January 25/2018

Just one month ago was Christmas. Wow how time flys. Just eleven months from now we will be doing Christmas all over again. Kind of a dreadful thing to think about. Lol lol I like the 11 months before Christmas better than the month of . Baaahhh humbug. 🌲🎅🏻

I had the pleasure of going to The Wellsprings Center in Edmobton on Tuesday morning. My sister Cathy came with me and my good friend Marlene met us there. Marlene is a volunteer at the Center, and she gave us a guided tour of the building. What a beautiful facility this place is. It is for anyone who has had cancer, or going through, or the caregivers of those with or going through cancer. It offers many different things from classes, to exercises for those healing after cancer surgeries, to key-note speakers and much more. I urge anyone with a friend or family member or someone going through cancer to check this place out. Everything is free it is all funded by donations. I plan on doing some of the classes it has to offer, and maybe get this left arm working better.  Thanks so much to you Marlene for showing us around. 😊 I will be back. 

So I am having some trouble with my left arm it is swelling up and very soar, I have finished all my tests and heard back from most, of course the CT which they told me would only be 3 days has been over a week already. It looks like the dreaded lymphademia. I have to go back to the Cross to get a special sleeve made up for my arm. Which will take anywhere from 3 to 6 weeks to get made up. Of course it will. The crazy part is that the Cross told me now that you have been a patient here we will be here to help you anytime you need anything at all. Just show that “RED” card.  Oh NO this is not true !!! Now that my Oncologist has sent me back to my family doctor I need to go through him for anything to do with the Cross. Such as this sleeve and maybe some exercises I need to do and any therapy I might need, so again things are not as they promised.  So frustrating😜 so now I wait until I can get in and see them at the Cross for my sleeve and whatever else I may need.  Sorry I sound a bit upset, it is because I am. The Cross was supposed to always be there for any problems after I had Cancer forever!!!!and now it feels like I am back at the beginning, that’s because I am back at the beginning. So frustrating 😜

Today I went to The Chiropractor Wellness Center, this too is a really great place that Jamie and I have been going to for years. They recently moved and have upped their game a lot and now offer massage therapists, acupuncture, and much more. It is run by all ladies and what a bunch of ladies they are .. I saw the massage therapist today and she is working on my scars to loosen them up and to get the lymph nodes draining again also to get my left arm working better. Jamie has gone to this girl before for a massage, and she remembered him. I was telling her a little about my background, 2 cancers, pelvis break you know just the simple stuff. Then I told her I went to Mexico for treatment, and she said oh yes I saw your husband when you were there. You are a lucky woman she said he sure loves you ❤️ I guess he talks nicely about me to strangers too. Lucky me 😘 thanks Babe 😘 Anyway I highly recommend this place👍🏻

Gnarly ride home tonight from Edmonton, we followed a semi that had so much snow on the back of it you could only see one tail light I was on the edge of my seat the whole ride home. Then the snow was blowing so bad you could hardly see,and the road was snow covered. I guess we have been spoiled this winter with so little snow and driving being pretty good. But you have to have a nail bitter at least once ever winter,tonight was mine😬

Spending lots of quality time with Jamie this winter. I cant remember the last time he was off in January . I just wish this quality time didn’t have to be so much hockey time🏒 getting lots of Oilers games in. Go Oilers Go 🏒🏒

Tonight’s saying: Good judgement comes from experience….And experience? Well that comes from poor judgement. 👍🏻😊

Beth 😇