Life is Good!!!

Hello Folks,

What a good day. I'm happy to say that I got my stitches out today. I believe there were 17 in all and not a one of them hurt coming out. Yeah awesome nurse at Dr. Levey's office.

Katherine went with me, which was awesome. We had a great day. We went to the doctor, did a little shopping, had lunch and then went to the Chiropractor (Dr. Frank) - if anyone needs a chiropractor call me - he's AWESOME!!!!

My head feels great. My biggest issue post surgery has been my upper right back - it KILLS. So we saw Dr. Frank and well I am feeling a bit better - yeah me. I will see him again Thursday and hopefully even Friday. I really do find chiropractic awesome. I'm a believer!!!

So tomorrow is a BIG DAY. Wayne and I will head downtown for a 7:00am Gama Knife Radiation appointment. I'm looking forward to getting this appointment behind me! The whole thing should be done by 1:00pm and really they all make it sound pretty darn easy - just super time consuming and involved!

I'm looking forward to getting in and getting out. Then Thursday I will go to the pulmanologist and have a slew of breathing tests to figure out why I have been coughing for 3.5 months. Seriously, it's time they figure out why the heck I'm coughing. Figure it out and FIX IT! I will keep you posted.

Then June 6 Lizzy and I will go downtown and have a bone scan and a CT Scan and then I will know if I have to start chemo again. I'm hopeful that my lung tumors are stable and that I will continue to be on a chemo break and allow my body to continue healing from the surgery.

Surgery added yet another lovely scar to my body, but I don't really care it's just another battle scar. My niece Elle calls it a booboo and I couldn't agree more. Just a booboo, which will heal and improve with time just like all of the others.

I continue to marvel at the outpouring of love from family and friends. Thank you for everything. Thank you for your patience during the healing process.

Much love to all of you,
Maria xoxoxo