Hi everyone,
I've been getting calls and notes from friends saying that they must have been left out of the loop cause they have not received any updates from me in quite a while..... but that is because I have not sent any. Just have been too busy with other stuff, plus don't want to bore you with too many details so I'll try to keep it relatively short.
November has been a busy month and it ain't over yet! We left on 11/9 & drove to So. Calif. for my daughter Kristen's wedding to Don Burks, a great guy she met thru' work... they both work at Edwards Air Force Base which is out in the desert (where the shuttle sometimes lands) & they had been living in the desert too... she in Lancaster, him in Calif City, and Kristen being a 'Bass Lake baby" wanted to live where there are some actual pine trees, so they bought a lovely home in Tehachapi. The wedding was in a lodge in Tehachapi, and the weather cooperated by supplying sunshine instead of fog or ice, which was nice. It was Kristen's first marriage, so was very exciting. Also fun and emotional to see my 'ex relatives'.., all my own kids of course, my sister & a couple of her kids and THEIR kids. it all went well. A beautiful wedding!
While in So. Cal. I thought I may as well get an appt at City of Hope for another opinion on my treatment. They are the largest breast cancer research hospital in the western states. I made the appt. months in advance and saw a female oncologist who I liked very much. She said the treatment I am getting here in Roseburg is exactly the right thing to do. No reason to change anything unless, or until, it stops working for me. She said some people live with diabetes and I will just live with stage 4 breast cancer! Who knew? It all still seems too easy (not complaining!) I may have some of the 'ugly' treatments in my future, but not now. Thank you God! We also went to Disneyland & California Adventure the next day. I thought I'd want a wheel chair & we got one but it was almost more trouble than it was worth, so we just didn't cover a whole lot of ground. We also visited Craig's boyhood ranch with the rodeo grounds in Woodlake & had lunch with his step-mom Rosemary in Visalia on the way home. I got to sit in the sunshine by her pool..... nice!
We got home last Monday, I had oral surgery Tues. & also discovered our dog was sick. He was still sick Weds. so took him to the vet where he spent the rest of the week with a temp of 106, on an IV, getting X-rays (ca-ching!). He's ok now, never found out why he was sick but he had been in a kennel here in town while we were gone & the owner told me her dog had been sick the week before. I think it's irresponsible of her not to keep that dog separated from mine (& all)!
This week we will drive up to the Tacoma area and have Thanksgiving with my son Rick & daughter-in-law Kim and her family. It should be a fun group! Also want to try to see Dale Chihuly's glass museum in Tacoma while we are there (he's the guy that did the huge glass flowers in the Belagio in Vegas & I attended his glass school in the mountains above Seattle in 1985) & also hook up with some old friends I've had since the 1960's! So... still very busy!
Basically I still feel "fine"... have some aches & pains, a little more bone pain in my left shoulder that makes me imagine a time when I won't want to turn a steering wheel or do my own hair. This yucky fog does not help! Craig is sore too.
So... guess this is not so short after all.. sorry 'bout that!
Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Stay well! Hugs, Toni
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