Ugh. The last two days really SUCKED. There’s just no better way to put it! I’ve been in pain and my stomach has been a wreck. I took medicine to help with the pain and it turned me into a zombie. I took medicine to help with my stomach and it didn’t help. Honey had today off from work so he took me out to breakfast this morning which was really nice and it motivated me to get some stuff done this morning. I made a bunch of phone calls and got a lot done in a short amount of time. I ended up talking with Nurse McFly (fka Nurse Skippy but his voice reminds us of George McFly from the Back to the Future movies) who had my doc standing next to him so I told him all about my stomach problems. I hadn’t called him about it prior to today because I was frustrated with all these medications and I just knew that would be all he could do for me: prescribe more meds. My frustration level with it has subsided and now I understand these medications really do help me feel better and I am grateful for them, for the most part.
So he prescribed me a couple more meds to help control the extremely increased acid in my stomach and told me to call him Monday to let him know how they work out over the weekend. I’m telling you, ever since we kissed and made up with him, he is my new Be-Fri! I’ve talked to him probably three times this week, as he’s been keeping me informed of his efforts to get another medication approved by my insurance BEFORE I go in for more CAKE in a couple weeks.

Speaking of my next CAKE treatment…the good news is I get to postpone it until AFTER my birthday! Which means next Friday, which is my birthday, instead of going to the hospital and getting that crap pumped into me, I’m trying to schedule a mani/pedi day at a nearby salon! A good friend of mine is joining me and I’m using the Diana Price-Fish Foundation for this little treat! Then that night, Honey and I are meeting with some other young adult cancer survivors in our area. We’re both a little nervous but we are social butterflies so I’m sure we’ll fit in and have fun in no time! So that’s Friday and then Saturday is my big Game Night party at our house! We’re getting a sandwich bar thingy with snacks and BYOB and we’ll have lots of games going on throughout our house. As an only child, I never really played many board games with people because I didn’t really have anyone to play them with. So I LOVE board games now and I couldn’t think of a better way to spend my birthday with friends and family! Actually, that’s not true…I tried to reserve some lanes at the local bowling alley for a bowling party with laser tag to follow but it was unreasonably expensive and not worth it! So we’re playing games here at our house! If you didn’t get an eVite from Honey and you want to come, let me know and I’ll send you one! Everyone is welcome!!!!

And then I’ll get CAKE on Tuesday, February 5. Unfortunately, Honey won’t be able to get off work to go with me that day but my darling MIL Carolyn has agreed to chaperone me that day! Supposedly, that’s my last scheduled CAKE and then there’s talk of a CAT scan to see how much the tumors have shrunk. The CAT scan is not yet scheduled so I don’t know what will happen next…yet. Patience. I am learning patience through all this.

Well, I’ve been up for a few hours and doing stuff so now I’m beat and need a rest. Maggie hounded me to blog this post for ya’ll because I was procrastinating. Thanks, Mags!