The next phase

It snowed Tuesday night and the snow stayed less than 24 hours. This is a picture of Longfellow Creek on Wednesday. I had some library books to return and some holds to pick up so Lady and I decided to walk to Delridge Library via the creek trail. It is now raining. Welcome to Seattle.

I'm feeling great right now. It's been over a month since my last chemo. I'm noticing fuzz on my head. I still look bald but there is hope. I had salt and pepper hair before; the fuzz is gray. Wednesday I start my radiation treatments. They will occur every workday for the next 6 weeks. After Wednesday I'll be able to tell work when they can schedule me. I'm looking forward to working again and having life a little more predictable.

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

It's so much easier to feel positive when I feel good like I do today. Lady and I were able to walk along part of the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail. Getting there and back involves going downhill and uphill. It's a much better workout than walking on the flat and today was the first day after chemo round #1 that I have felt well enough to try it. We walked past the beaver pond and there were scores of mallard ducks. We waited at the ponds edge and watched them. They streamed over to see if we had any food. We started walking off and the ducks gave up on us. It's a good thing too. We didn't have anything for them. The trail is so beautiful this time of year. The deciduous trees still have all their leaves and form a canopy overhead.

After the walk I dropped Lady off at home and drove to the clinic for my last Nuepogen injection this cycle. It's just a little subcutaneous poke. The whole visit takes about 10 minutes from check-in to needle stick. Now I'm at Starbucks playing with my computer. I haven't been able to stomach coffee since my chemo treatment but I can do plain black tea. Ohhh, that and a pumpkin scone, mmmm.