July 19th is Two Years Cancer-Free!

I will be celebrating my two-year anniversary at the lake with my family.

I was released from my plastic surgeon today. I will have one more visit each with my surgeon and my radiologist. I will continue to see my oncologist for seven years to monitor my meds and to do bloodwork.

I am continuing to see my LE therapist once a week. I go for water therapy 2-3 times a week, and I try to fit in my MFR therapy each day.
The "souvenirs' of BC for me are chronic pain and fatique and, of course, the lymphedema, which is also chronic. I am sure that no one is interested in continual updates on these topics. Chronic conditions just don't know when to go home!

It has been so good to connect with everyone and have your support the last two years. I couldn't have survived without so many thoughts, prayers, and physical acts of kindness.

I would ask that you continue to pray on my behalf - every time you see an apple, which is the shape that I now am due to swelling - would you continue to ask God that He take this lymphedema, and the pain and fatigue, from me if it is His will?

Updates on other issues: My dad is doing great! He is skinny, but healthy, and does whatever he wants. Kennedie Grace, my great-niece, still is dealing with the hemangeoma on her trachea. They are trying a new med to shrink the tumor. Hunter and Emily are making wedding plans, Sarah and Paul are enjoying their first year of marriage, and Katie is excited to return to Anderson soon. Thanks for your interest in my family.

Fall holds a class in library science for me, a Bible study at the church, and I may try to take up my mandolin lessons again. Add that to the mix of therapy and wedding planning, and I think my life will be pretty full again.

I plan to close this blog in the very near future. You can reach me at jan.veal@juno.com, and it is even possible that I may give in and start a Facebook account.