Feeling Pretty Good!

Post by Andrea

My Mom has been doing a good job of keeping busy.

This week she:
- had 2 exercise classes at the University of Waterloo
- celebrated her birthday early with some of her best friends at Sandy's house on Tuesday
- had a nice lunch with a bunch of her church friends at Gloria's
- Had Reiki treatment, and is now signed up for Therapeutic Touch
- visited 2 of her clients, who are a couple. The wife gave us a massive, delicious carrot cake.

Today we are going to the cancer center. We are going to see the pain and symptom management doctor, Dr. Jakda. Mom saw him 3 weeks ago and he REALLY upset her. Although Mom has been feeling really good, he kept bringing up "Getting Closure" and making her feel like she didn't have a lot of time left. He was a HUGE pessimist and told my mom that her cough would not get better, and it definitely HAS. We're not exactly looking forward to seeing him today. I wasn't there last time, but if he talks to her that way again, Bob has instructed me to step in and kick him in the nuts. Well, he didn't say that, exactly, but he wants me to speak up because he obviously doesn't know MY Mom and how strong she is.

Anyway, I've been bad about getting on here regularly and updating. The truth is, I kinda forgot that everyone is checking because they want to know how my Mom is doing. The reason I forget is that everything is starting to feel so normal. There is no sense of doom and gloom in this house. My Mom talks to people on the phone, or at church, and she always tells them that she is feeling SOOOOO good. Whoever will be seeing her soon, will see that she looks AMAZING! Her new wig is beautiful and the makeup and tips we got at the Look Good Feel Better workshop make her look so pretty. She is also pleased with her body because she has lost some weight and she is toning at the exercise class.

So, I hope that we will see a lot of you "Brand New Journey" followers soon, and that you will all see my gorgeous, healthy Mom.