Today was the end-of-chemo pyjama party for BOnnie, CHristine, & Nancy -- though Nancy's chemo ends next week -- and Barb's is ongoing. I went up there after my appt with the radiation oncologist and was pointed immediately to the far corner, where they were curtained off! They WERE wearing PJs! Bonnie wore mismatched flannel pjs (which she'd worn to her doctor visit beforehand -- and you guys think i'm shameless!) Barb wore baby blue ones and a cap, CHristine wore something slinky and revealing (as BOnnie had predicted) and Nancy wore shimmery pink pjs with a matching pink wig!
Kelly didn't have pjs on and I didn't either. I couldn't wear jammies to bike there in the morning (too cold) and my backpack was full with the scans I needed to bring the RadOncs, the fruit for the party, and a dry top to ride home in ..... but actually I don't wear pjs. I wear a favorite old comfy oversized shirt and torn long undies to bed. They aren't pretty but they feel yummy. That's when it's cold -- and then in the middle of the night I get a hot flash and off they all come!
I don't see how anyone could wear pjs with tops that button, to bed. I like to sleep on my tummy and the buttons would get in the way. (I know, I know -- I am worried about how I'm going to sleep after the mastectomy with the scar and the drains in my chest....... I still have the body pillow I used when I was pregnant -- maybe I could use pillows for this somehow? I should just go to bed now and get a head start on all the sleep I'll have trouble getting later.... yeah right.
I took pictures of the party -- soon as some talented kid helps me upload them I'll share them.
I've now seen both RadOncs in the same dept and will have some trouble choosing between them -- it didn't help that they work well together so they kinda tag teamed..... He answered all my questions last Monday and she agreed with his answers so we didn't do that again, and she did the physical exam so he didn't need to. I mean it was great, but it seems I should see both of them, since they work so well together! But it would be just one, and they would cover for one another -- so I have to choose, tomorrow.
Also tomorrow I'm going on my last bikeride before surgery. I'm leading it. I figure it's neat to go out with a bit of a bang, and anyway I owe the Babes for all the support -- they got me through my chemo on my bike!!! Especially Joan. It's her birthday tomorrow but she can't come on the ride. Luckily I've had lots of rides with her, including Wednesday's. No time to get anyone presents for any reason now -- birthday, end of chemo..... it will have to be later -- maybe at that little artesan shop by the mayo..... if I feel well enough after surgery. At least I'm not celebrating my own birthday, so it shouldn't feel too personal...... (My birthday is on Wed 10/29, the day after my surgery.) Of course you could argue that I AM celebrating my birthday, but getting the cancer cut out once and for all! (we hope.) I did mean to celebrate this week with the kids (I was so overdue when I was supposed to be born that I figure it's my birthday almost all month) but of course the # of things to do multiplied and I have hardly been home in the afernoons. (I got both kids flu vaccines, brought Matthew to PT for his baseball shins, and tomorrow I take Em to the orthodontist. Alan has to get the flu shot at the Mayo, as do I, if I am allowed to -- jury's still out on that.)
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