Variety of Things

The month is disappearing fast. Just over a week

and school starts again.

Last week I started to take some art classes.

For the fall I will be taking One Stroke Painting,

Basic Drawing and Painting for Adults and

Wilton Cake Decorating.

I figure I can't work, so I should take some

classes, accumulate art projects and heh, perhaps

set up an etsy shop!

I had one on one time with Ana, Andrew and

Maria this month. I took Ana bowling, Andrew

to play mini-golf and Maria and I explored

the local bike path on foot.

One weekend I had Ana, Andrew and Joseph

and Joseph made his First Communion.

That was a special day.

This week I have all the children and my mother

is visiting. I stayed up late with my oldest

Teresa last night having a heart to heart talk.

We laughed like school girls.

This afternoon we are going to visit the

American Textile Museum. On Wednesday

night I took my mom to my One Stroke

Painting class and we painted wildflowers.

My friend Mary Sue has been taking me

mainly to my chemo treatments on Thursdays.

She lives in Leominster, MA. So, I'm very grateful

to her commitment to drive an hour to

spend the day with me at chemotherapy.

This last month I have been extra tired

but the last few days it seems the vitamins

I have been taking have finally reached their

accumulative effect and I have energy again!

At my doctor appointment yesterday we went

over a CAT scan I had on Tuesday. The cancer

is shrinking in my breast but there was

a question about my liver. So, next week

I'm going for a PET scan to get more detail.

Another Week; Many More to Go!

I had an appointment with my Oncologist today. I asked about

my cancer treatments, thinking they would end in September

or October. She said "4 to 6 months down the road we will

see if radiation is necessary." (meaning as she exclaimed

to me that my chemotherapy would continue that long)

It wasn't what I expected but it's good to know what my

schedule will be doing.

A friend asked me about chelation. I would like to do

such a thing but I don't have the money. But, as I do

chemo I'm keeping up on my vitamins and alternative

medicine that my oncologist approved. It's called

Poly MVA http://www.poly-mva.com/

You can read here at the link all the great things

it does such as boost your immune system, eliminate

free radicals, restore cells and give you energy.

My son Andrew spent the last few days with me.

We went to play mini-golf and watched "The Prince

and the Pauper" - a great adventure movie.

I also took him to see some friends of his on the

way back to his dads.

I saw all of the children on Monday. I'm happy

to give them all a hug now. We made lemonade

and hot dogs for dinner with apples and just

sat around and chatted. It was a very hot

and humid day.

Today my daughter went off to camp for two

weeks. Personally I think a week is long enough

for her age; but she was very excited and said

she would send letters. Her enthusiasm was

like a happy sunbeam.

I took my Art Appreciation curriculum to the

social worker at the Cancer Center and one of

the nurses approached me later saying she loved

my work and they would set up a time in September

for me to do the workshop! Next week I will

bring the art books in to show them.

Well, time to rest; tired after a day of chemicals.