First week home

The first week home was certainly one of ups and downs for me. The Former Boyfriend and I went to dinner at Roma my first night back. Very nice, although it was admittedly a binge off some of my dietary restrictions. Sunday we spent some time at the Stratford Ecological Center.  We took a walk in the woods with several other folks that support the Center, a tour guided by a pair of incredibly knowledgeable naturalists.  It was a beautiful day and the walk through the woods was like a walk in the park.

I go back to work on Monday so while I'd expected to do some resting this week I had also hoped to get caught up on a lot of the things I couldn't get to while in Chicago. Chief among this was the gardening. But Tuesday I started to sniffle. Those sniffles turned into one of the nastiest colds I've had in a long time. All through chemo, surgery and proton radiation therapy I stay healthy. Just when I thought all of this was over, my immune system takes a wallop. Thursday I had two doctors appointments with a blood draw included in the second one, meaning no cold medicine.  I’ve spent the greater portion of the past three days in bed with a sore throat and shivers. 

The good news is the doctors are happy with my progress, and I start work again on Monday.  And now that the weekend is here, I'm finally feeling like I'm getting the upper hand on this cold. Or at least that's my hope.

Former boyfriend on the trail