Yeah, I'm gonna talk a little about cancer again today. I try not to go here anymore but this is like celebrating a birthday. :) It's definitely a three cookie day!
I am TWO YEARS (count them) TWO YEARS past my last radiation treatment. I just had my 2 year checkup with my medical oncologyst and everything is going well except for some migraines that I have been having.
So, now I'm on a new and exciting (not) med. I was having migraines just like these BC (before cancer). After chemo, I didn't have them anymore but a couple of months ago, they decided to start visiting again just like old friends. (I did not invite them and they are definitely not 'best' friends'. HA.)
The new med is Topromax which was initially released for epilepsy but they found that it stops migraines in their tracks before they get started so I'm willing to give it a try. I've been on it for two days and the first day, a headache was acting like it was going to start but today, nothing. So far, so good.
The good news is that all my blood work is NORMAL again also. My white count is all the way up to 5.1 which is amazing for me. My platelets are normal for the first time, my BUN is within the normal range. Anyway, without boring you totally to death, let's just say that they all look really good for the first time in two years. We've been exercising again which I know is a good thing. (Probably what is causing the headaches...LOL)
Off of cancer and back to sewing...lol. A WAY more fun subject.
I did finish some curtains to match a quilt hanging in my bathroom. Here is a picture of that.
Yes, this was actually the wall hanging from my office. I took the one I had made for the bathroom and took it to the office because I wanted to make the invisible hanger for this one and the other one ended up matching my office better and I had a lot of matching material to this one for making curtains so I did a switcheroo. This one matched the bathroom quite nicely too. 8-) It has taken me almost 6 years to decide what to do with that window. I'm such a procrastinator. sigh.
I also made curtains for the guest bedroom so that it would be homey when Mom came down to visit.
Here is a pic of the curtains. I made them out of some of the material that I had left over from the monstrosity quilt material. 8-) The color of the walls is correct in the picture below and the color of the walls in the picture above is incorrect. I took the picture of the bathroom with my iPhone and the picture below with a real camera. The walls are actually the same color in the two rooms...lol.
I ran across these neat little magnetic curtain tie backs that are holding the curtains open. I wasn't sure if I was going to like them or not but I like them more and more each time I see them. It's such a simple concept. It is two metal leaves with magnets inside of them and a metal wire running between them. You put one leaf on the back and one on the front of the curtain and they snap together to hold them in place. I'm sure when Roman spends the night, he'll have a lot of fun rearranging them. HA!
That is about all I've been up to lately. Here is some Max for today. Cancer was all vegetables, but I'm definitely having three cookie days lately. "Three Cookie Days
By Max Lucado
Every day, God prepares for us a plate of experiences. Some days are “three cookie days.” Many are not! Sometimes our plate has nothing but vegetables, twenty-four hours of celery, carrots, and squash. Apparently God knows we need some strength, and though the portion may be hard to swallow, isn’t it for our own good? All are important and all are from God. Romans 8:28 says, “We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love Him.”
The next time your plate has a portion you find hard to swallow, talk to God about it. Jesus did. In the garden of Gethsemane His Father handed Him a cup of suffering so sour, so vile, that Jesus handed it back to heaven.
“My Father,” He prayed, “if it is possible may this cup be taken from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.” (Mark 14:36)."
By Grace Alone -
Teresa
