Well, I’d like to apologize to any of you who may have been using this blog as a main source of information regarding my health. I just realized today that it has been a whole month since I posted anything. I got busy and kept saying to myself “I’ll post tomorrow” until tomorrow wound up being today and I realized this evening that you would probably like to know what’s been going on! So, I’ll try to catch you up without being too long-winded. 😀
Now to recap November 2023… Well, in my last two posts I left you with some serious information and then gave you something silly for dessert! So, my dad is now doing much better and is back at home again. My temporary symptoms after that first injection subsided quickly and I was back to normal after a few days. Michelle got to have a fun girls night out with some of her friends and they all painted their own ceramic Christmas trees, the kind with little colored plastic lights stuck into them. Michelle and the kids attended an Ice Hockey game (the local team) and from what I heard later that evening, they all had a good time.
A few weeks ago we had a friend take some family pictures for this year. I haven’t seen any of them yet but I’m sure they’re great. 🙂 On the 21st I went in for my second immunotherapy treatment. This time things went a little more smoothly since I knew what to expect, though I think they may have forgotten about me for bit because they left me waiting in a treatment room (with no IV) for quite some time. In fact, it was about one and a half “Hallmark channel movie’s” long! 😀 Thankfully, this time I didn’t experience any noticeable side effects, so I’m hopeful that means the first time will be the only time I have any side effects to report.
Michelle and I both had birthdays this month. That makes us both one year closer to AMAZING! Right? Right?… No? Well, anyway. 😉 So the dealership we bought that Toyota from, in October, finally sent us the Tennessee title, in December, so now I can get it titled here. Apparently things in the Tennessee B.M.V. just move a bit slower than here. I didn’t know how good we had it!
Last Wednesday was our church’s Christmas dinner, which is always a nice time. Then the very next night was Madrigal dinner at U.S.I. If you don’t know this already, I was in choir in college and was a part of this production/fundraiser back then. Essentially it’s a nice catered dinner and a Christmas music choir concert all wrapped up into one medieval Irish themed setting. It can be a lot of fun, especially if the court jesters decide to come and pick on you or someone sitting close to you! I would recommend trying it next year if that sounds interesting to you.
Our church also held a “Ladies Christmas Tea” this weekend and it was quite well attended. I think I heard that there were upward of three hundred attendees. We volunteered to help out, though I’m not sure I really ended up being much help! 🙂 The youth group acted as the servers and after seeing how things went in previous years, I must say this year was a marked improvement. I didn’t spot any big mishaps, the kids were well behaved, and everything went out to the tables accurately and in a quick and organized fashion. Great job guys!
Well, in spite of my best efforts, this did turn out to be longer than I had intended. But, I’m almost done! Tomorrow, I have a follow-up appointment with the dermatologist, which I believe is just to give me another once-over to verify there are no new concerning spots showing up. Also, next Tuesday I’ll be going in for the third immunotherapy treatment, so if not before then, I’ll at least make sure to post a more timely update for you after that appointment.