Holiday fun

This past Saturday, my hubby & I attended his company's holiday dinner at the Loft in downtown San Jose. We were lucky to get to go this year since almost every year in the past, he had to work into the wee hours and always had to miss it. Luckily my nanny was able to watch the kids and we got a nice night out. It was so much fun hanging out, listen to music and chatting along with his work colleagues. The food, the drinks and the appetizers were the best! There was even a raffle and we even won a prize. What a nice time. Times like this just warms my heart and makes me want many, many more good times to come.

My hubby finally got all the lights up on the house and the kids love seeing the house all decorated. Lots of love and  thanks to him for all the hard work. With the kids out of school for the holidays, we're planning to take them to the wonderful magical place of Disneyland. It'll be alot of work getting there but hopefully we'll have lots of fun. We're excited and look forward to our family time.

This week, I woke up early at 6AM on Tuesday and got a full neck to knee CT scan. CT scans are awful due to warm fuzzy feeling from the contrast IV and having to sit still and hold your breathe as you go in and out of the circular tunnel. But, it's now become a routine I'm just used to now.

Yesterday, I was so fortunate enough to have a dear friend, Ramona accompany me to my chemo appointment. As usual, it was a long day as we left San Jose around noonish and didn't get home until almost 7PM. What a long day of waiting but it didn't seem like it as time flew by so fast with a friend coming along. It was nice of her to take time out to keep my company. So many hugs and thanks to her for her support and love. She even brought me a B-day card and beautiful poinsettias! How lovely.

As usual, my face time with my oncologist, Dr. Neal yesterday was quick and fast. We didn't view the scan results together this time but he did tell me things look stable overall and that we're going to continue with the current Gemzar chemo treatment. He did mention that the CT scan shows a 1 mm increase in the tumors compared to the last 6 weeks scan previously. With 2 weeks off from chemo now, my blood counts were now back up and I did get the Gemzar chemo infusion. I'll have to go back for another session next week and Romana promised to go with me again. I'm so grateful for her friendship. Smiles.

Aside from a sore throat and a little cold, I'm feeling good. The sore throat does worry me and hope it'll go away soon and that it's nothing serious or cancer related. Any new achy or pains and great shortness of breath I get, it's hard not to worry that it may be something worse like signs of progression. Worry. Fear. It's awful living with cancer, especially lung cancer.
I'll be getting the actual full CT scan report in the mail soon and will post the results. Hopefully it's reports nothing too serious to worry more about. As for acunpunture, I've decided to take a break from it for now. With everything going on, it's hard to keep up with it 3 times a week for an 1.5 hour sessions. Besides, I didn't like the achy feeling I get from the puncture of the needles and who likes being poked with needles on the top of one's head for hour long three times per week sessions! I'm glad I have some free time back again with my kids.