There have been some fun things happening over the past 16 months, but the very best thing to occur was my latest 6-month CT scan and check-up with Awesome Oncologist Dr. Hampshire on October 8, 2014.
The CT scan, as always, was quick and painless, and always a joy with Tien, the fabulous rad tech that's done just about every one of my scans since I've been going there.
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| Dear Tien - such a ray of sunshine! |
Two days later, it was off to see Dr. Hampshire, who gave me sweeeeeeet news: REMISSION!
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| Happy patient and happy Oncologist! |
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| Gotta love the "R" word! |
I'll never kid myself that this means the pesky stupid-ass cancer is gone - this type of lymphoma is not curable, but can be treated when it rears it ugly head. But for right now, it's keeping its stinky self hidden and not causing any problems. YIPPPPPIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!
And it's a good thing: I'm WAY too busy to be a cancer patient right now! Life is (as always) GOOD and I'm staying busy and happy.
A few highlights from the past 16 months:
I was promoted at work - I'm now the Administrative Officer at Cabrillo National Monument and got to move into the big-girl office. This year marks 25 years that I've been at Cabrillo, in a succession of increasingly more difficult positions. This one is the most challenging and complex, to be sure, but never boring. And you can't beat my office and view!
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| Home Sweet Home |
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| The Million-Dollar View |
My adorable teeny tiny trailer, "Lil' Chick," was in her very first vintage trailer show in Pismo Beach - what a blast that was! It was so much fun to camp with a bunch of girlfriends and proudly show off our homes-on-wheels!
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| Lil' Chick receiving her adoring public! |
And because one trailer is never enough, I bought another! The second one, though, is my campin' trailer. Yes, once I got Lil Chick's makeover completed, I camped very comfortably in her. But for a little thang, she is pretty high maintenance! Not mechanically - she's only got electric, and no plumbing, battery, propane, etc. to give me any problems. No, her Diva-ness comes from all of the staging that has to be done: once stopped at a campsite, pictures have to be hung, knick-knacks placed with care, chairs and crowns and chandeliers set up outside (yes, chandeliers - this is glamping, after all!), and a whole truckful of "stuff" has to be set up for her to shine to her full and glorious potential! It's fun, but time-consuming and exhausting! Sometimes a girl just wants to camp, ya know? So I added sweet little "Wren" to my fleet - she's a 2002 17' Casita, and I adore her!!! She belonged to a fellow Sister, so I was thrilled that we got to keep her "in the family!" She's so much easier to camp in than the Chick, and she has all the amenities: hot and cold running water, stove, fridge battery, holding tanks, and - wait for it - a REAL potty AND shower! Love me some indoor plumbin'!
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| No, it only LOOKS like we're on the moon - it's really Ocotillo Wells. Wren is in the middle. |
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| She had been well cared for by her previous mommy, so all I had to do was put a little paint on cabinet doors, configure a permanent bed, add some new fabrics and she was ready to go! |
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| Breathing in the intoxicating scent of fresh lavender! |
And because the world is too fabulous to always remain in one place, I got a tattoo:
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| Appropriate verbiage for my body, yes? |
This Lymphopixie isn't letting that annoying Stage IV diagnosis rule her life - there WAY to much traveling and progressing and adventuring and accomplishing to do!!!
