It’s Pumpkin Time
Mayo Visit – October
My visit at the Mayo went great. Had blood taken at 8:00 am, then scanned at 10:00 am. Saw my oncologist at 1:00 pm in the afternoon. It was a beautiful day trip down to Scottsdale this time. Flowers are in full bloom alongside the highways. Trees are turning color, and the cactus is ripening with greens & flowering. Doctor R. informed me (with his usual no-nonsense personality) that I’m still stable, and won’t need to return for a visit for another 6 months. It was one of those, “Are you talking to me moments?” I was really shocked and happy . . . (all at once).
It seems I get to skip the in-between 3 month visit for the normal blood test visit and go back again in six months for bloods and scans at the same time. That by itself is a relief. I feel like I can fight the world with a 6-month stay from chemo. Does that mean I’m getting better? No! It just means I’m stable for right now. Why? I don’t know and he doesn’t know, so it doesn’t matter.
I think my fantastic news was willed into being and God granted me this stay. Just before I went into his office for my visit, I got a call from my broker, Laura Li. She told me the Chinese investors are getting ready to come to America to meet with me and work out a deal for the Land Of I children’s show.
When I went into the meeting with Doctor R. I was expecting chemotherapy to begin, as he had indicated that he would set it up after the last appointment three months prior to this one. While I was sitting there waiting for him to come in with the timetable for my chemo, I was talking to myself and decided that I would have to put off beginning the show for 6-8 months (if possible) and finish therapy. Can you imagine, ME, deciding to put off the Land Of I show for 6-8 months and go through therapy? Well, I felt there was no choice. I could also hear my granddaughter Lauren’s voice saying, “Just do it, and get it over with Grams!” Then, all of a sudden, he rushed into the room, twinkle in his eyes, sat down at the computer, turned to me, and wham-bam! I had choices again! God works in mysterious ways. I think maybe I just had to just let go and let God, (hard for me to do) and I did! It was a feeling of both relief and missing puzzle pieces and a mile high of sorts, like I can whup anything. I asked him if the news meant that I was getting better and he said frankly, “No, Just a reprieve for some reason, it happens”. Then, I asked if maybe I could extend my lifetime, lifeline a little, and again, he said, “Probably not!” I decided he wasn’t going to give me anything to chew on, so I decided to hell with it! I’ll do whatever it takes to make my time line my own! After all, it’s ME and, and I can do whatever I want to do with my time line, so there!!! Something’s working and I’m gonna just go with the flow, and expect that I’m going to live to be a hundred! To heck with averages and statistics! They suck anyway!
It’s supposed to snow in the mountains of Arizona tonight. I hope it makes it down here to the 5,000 foot level in Prescott. I would love to see snow. The dogs would too. They love the white fluffy stuff. Cubby is named appropriately, Cubby Bear. He’s an Eskimo dog at heart. He loves cold and snow.
Danny’s busy putting up some motion lights outside as it’s getting dark at night now. He has his list of stuff to do every day. Today, the hot tub is draining, and the lights are going up. I want a nice clean hot tub if it’s gonna snow. I have this vision of snowflakes hitting the heated water, and a soft magical mist rising up to the sky. Stars floating above and snow falling softly to the ground, . . . an ideal setting. Yes! Oh well, I can dream can’t I?
Until Next Time,
Love, Jaye