August 22nd 2008 11:10 pm
Back to Work and Chemo Schedule…
Tonight we spent some time with friends, eating dinner and hanging out! I am so grateful to be feeling so well right now. After working all day, my body is a bit sore, but I’m hanging in there.
I had Chemo on Wednesday and was at work today getting ready for school which begins on the 3rd. There is so much work to do; it’s really overwhelming actually. I have to get my room set up, move my office and get materials delivered to teachers before the start of school. Oh yeah, and have chemo, recover and rest! It feels like such a huge task to get it all done. I have already been asking people to help me on days I know I’ll feel ok! My room might not be totally ready by the time students come, but if that’s the worst of it, then we’re good to go.
I am trying to do what I can to keep up my chemo schedule and be at work when I need to be there. It’s important to me to keep life as normal as possible for me, my students and my co-workers; and to not miss too much work, but I also need to live a quality life. I am struggling to decide between taking time off of work for chemo and recovery or having chemo on Fridays, possibly sacrificing my weekends to recover if I’m not feeling well. It’s a tough decision for someone who wants to be everything for everyone!
As of right now, I only have two more chemos scheduled. One for next Wednesday, the 27th, and one for Friday the 5th. After chemo on the 5th, I will be having a CT scan to see if the chemo is shrinking the tumors. If they are shrinking, we’ll continue this treatment, although I don’t know for how long. If the tumors are not shrinking, we’ll be trying something else.
Please pray for peace in all our decisions regarding work/disability, chemo, medications, and house hunting.
Right now, I’m feeling pretty great; thanks for all your prayers!
Love,
Monica
P.S. Kai has been sleeping much better. Thanks to all of you who have been lifting up his precious little soul. He’s such an amazing blessing in my life!
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One Response to “Back to Work and Chemo Schedule…”
faith.gillis on 24 Aug 2008 at 9:03 pm #
I’m glad to hear you’re back at work- I was wondering what you were going to do about that. I’m back to, as of last week (but I’m not doing chemo anymore). I hope you enjoy the normalcy of returning to a familiar job, though you’ll prob. have to get used to everyone becoming your second mother (“oh, should you be lifting that? …Let me do it. HOney, you really need to take your full lunch break…”) Those kinds of things. But all motivated by true concern and given in love.