I've still got it!

Cancer, that is.  I've still got cancer.  Dammit!

Tumie, the spleen tumor, is still there and still growing.  Slowly, rather than by leaps and bounds, but growing nonetheless.

So, it's on to the next treatment.  If you don't count the surgery and the radiation, then this is my third treatment for melanoma, which means that I now have an odd sort of collection.

This next one is called Keytruda, and it is an immunotherapy, much like the last drug I was given.  The catch with this one is that the treatment can go on indefinitely.  It's new enough that they don't know what the cycle should be yet.  Ack!  Side effects are supposed to be about the same, which means I'll go on being tired and dizzy and queasy, but I probably won't have any serious weight or hair loss.  Looks like I lucked into the kind of cancer drugs that keep you fat and hairy.

I start this next, seemingly never-ending, journey on Tuesday.  I got the Purple Power Port (ENGAGE!) unclogged, so I'm all ready to go.  Woo hoo!  (I guess.)

I'm kind of glad I did some advance thinking as far as the booth goes.  My merch backlog may come in handy over the next few months.

I'll keep everyone updated as things progress.  I guess we'll just keep plugging along.  Not much other choice.  I'm a little bummed by this, so please excuse my tone right now.  I am happy to have options.  I just wish I didn't have to exercise them quite so frequently, you know?

Thanks for hanging in there with me.

And now, for some photo fun:

This is what happens when you're bored at the cancer center waiting for the port de-clogger to kick in.

Also, today is Emmylou Harris' birthday.  That's good news, at least.

Forgot to check something off my list

I forgot to check something off my list in Monday's post.  I've been moaning about it for a while and finally did something about it.

Haircut?  CHECK!

Nerd Chic Rules!

I have a new look!

With everything else going on, I forgot to mention my mini-makeover.  I got new glasses for my birthday!

I still need a haircut!

I'm back in bifocals again, which is a relief.  I could barely see out of the pair that I was wearing.  I broke my last pair of bi-focals a couple of years ago, so I went back to wearing the pair I had before them.  Then I broke that pair, so I went back to the pair I wore before that pair.  It's nice to be up to date again.  I also got try out contacts, but I haven't had a chance to use them yet.  Just too much going on.

As you can see, I'm going for nerd chic now!

YAY!

Just in case anyone was worrying, I just wanted to let you all know that the phone is okay!

Here it is, all safe and sound:

And all is well that ends well!

We made a new friend today

I'll have more to say later, but I had to share one of today's purchases right away.

 

Who doesn't need a four foot tall wooden Teletubby cut out?