
Left to Right, Jamie, Denny, Zana w/ 3 mo hair, Trey age 4 ½, sister Tammy.
Last of 36 Radiations was Tuesday, June 26
All treatments finished!!! NOTE * the Extra brown Pork Skin photo!
Radiation does take a lot of you energy wise. The dark crispy fried skin is beginning to return to normal. I am getting better every day. I will get a burst of energy and then pay dearly for it the next day.
All hair is returning, head, eyelashes, eyebrows, leg hair. A great deal more Salt than Pepper but hair none the less.
The whole Famn Damily went to see "Little Shop of Horrors" in Gulf Shores the night before Jamie's birthday June 26. Trey loved it! I ordered him the VHS movie so he will learn the words and stop singing "Little Shop of Whores" over and over. He watched it 2 1/2 times yesterday.
The good lord was looking out for me the Thursday before my company came. Dalia Leyva a lovely young woman came into Underwood Printing to order some business cards for her House Cleaning Service. She asks me if I knew of anyone who needed their house cleaned? I thought…. DING! “I DO!!!” I made my to- do list on a legal pad page and a half. So, I had she and 2 other hardworking Mexican women came first thing Friday morning and they cleaned like crazy upstairs, both bedrooms & bathrooms from ceiling fans, A/C vents, furniture, base boards, floors, bed linens. Then came down stairs and cleaned the half bath, vacuumed & mopped the Hugh split brick nasty floor in the kitchen and back entry. All in three hours!!! If you are in need of help call her cell 251 504-6840 and tell her Zana recommended her highly. She has her own car and brings cleaning supplies. Even though I had plenty. I buy them but never use them. You know I don't just believe in miracles ... I count on them!
Lana, Phil and the kids came in Saturday July 2. Her daughter Valerie and her husband Keith and three children came too. We had not seen Valerie since she married Keith 7 years ago. Valerie, Keith & the two boys left the next day for Orlando until Thursday night. Lana, Phil and baby Mattie who turned 1 year old, July 3 stayed here.
Denny and my sister Tammy took a weeks vacation and we played tourist all week.
. We went to see the Fireworks in Summerdale Sunday evening,
2. beach two days,
3. swam in the pool,
4. visited the Foley Depot on Tuesday and saw all of the miniature trains working.
5. Went to The Wharf, ate at Johnny Rockets, shopped,
6. to Fairhope, shopped,
7. spent the 4th of July on Magnolia River.
8. Shopped at the Art Center , Stacey’s to get me a vanilla coke & Lana a chocolate Coke. 9. Took Lana by Hope Medical and Gulf Coast Cancer Center to meet my all of my Chemo/Radiation Peeps.
10. Shopped at the Tanger Outlet Mall, Love Me Two Times
11. Watched two videos, “I Walk the Line” and the 1985 video from their visit here and we took lots of video at Romar Beach (NO Condos) and Destin. Lana & I decided we were pretty Hot back then. Jamie & Tammy were 14, Valerie & my niece Shannon were 9 and Kimbie was 5. And Denny and Phil always had a beer in their hands.
It would not be vacation with Zana if we didn’t have Gumbo. We made 23 quarts of gumbo, w/ 15 Lbs. of shrimp and 2 dozen crabs from Billy’s Seafood. Everyone helped . Thursday and Friday night we ate until we were almost sick. I sent two qt back to San Antonio for Kimbie & Phil. Plus Kimbie some Bar-B-Q pulled pork butt.
I went to Mobile today to Doug Montgomery's mother's funeral. She was a great lady. It was a beautiful service. I went by Martha's Salon on the way back and Randy buzz cut my hair and trimmed the hair over my ears. First hair cut since last Thanksgiving.
I see Dr. Tan on July 17, and he will tell me what course of maintenance medication I will take to prevent the hormones from effecting the growth of tumors. I see him every three months for two years. My appointment with Dr. Gilmore is set for the end of August for my annual check up and Mammogram. By Labor it will have been a year since this all began.
I will continue to post every few weeks to my blog. Thank you for your thoughts and many prayers. I have been truly lifted up by the force of god. Your prayers are the reason I know that I have had such a wonderful treatment experience, combined with my loving supportive family and many dear friends. There were days that I wondered if I would ever feel better like I even do today. There is an end and a brighter tomorrow.