May 14, 2020
Aww, I decided to watch the video I made of our vacation in Paris earlier. We had such a great time, we saw so many things during our four day trip. Jim and I are a good team when traveling, or, ok, we are a good team always:) Since we can’t travel anywhere these days, I like that I have my videos to look back at.
May 14, 2020
Last May, we finally went on a romantic trip to Paris. The day before our vacation, my gynecologist called me and told me that I will have treatment once we’re back. I wasn’t worried about the treatment itself really – even though my doctor only used the word chemo and kept telling us that I could probably vomit, feel dizzy and experience hair loss so it would be smarter to wait til after so that I don’t ruin our trip – I was more worried that I would feel like shit when I had to go into Manhattan for my appointment at the Swedish consulate the following day, an appointment I had scheduled months in advanced and couldn’t really reschedule since I needed my passport to be valid. I didn’t know that I was going to feel ok after (there is of course a chance that you can experience these side effects, everyone experience unknown things coming into our bodies differently, but most people probably wont, I felt a little tired and had sore legs), so not only was I jetlagged, I also didn’t sleep for more than maybe 3 hours a night during our trip cause my head was spinning with a million thoughts and questions. It was an amazing trip and I am so happy we finally decided to go, but oh my, I feel bad for my dear husband who had to deal with me being a total wreck at times. He deserves a medal:)
May 14, 2019, I went in for my first treatment. One year later, I’m still not cleared. My blood test last Saturday showed a different number than the previous few, still a good number but because it looked different my oncologist wants me to go in next month again. At this point I barely even care anymore, as long as I feel healthy and my number is down, what’s another test or two or five.. There are other concerns in the world right now. Fingers crossed I’ll be cleared next month though.
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Here are some random pictures I took in Paris:
Almost every day I have a little dance party on my own at home. Usually it’s when my husband takes the pup out in the afternoon once the stock market has closed. For some reason he always leaves some kind of music on and I end up dancing, in whatever way I feel like, I put no judgment into my moves, just dancing my heart out.
Try it, it’s fun🕺🏼
May 11, 2020
Good Morning! Hope you are all doing well! This weekend went by pretty quickly. And it was sooo cold here all weekend, what’s up with that? We went from really warm spring days to snow! Ok, it was only snowing for about 10 minutes and then we had blue sky again, but that’s how cold it’s been here this weekend.
On Saturday morning I finally got my blood test done. Some people were sitting in the waiting area when I got there but we were still able to keep a safe distance plus two of them got in right when I came. I had to be there for a lot longer than I hoped for though. They looked through loads of faxed paper before they could find my order, then I could come in and get my test done. I’ve had this guy before a couple of times and he’s been good, but on Saturday he must have been nervous or something cause he was shaking the whole time. It must be tough for them all to go to work during this pandemic so I don’t blame him. I was nervous too. I wanted to come and in and then run away from there.
My result came back yesterday. I don’t really know what’s next yet, I’m just sitting here waiting for my doctor to call me before I can put any real thoughts to it.
What else did we do this weekend? We ordered pizza again from Riccos (of course we put the boxes straight into the oven when they arrived, better to be safe) and that was yummy. We saw a movie in Spanish, The Platform. It was better than I expected, very well made. Kinda like the Lord of the Flies, predictable story but it was still good. And we went for walks with Thor. Oh, and I colored my hair pink 😀 (hashtag Quarantinemademedoit hahaha). And that’s pretty much it.
I hope you all had a fantastic weekend and are staying safe at home♥
Pretty lilac syringa everywhere these days
