There hasn't been much to blog about lately but I figured I would post one last update prior to my test results in December. Since chemo I've just been taking it easy and trying to get back to normal life. My lungs are slowly getting better. I still experience coughing fits but they don't happen as often and are usually not as severe as they were a couple of weeks ago. I'm off the blood thinner injections and have started the oral ones (warfarin) which I'll be on for the next 6 months or so. They're still trying to nail down the proper dose so I have to get blood work done every 3 days until that's established. If you take too high a dose you can have serious bleeding but too low a dose won't treat the clotting. So the Cancer Care pharmacy people tell me how much to take, I do that for a few days then I get a blood test. Based on the results they again adjust how much I take and then another blood test. And so on. I have another blood test tomorrow and then one or two next week and hopefully that will be enough. Then I will get tested every few weeks for the time that I'm on them to make sure I'm maintaining the proper anti-coagulant level.
Adrienne has been back to work for almost two weeks and Anthony is still going to Grandma and Grandpa's everyday until I have a bit more energy and my lungs can handle chasing him all day. The other day I went to Home Depot, Walmart and grocery shopping at Superstore all in one day. By the time I got home I was so exhausted I had to leave the groceries in the car for an hour while I rested. I feel like a 90 year old man but it's getting better every day.
That's my life for the next month, just slowly getting back to a normal routine after 3 months of doing nothing but lying in bed. I have a CT scan at the end of the month and will get the results from my oncologist on Dec 6th. Assuming I get the all clear then I'll be headed back to work on Dec 12th. For anyone who doesn't know what I do, I'm an Air Traffic Controller. Don't worry, I don't plan to control airplanes for a little while. When I go back to work I'll be working in our school until I'm sure my side effects are gone and I have enough energy to get back to shift work. Nobody wants me controlling their airplane at 5:30 AM having a coughing fit with my ears ringing out of my head.
I hope this is one of my last blog entries. My next post will be after my doctor's appointment on Dec 6th with what I pray will be really good news. In the mean time I'm going to try and start getting back to the dozens of people that have sent me messages over the last few months. Thanks again for the blog comments, emails, etc.
Until next month...
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