Running 'round like crazy trying to get every last sock washed and paperwork seen to before next week. Went to a "Look Good...Feel Better" event where they teach you how to manage make-up and wig styling when chemo has robbed you of your rosy glow....and your eyelashes.....and about half of your eyebrows. Apparently, it doesn't rob you of a sense of humor. I was amidst ladies with a median age of about 60 and everyone threw off their wigs and dug into mascara, eyebrow pencils and intensive repair eye creams. This is how it works: vendors like MAC, Estee Lauder and the like, donate really nice products that go into a special kit. Then lovely people who volunteer their time, including a cosmetologist, go through the whole process with you about moisturizing, staying out of the sun and how to draw a passable eyebrow. They feed you a light snack and send you toddling home with all the makeup in your kit. People are incredible.
Tomorrow is the big pre-op festival at Northwestern. Pulmonary function tests, tons of blood work, meeting with a nutritionist to learn my new and fabulous diet, meetings with the two surgeons and topping it all off with a lovely ECG. Gotta be there at 7:30am so tonight David and I will have the bedtime of a 5 year old. I am sure it will be a grueling day but I should have a great idea of what the surgery procedure will be, exact time lines for recovery etc and be able ask LOTS of questions. Then I can pass all that information along here and we will all know what the hell is going on.
More tomorrow ;)
The hours are ticking away, Jeffrey, then you will face eviction. You are tiresome and unwelcome and every one of us who loves Stephanie will be glad to see you gone.
ReplyDeleteOur precious Stephanie is a whirlwind of activity getting ready for the eviction party; in fact we have to rehang the drapes every time she flies by in a blur.
An awfully pretty blur, I might add!!
We sure do love you, honey! Mom xoxoxox