Ruth Update: November 4, 2006
Dear Friends, Relatives, and Prayer Partners,
I have hair! Yes indeedy, I have little tiny hairs growing out of my scalp. I am not yet ready for prime time, but hair is definitely growing. My toes feel better, too, but still feel as if there is a long way to go. You know how when your foot "falls asleep," and it is just starting to come back and you have that semi-painful tingling? That is about how my toes feel when I wiggle them. It is not constant, but does make wearing a heel of any height an adventure.
Paul, meanwhile, is suffering from hip pain. We don't know what is causing it, but he is confident it will go away in a few days. This will be the third night he has not gone on his usual evening walk. I haven't gone into nagging wife mode yet. Well, not the full-bore nag, but I plan to encourage him to seek medical advice if there is no improvement in a few days. He felt pretty well this morning, so he went to work in the garden. Bad move.
What with Paul's pain and getting Matt on a bus to Richmond with his one-act play at 7:00 this morning, we completely forgot about a party to which we had been invited today. So sorry, Pete and Kathy. Can you ever forgive us? We had good intentions, really. I hope you had a Happy Birthday, Pete.
Matt had a fine time on Halloween. One of his specialties in theater is bloody makeup, and I had a terrific canvas for him. I will post photos on my blog. We got very few trick-or-treaters, darn it.
Thank you all for your good wishes and congratulations. It is nice to be able to answer "I'm in remission!" when people ask me how I am. My oncologist encourages me to keep my medi-port until we have two "clean" PET scans. The plan now is to see her every month, and get a PET scan every four months for a while, just to see what is going on. They will flush my medi-port on my office visits, which has to be done about that often for maintenance. It's also a good way to draw blood, and we will be watching that cancer marker, too.
Speaking of Matt's theater activity, "Anatomy of Gray" opens this week. Matt has a juicy role and he is enjoying it immensely. For times and tickets, please see the Lake Braddock Theater website at http://www.lbtheatre.com/ I am told you can order tickets on line. Tony is to be here for the Saturday matinee, but I plan to see some of the other performances. Also, "The Capitol Steps" comedy troupe is coming to Lake Braddock Theater on November 19th. This is a fundraiser for LBT, and a good show, too, if you like topical political musical comedy. I have seen them before, and it is really great. There is a link to "Capitol Steps" at the website, too.
Get your mammograms. Do your self-exams.
Love,
Ruth
http://ruthsmusings.blogspot.com
I have hair! Yes indeedy, I have little tiny hairs growing out of my scalp. I am not yet ready for prime time, but hair is definitely growing. My toes feel better, too, but still feel as if there is a long way to go. You know how when your foot "falls asleep," and it is just starting to come back and you have that semi-painful tingling? That is about how my toes feel when I wiggle them. It is not constant, but does make wearing a heel of any height an adventure.
Paul, meanwhile, is suffering from hip pain. We don't know what is causing it, but he is confident it will go away in a few days. This will be the third night he has not gone on his usual evening walk. I haven't gone into nagging wife mode yet. Well, not the full-bore nag, but I plan to encourage him to seek medical advice if there is no improvement in a few days. He felt pretty well this morning, so he went to work in the garden. Bad move.
What with Paul's pain and getting Matt on a bus to Richmond with his one-act play at 7:00 this morning, we completely forgot about a party to which we had been invited today. So sorry, Pete and Kathy. Can you ever forgive us? We had good intentions, really. I hope you had a Happy Birthday, Pete.
Matt had a fine time on Halloween. One of his specialties in theater is bloody makeup, and I had a terrific canvas for him. I will post photos on my blog. We got very few trick-or-treaters, darn it.
Thank you all for your good wishes and congratulations. It is nice to be able to answer "I'm in remission!" when people ask me how I am. My oncologist encourages me to keep my medi-port until we have two "clean" PET scans. The plan now is to see her every month, and get a PET scan every four months for a while, just to see what is going on. They will flush my medi-port on my office visits, which has to be done about that often for maintenance. It's also a good way to draw blood, and we will be watching that cancer marker, too.
Speaking of Matt's theater activity, "Anatomy of Gray" opens this week. Matt has a juicy role and he is enjoying it immensely. For times and tickets, please see the Lake Braddock Theater website at http://www.lbtheatre.com/ I am told you can order tickets on line. Tony is to be here for the Saturday matinee, but I plan to see some of the other performances. Also, "The Capitol Steps" comedy troupe is coming to Lake Braddock Theater on November 19th. This is a fundraiser for LBT, and a good show, too, if you like topical political musical comedy. I have seen them before, and it is really great. There is a link to "Capitol Steps" at the website, too.
Get your mammograms. Do your self-exams.
Love,
Ruth
http://ruthsmusings.blogspot.com
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