Charlcie

Sounds like a Boston song we know and love from the 80s (or 70s?), doesn't it? It has been such a long time since I have posted anything on my blog. Here's the short version of what's been going on lately around here: I traveled to Denver last week for business and was gone Tuesday through Friday. Business travel is tiring anyway, but with my current state of always feeling either bleh or not right, it really wasn't so great. Kenzie has injured her elbow doing a back handspring. Saw the doctor on Monday, said to rest it for six weeks. Dancing is over for her now. Chris is almost finished with the building and painting in our room. He painted it chocolate brown (it looks delicious!) with white trim and built an amazing cabinet for (mostly) me. He gets a shelf of it. :) Morgan continues to love soccer with her team the Storm. Most recently she scored three goals and had a great assist in a 6-2 win. She is disappointed that her last soccer game is this Sunday. The good new

Here's a photo from Kenzie's cheerleading competition from this past weekend. She has red hair, is front and center on her knees, making a V with her arms. Her squad took 2nd in this competition and have another competition this weekend. Last weekend we missed the cheer competition for the soccer tournament. This weekend, we'll miss one soccer game for the cheer competition (thanks to our good friends the Karps for offering to get Morgan to the Saturday game). Ah, these things happen. Morgan has another soccer game on Sunday to catch. Saturday will be the first soccer game both Chris and I both have missed in a LONG time. For those of you keeping score from the last blog post, I finally did get my test results from Dr. Crantz...in the mail today (after I requested them via fax twice). Now I have to figure out what they mean...and find another endocrinologist. Ugh.

I'm feeling pretty alone, emotional, weird about my current state of thyroid cancer or lack of it or lack of a functioning thyroid. It feels as if my endocrinologist has abandoned me. He doesn't explain things to me, just barks orders. I need to find a new one but don't have the time or energy or just drive to follow up on any one of the many wonderful recommendations I have received from doctors to friends who are local. I placed my third call yesterday to Dr. Crantz's office yesterday asking (feels like begging) for a copy of my labs. I'd like to know what my TSH levels, etc. are. They have promised to fax twice (only after I pay $3 via credit card). Hasn't happened. Now I would be happy to just get these in the mail. I'm unmotivated with so much to do. I'm overwhelmed. It sucks.

A quick post: a show of hands (or comments on the blog...), how many of you saw my Oklahoma State Cowboys beat the Missouri Tigers on Saturday night courtesy ESPN2? It was quite amazing. I was shocked and frankly didn't think they could do it on the road! OSU has not been ranked in the top 10 since 1988, which was my junior year at OSU and Barry Sanders' Heisman year. Now THAT was fun times all the way around. Next week: Baylor in Stillwater for Homecoming weekend, the most fun time of the fall semester! OSU has one of the biggest homecoming celebrations in the nation. Fun for the students, alumni, etc. In two weeks, on the road to Austin to play the #1 Texas Longhorns. Hmmm...now that might be an interesting one, no?

It's been a while, I know. Between work, keeping up with the kids, and being exhausted, I haven't blogged much. I'm going to try to get back in the swing of it as I really enjoy it! Big weekend around here...and in Richmond. Morgan's soccer team was in a tournament there. We had a blast, and the girls got 2nd place. They had two wins on Saturday, a tie Sunday morning then lost the championship game. Lots of good passing, great goals, but just came up a little short. Morgan scored four goals this weekend, had a few assists and just overall played so well. Energy wise, I'm still struggling but slugging through it as best I can. Like this weekend, Saturday was good, but i was able to get in a nap after the two games and before the team dinner. Today, I was wiped out PLUS got stung by a bee. That was so random, at the awards ceremony after the championship game. It's on my hand between my thumb and first finger on my right hand. It hurts but hey, not as bad as a fiv

Well, the scan was rather uneventful on Monday for those of you wondering. They did the same scan that I did pre-radioactive treatment, and the folks at the hospital said that Dr. Crantz (or as Deb and I like to call him, "that doctor that I/you don't like") would interpret the results for me. But they did show Chris and I informally that really, all the scan was supposed to do was show that the treatment is working/still going on, and that is happening. So...I guess we did find that out, that it is working, the radioactive iodine is still eating the thyroid tissue that is left as well as the thyroid cancer cells left. I'm more exhausted than ever, which is something I also have to address with "that doctor that I don't like." I have an appointment with him on Monday. I just hope that he doesn't tell me for the millionth time that "I'm lucky to have thyroid cancer" and "I won't die from it." Grrrr.... Fall is finally here