It was amazing to think that we were listening to someone who is 3rd in line to become a future President of our Church. He is such a powerful speaker no matter what he is talking about. He also has a great sense of humor. He brought his 98-year-old mother-in-law to last nights meeting. He was laughing and teasing her from the pulpit. You could just see the love and admiration on his face. It was uplifting to listen and be near such a great man.

Our sweet activity day girls (8 to 11 years old) in our ward made us cookies this week. We also had dinner brought in 3 times and had Shawn's 16th birthday. I told my sister that I am being spoiled and that I could get used to this. I hate deciding what to make for dinner and I don't really like to cook so having everyone else do it for us is really nice. I like to joke about getting used to it but it is also very appreciated when I am tired.

I doubt I will write much this week because most of what is going on is just the day to day stuff of life. I don't have chemo again until the 28th so I doubt I will get worse before then. So far I haven't noticed my hair falling out. I did freak out one of my friends when I wore a hat and scarf the other day. I had just washed my hair and put it in a ponytail. It was really cold out so I put a hat on so that I didn't go outside with wet hair. She thought that my hair had fallen out. We both laughed at that.