17 December 2024
I had some good news today. I thought they forgot to do a Signatera test in October but they did. The test checks for circulating cancer cells in the blood. It came back negative. That’s four in a row. They sent another sample off today.
The first thing they did today was draw blood. Everything is pretty much back to normal. My iron/ferritin levels are all good and only one or two minor things were above normal. The results were so good that Dr. Velez thinks my dip in energy and the lethargy are due to holiday blues.
It’s true, I normally get down during the holidays but I don’t feel it this year. I still think I’m cycling from the chemotherapy, but what do I know. I’ve got another appointment with him in March.
Strangely, my appointment with the surgeon didn’t appear on MyChart so I stopped by this morning and they were surprised to see me. In any case, that’s also been rescheduled in March.
So, I’m on a three month schedule with my endocrinologist, my cardiologist, my surgeon, and oncologist. By comparison my ophthalmologist, who is every 6 months, is a break.
I had to run for the Jeep after the appointment. The rain was coming down. I haven’t run in years and I could just seem me face planting on the slippery grass and walks. I managed to make it just as it quit raining.
I stopped on the way home to mail out my Holiday cards. I’m late this year and hopefully people don’t mind too much. People may get them after Christmas/Hanukkah.
Rain picked up when I got home and it’s been raining off and on all afternoon. We need it. The yards are dry and my sprinkler pump isn’t working still. I need to call about that tomorrow and see what can be done.
As someone who was raised in Mississippi, Christmas to me is rainy, cold weather. It would just be on the verge of snowing and yet not snow. I think I’ve only had one white Christmas in Mississippi during my lifetime. Of course, I get some hints. Chris and I have a habit of walking the neighborhood to see the lightships in peoples’ yards and we seem to pick a night we get caught in a downpour. We’ll try for dryer weather this year but we have a few more days with rain predicted.
Stay tuned!