Still Progressing

Dang! A month and a half since my last update! A new record.

It's been relatively uneventful, though. I had a regular ol' annual physical in mid-September. He said everything looked great and just suggested I start taking vitamins. I'd be doing that already except vitamins are -- for some reason -- all horse pills and I can't swallow them. Doc told me I can just crush those up or I can take chewables. You know, like Flintstone Vitamins. That made me feel very young and vital.

He also sent me off for my first ever Colonoscopy! I am 50 now. Did that right at the end of September and actually had a little excitement related to that. He found a lesion that he couldn't remove right then and there. He did take some out for a biopsy -- I hate hearing that. After a few days of hand-wringing that came back negative but I get to schedule another colonoscopy-like procedure to remove it. So I get a double-indoctrination into senior citizen status. Whoo-hoo! That won't be until December, though.

And now, it's time for my next set of scans. I went in just this morning for a Chest CT and a CT of my Neck. I get the results of those scans on Thursday. So just when my anxiety level was returning to normal from the colonoscopy biopsy we get to jump it back up for a few days again. Not quite as anxious as I was in July, though. Not sure why, I'm just not.

Went to Springfield last weekend for a soccer tournament with Tim's school team. Pretty dang cold but we came prepared and it was fun. Stopped at Smith's Restaurant in Bolivar on the way down. Pretty tasty. Open-faced Hot-Beef sandwich with Mashed Potatoes and Gravy and some Blackberry Cobbler for dessert. It took a while to muscle it down but it was tasty. So much so that Jenny let me stop again on the way home. Same dinner but substituted Gooseberry cobbler for dessert.

I told Jenny, that was the first time since I started treatment last year that I think I have truly been full. Not quite a Thanksgiving Dinner level of full but heading that direction. Usually don't have the time or energy to eat enough to get there but it tasted awfully good and Jenny was very patient with me.

I'll update again Thursday or Friday after I get my scan results. Twice in one week! Shoot, just like the old days!