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it feels really good to be back in seattle, back on campus. i'm excited to be back to work with my local, and back to work on my dissertation. "back" is the key word for this post. also "for good." i'm going to pittsburgh with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
glaucon 8/15-8/23, but that's not the same as having to leave again for work.
i'm like 95% recovered from the appendectomy, and physically i feel great. i was still having some aches and twinges of pain last week. one day it felt like i had strained the muscles near the incision, but it was ok the next day. sometime over the weekend i realized that i'm not having those aches and twinges anymore, and that i can only feel a slight "oddness" beneath the skin around the incision if i press on it. otherwise i feel sound and healthy.
it's good, because it's making me feel more optimistic about the chemo and beyond, my long-term prognosis. i know that's not really a predictor of what will happen, but i think feeling optimistic will help to ensure that i enjoy my life and live it fully, no matter what happens. i'm still apprehensive and afraid, but that's part of a larger mix of feelings now, rather than predominating over everything else.
this week: seeing dr. goff, the gynecological oncologist on wednesday (ultrasound of the ovaries in the a.m.); conferring with dr. mann, the surgeon who'll be doing the intraperitoneal chemo procedure, friday morning.
lol--friday at noon i have my first appointment with a new therapist.
if the news this week is good, i'll probably post it almost immediately; if bad, i'll post it if/when i feel like it. (if you're family--biological or emotional family--you'll hear from me before i post, either way.)
it feels really good to be back in seattle, back on campus. i'm excited to be back to work with my local, and back to work on my dissertation. "back" is the key word for this post. also "for good." i'm going to pittsburgh with
glaucon 8/15-8/23, but that's not the same as having to leave again for work.i'm like 95% recovered from the appendectomy, and physically i feel great. i was still having some aches and twinges of pain last week. one day it felt like i had strained the muscles near the incision, but it was ok the next day. sometime over the weekend i realized that i'm not having those aches and twinges anymore, and that i can only feel a slight "oddness" beneath the skin around the incision if i press on it. otherwise i feel sound and healthy.
it's good, because it's making me feel more optimistic about the chemo and beyond, my long-term prognosis. i know that's not really a predictor of what will happen, but i think feeling optimistic will help to ensure that i enjoy my life and live it fully, no matter what happens. i'm still apprehensive and afraid, but that's part of a larger mix of feelings now, rather than predominating over everything else.
this week: seeing dr. goff, the gynecological oncologist on wednesday (ultrasound of the ovaries in the a.m.); conferring with dr. mann, the surgeon who'll be doing the intraperitoneal chemo procedure, friday morning.
lol--friday at noon i have my first appointment with a new therapist.
if the news this week is good, i'll probably post it almost immediately; if bad, i'll post it if/when i feel like it. (if you're family--biological or emotional family--you'll hear from me before i post, either way.)
