Post Nasal Drip...drip....drip...

I have a cold.  A dumb, stupid cold.  I was bragging on Christmas Day how I haven't had a cold in years and wham-o.  Minutes later, I feel my throat get scratchy, Kent sneezes a couple times and that's it....I am done in.

There was a time this summer where my only real social times came through Facebook and Pinterest.  I would lay on the couch trying to sleep, willing the world to stop spinning and had an formal relationship with the toilet...we saw a lot of each other.

One day, while I was staring down a bowl of chicken noodle soup like it was toxic waste, trying to figure out whether it was better to eat and possibly get sick OR go hungry.  I saw a post on Facebook from a friend, she had a head cold.

For 3 flippin weeks she complained online about a head cold.  I can tell you, about the 3rd week I was ready to unfriend her when she stopped.  I wouldn't wish my treatment on ANYBODY -- I have to say, in that moment of stare down with the soup I would've gladly traded places with her.

It's a cold--I'd rather have a cold then chemotherapy.  Any. Day.

I saw my Medical Oncologist today, He kinda looks like this: Except friendlier.

We went over the ultrasounds I just had done, all is good.  The lumps in my neck have stayed the same through treatment and the process of recovery.  He said it was normal for people to have lumps and bumps, the PET Scan in February spotted them, so they had to be investigated.  My lab work was all normal for an 80 year old.  Kidding, really.  He did say that the chemotherapy has pushed me into menopause.  They don't feel that will reverse.  I actually would prefer just to keep on going rather than have to do this all over again.

So, I am post menopausal at 44.  Maybe this will be a short time.  

He did say that I can look into options for Hormone Replacement Therapy or Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy, but as it has been going well for now, I am just going to do this the most "non-chemical"  way possible.

After my appointment I went to get some prescriptions and start towards getting ready for New York.  In passing I asked the Pharmacist if I could get an official reciept with all the prescriptions I had filled in the store.  He said it would take minutes, I took a seat.  $1000.00  spent on prescriptions in that store alone.  I know that I have others from the Travel Clinic and other pharmacies -- Cancer is dang expensive.  Note: up until November 15th we had medical coverage for our prescriptions...at about 80% coverage.  

I marvel at this year.  I really do.  Grad, wedding, cancer, sick time off work, (me), job loss,  (Kent), on paper this year just doesn't make ANY financial sense.

That's when I come around to this--He provided all along:  

I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, 

so that you may know that I am the LORD, 

the God of Israel, who summons you by name. 

Isaiah 45:3