a step back

The gauntlet is fine; now the sleeve is too tight - back to remeasuring and reordering. This is getting to be rougher than any of the treatments. I may need to go back to wrapping. Pray for my patience. Also, I would appreciate prayer for some strength and less pain. Thanks! Jan

It's Here!

The gauntlet has arrived and I am wearing it as I type. It seems fine to me, but it has to pass the therapist's inspection Thursday.
I haven't written much on the blog lately, being one-handed (as I was wrapped).
As of this evening, I have seven radiations remaining. I am hoping to regain some energy by the first week or so of April. I have been told by those who have been there that it will be six months before I fully recover from radiation, which will be just in time for Sarah's and Paul's wedding - they are looking at October or possibly the first week of November.
Six months post radiation is when I will also be able to finish any revisions on my plastic surgery. I will work it around the wedding. I want to feel my best for the "big day"!
I have been battling the blues with the fatigue, dark and dreary weather, and some continued pain. Last week Katie had the flu all week, and boy, were we a pair of couch potatoes. Thankfully, she is on the mend. I am hoping that the end of radiation and better weather will lift my spirits. Thanks for continued prayers and cards!
Jan

Patience!

I called today to check on the status of my gauntlet - ordered a week ago Monday, only to find out that my order had been lost and that they will start the process of making it tomorrow. I am SO frustrated with being wrapped while I wait and wait and wait. I did ask for the manager, and they are going to have it for me a week from Monday. Please pray for my patience and that the gauntlet will be a good fit when it arrives.

Engagement Announcement!

Our oldest daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Veal, is engaged! Her fiance, Paul Disney IV, came by this afternoon, all dressed up and looking very handsome, to ask our permission and to give us a glimpse of the ring. He then took her to LeRelais for dinner, where he proposed. Sarah called us about 10:30 this evening to say that she had accepted. Paul is a fine young Christian man, and we are so happy for them both!
Jan

Still Hunting and Pecking!

The radiation is going well, but I am much more tired than I thought I would be. I am not good for much until about noon each day, and my bedtime is early, too. I guess it is the combo of still having chemo in my body, not being totally well from my surgery (I keep hearing that it is a one-year recovery for a double tram flap procedure), the complication of the lymphedema, and daily radiation, M-F. I am slightly disappointed, because I thought I would be flying around in my mini-van by this point, but no - more lessons in patience!
I have started singing with the choir again, which is a pick-me-up, and I am working on graduation and my parents' 50th anniversary, although my sisters are doing the bulk of the work on this.
I also have just a little bit of dark fuzz on my head - you have to look closely.
Finally, Bryan and I drove by Krispy Kreme the other night, and the "hot" sign was on. We stopped and got some hot glazed doughnuts - and they tasted GOOOOOOD! I love having nearly normal taste buds!