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December 07, 2004
Round and Round We Go
Thank you all for your warm wishes regarding the news about my mother. It really means a lot, especially since I have only met one of you. I spoke with my dad tonight regarding the course of treatment. He is the one who talked with the surgeon. He and I both think that they found this tumor early. The surgeon asked if we wanted to wait until after New Year's to proceed with treatment, but my dad decided that it would make my mom feel better to go through with treatment before Christmas. She is scheduled for a bone scan to check her lymph nodes on the 14th and her lumpectomy is scheduled for the 21st. At this point we do not know if there is recovery time required between removing the tumor and the radiation, I guess we find that out this Friday. The fact that the surgeon considered waiting until after the holidays to proceed with treatment leads me to believe that they did find this very early.
As for my mental state, running probably would have helped me a great deal today. That is my time to really think and clear my head, but my health and body are important too. The weather today was terrible. It was cool, very foggy, misty, and just dreary. The temperature is actually supposed to get warmer overnight, with a high in the upper 50s tomorrow.
I went to the gym and did the early Spinning class. Actually, I got there a little bit early to get some extra time on the bike. Doing two classes was a possibility, but my seat is just not ready for two hours in the saddle yet. I was able to get 75 minutes of Spinning in this afternoon. It did not feel like quite as good of a workout as running, but it does feel like a decent workout. It was kind of strange because it was making my shin feel funny if I didn't have the resistance right or if my position was off. I need to go and ice it soon.
Tomorrow will probably have no workout of any sort. I have a massage scheduled for right after work and then I should take care of some Christmas errands. This would make J happy since he thinks that I should sit on my tush and be a completely lazy bum for an entire week!
Posted by Blondie at December 7, 2004 07:43 PM
Comments
I missed (until just now) the earlier post about not running at all this week - I'm *so* totally impressed. I know way too many runners who couldn't do that if their lives depended on it.
Enjoy the time off (as much as you can under the circumstances) and do more of that holiday stuff that normal people do!
Posted by: jenandmats at December 7, 2004 09:51 PM
I just caught up on my blog reading. I'm so sorry to hear about your mom and I hope everything goes as well as it can from here on in. I'll be thinking of you and your family.
Posted by: Alison at December 8, 2004 12:16 AM
I didn't read your entry until this morning but wanted to add my good wishes for your mom, it sounds like they did catch it early. I hope that everything will be okay!
Posted by: barb at December 8, 2004 09:39 AM