Good News Post

I haven't blogged in 10 days but that's primarily because I've been busy decorating the house and getting chemo.  But this blog post is full of good news so in no particular order:

1.  My sweet husband bought me these lovely flowers last week, they are lasting a long time and are lovely to look at (even though he is allergic to a lot of what is here he still bought them).

2.  I was super happy to see how the USA election results went.  And yes, no amount of wrangling will prevent Biden from taking office.  It won't be as smooth as other previous Presidents as the current one has zero class but it is a huge relief to many, not just in the USA but around the world.  And to any troll who wishes to post a note how I have no business saying that - crawl back into your hole.  It's my blog and I can say whatever the h*ll I want to!  Plus I get super fiesty after chemo so watch out.

3.  More decorating has happened.  I underestimated the number of lights to go on the big tree so 600 lights have only gone halfway up.  Hubby has bought 600 more so I hope to finish it this weekend then decorate it for real.  In the meantime,I bought a 2-foot mini tree on our Facebook bidding site for $7 (our last one kicked the bucket as was fibre optic) and put on some of the Sylvania mini lights and it looks pretty.  There will be some vintage mini-balls going on it too once I dig out all the actual tree decorations.  We bought them at Costco and they are battery operated with many features (including pure white, alternating, pulsing, flashing) and once you turn them on they automatically shut off at 6 hours - and will come on the next day at the same time unless you shut them off manually.  

4.  The Red Deer, Alberta restaurant/pub my stepdaughter works in had one bartender come down with Covid.  They shut it for 5 days and tested all staff and fortunately, no one else at the restaurant has it.  They are now reopened.  I am very thankful that none of the kids has gotten it even though 2 have now been tested.

5.  And finally, super good news.  After my 4th cycle of chemo, a CT scan was done showing my pancreatic tumour had shrunk by 10-15 percent.  My oncologist did not want to say if it was sufficient to do surgery as it had to pull away from a vein.  That decision was solely the surgeons.  We received word Monday that it has and that they are now in the process of booking Operating Room space in a few weeks.  I took chemo on Tuesday(6th cycle) and am on a takehome bag with my 4th drug until 4pm today when I go back to the hospital to have it removed.  After that, I need at least a 2-3 week break before surgery can happen although I might have 1 more chemo before surgery depending on when they can book that OR space.  This is what we have been waiting for.  If for any reason it had not pulled away from the vein surgery couldn't happen. Surgery will give me more years of life  - best case scenario!  We are supposed to hear directly from the surgeon in the next few days, possibly even today to discuss surgery.

So yeah, it's been a good week.  Take care, everyone, stay safe.