Yay!!!!

My sister is coming!!!! I am so excited. I love my sister and we will have a jam packed weekend. We are going to register at some places thursday after I pick her up at the airport. I am having a baby shower so she has to pick the swag. Then Fri is whatever day and then my friend Jaye is coming on Friday. JAye has been my friend since 1968. We mey on our big wheels. We spent many summer afternoons at the oaks and of course making forts and playing with wrist rockets. Then there were countless hours of F troop, hogan's heroes, I dream of Jeannie. I used to love to go to his house because mom would not let us watch tv. Mrs. R would! SO we will have some fun too!
Leslie leaves on Sunday which is way too soon, but she will be back for her shower.
i am continuing to feel so good. I have a urologist appt today/ this chemo damages kidneys and bladder so they are monitoring me. I had some elevated creatnin levels, not too high. and i always have trace blood in my urine, but it has gone to some. i guess dr. w will count cells to see how much it has gone up. I imagine he will cystoscope me to look in the bladder i am just guessing but it would be logical to see if there was amy hemoraging in the bladder itself or if the benign polyps I have are bleeding more. Not being a dr. I am not sure but it would make sense to see if there was blood in my bladder as opposed to originating from my bladder. plus I know he can see where the ureters come in to the bladder and if blood is
coming from the kidney, you can see it if there is enough. It is actually pretty cool. I worked for a urologist back in the 80's. He would let me look. If blood is coming from one kidney, it is a sickle cell anemia marker. BTW your bladder is really vool looking. Creamy with a myriad of tiny veins. Maybe I shouldn't have gone to art school. The body did always fascinate me. Then I have a urologist appt on nov 8 the check out the kidneys too. Better safe than sorry.
Some days I just cry because I feel so much better.I have 2 more cycles of this and I hope we can then go on a maintenance chemo. The odds are very against me but not many 47year olds get this type of cancer. i am so happy I can do some of the small normal things I couldn't do for the past several months.I know my handy companion appreiaate it. He is bamming me with his paw while I am writing BECAUSE he wants a walk. I better take him. He can be kind of demanding and I of course reinforce bad behavior. That is ok. He has helped me through this and i have loved on him so much he is ROTTEN.
Have a great day
peace out