I can't believe time has gone by so fast. I haven't wrote for over a week. I have been so busy. Last weekend on Saturday night I got to go to the Sharks game. My first game since getting sick. It was so much fun. Not only did my Sharkies kick butt on the Stanley Cup Champions Pittsburg Penguins 5-0 but to see my husband Mark cry was great! Our neighbors Jane and Steve Bjork came too. It was their first live hockey game. They loved it. We took them to the famous Shark hang out "Henry's" for dinner. So they got the full treatment of Henry's and a Shark game that night. It was a moment to remember. The rest of the weekend was relaxing watching football. I watch the movie "The Proposal" too on Sunday. What a funny movie!
Yesterday was the best day! I got to spend the whole day with my best friend and fellow heart transplant buddy "Tippi". I picked Tippi up and we went to Santa Clara Heart Transplant support group meeting. Dr. Kevin Anderson, another fellow heart transplant recipient, give a presentation on "Men and Sex after Heart Transplant". Al through it didn't have much information for us ladies, I still learned alot. The room was packed with heart transplant recipients, those waiting for a heart in the hospital and those just diagnosed with heart disease and considering a transplant. It is amazing how many people need heart transplants. Doctors have said they transplant a total of 16 from January to June, 2009 just at Kaiser. WOW! Thank God to those who make the choice to donate. It was a fun day. The million dollar girls out all day. We went to lunch and talk and talk. I kept telling Tippi I was sorry for talking so much. I took my Decadron on Monday night and so yesterday I was flying high. She's a good friend and understands.
Since getting sick I have to take such good care of my health in all areas. I have to be seen by doctors for skin cancers, OB/GYN, mammograms and not excluding bone marrow doctors, chemo doctors and heart transplant doctors. My schedule each week includes appointments for something. This is my new normal life. It was funny yesterday, Dr. Kevin, said it so perfectly. Our new normal life finally feels like a normal life again. I have to agree I'm almost there.
This weekend we are going to the lake all weekend. It's going to be so relaxing. I am bringing up some new movies to watch. Mia loves the lake house. She is so calm and quiet there. We go for walks down by the lake. She is so funny. She barks at the waves crashing on the shore. I laugh at the things she finds so interesting. She has brought so much joy into my life. She got groom today and looks so cute. Her hair is so long and fluffy. I love combing her long hair each night.
Jeff and Christine will be at the lake too. We are going to dinner at the Sports Stop in Kelseyville and again for breakfast and football on Sunday morning. We love the place. Mike is the owner and he is so good to us. Food is great!!!!
Next week I will do labs on Wednesday to check monthly light chain count. Hopefully I have another month of decrease in my numbers. That would be great! No chemo next week! Yeah!
Oh and the best part is that on Tuesday, November 17th, Erin and Mark find out the sex of the baby. As I said before I don't care what the sex is just that the baby is healthy and Erin is fine. I will be so happy to have a boy or girl. I'm just happy to be a grandma!
Sorry for not writing but like I said "life is getting back to a new normal". Moments are being made and life is good!
Love,
Debbie
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