Beautiful weekend-recharged for the week !

Saturday I was kind of tired ( insomnia has a unique way of running one down slowly) and did my first non-medical !! outing to a bbq at one of Fred's tennis friends house. It went pretty well I basically sat and did not get up from the couch for about an hour except to pet the beautiful puppy they had. I figured that this would not disrupt doctors orders of total rest since I was doing the same thing I would do at home.

I could not help but walk over to my new neighbor 2 houses down which I was highly suspecting to be a roadie. And I was right !!! She is a road biker and was also doing the Race for the Cure 5k tomorrow morning. I am so bummed that such a person moved in my neighborhood as I am down from riding. Introduced myself and invited to join us tomorrow morning around 9ish, when a couple of my riding buddies from Bobbies would be visiting. Hopefully I did not sound like I was stalking her. ( although I actually WAS stalking her.. in a good way)

Sibel came home for the weekend ( Yey !!! )and brought a Gator Mom T-shirt. She bought a Small size but might ask her to exchange it cause I do not have a clue what my size will be after my boobs will be inflated!

The night was pretty frustrating after an intense wrestling session with my 3 pillows and the comforter I got up and I went back to bed around 4 am and got up at 8 am ( went through all the Lost dvd's I had on hand, went on some bc chat rooms,read a bit ). Second day of Paxil but it does not seem to kick in yet. I was even close to getting into my car and driving around listening to my music blasting, I missed that soo much !!! But thought that Fred would freak if I went mia at 3 am and I am not supposed to be driving before next friday anyways.

Sunday was a really exciting day as some of my buddies from the Bobbies were riding this way of town ( I live kind of far away from everyone ;o( ) to stop over and visit. And 3 of my friends were going to run the Race for the Cure 5k at Disney with Fred. Friday Carol had worked diligently on a map to get down here via a safe route.

Tied a balloon to TG ( thats my tri-mobils nick name for Trigeek licence plate) for them to spot the house, arranged the little buffet with the help of my mom - well actually she did everything -- ( freshly baked brownies, bananas, cliff bars, Gatorade,bagels&cream cheese, cold watermelon,coffee) and as I was getting ready to camp in the garage with my coffee to greet them heard the banging on the garage door. phew !! I of course underestimated their speed they were already here !

And there was Grits(Carol), Twig ( Kim),Dr. Chow (Chris), ! It was such a treat to see them after so many weeks of isolation. Well I am not exactly in isolation but every day that I am away from my activities/workout buddies I feel isolated like a fish out of water.

We had a great time chatting along and chomping food, and in a while Fred, Medi, Pinar,Mine showed up all looking pink and green ( bandannas and tshirts)returning from the Susan Komen's 5k race for the cure. Min brought her infamous choc/vanilla almond pudding yummm.....

In the afternoon Lisa Bl, Keri and Julie stopped by we had a great time chatting along.( I was having too much good time.. so forgot to take a picture of us !! bummer ) I just have to share a conversation that took place. To give a background my mother has always thought that road biking is dangerous and I should not be doing it.

Keri : When I broke my femur I was not able to get out of bed for several days.

My mom : Oh ! How did you break your femur ? -- sounding too enthusiastic --hoping to get the answer 'biking' so she can give me 'The Look' - that Lance gave Ulrich ;o)

Keri : Oh it was a skydiving accident !

Priceless moment seeing the look on my moms face hehe....

Nuge and Yasmin stopped by, Yasmin brought the letter that was supposed to be on the tree, she has a precious message from her heart to me on it!!! Nuge brought me the 'Kite Runner' which we have switched to in our book club this month.

I am fully recharged to face this very important week where I will be meeting with oncologists from FL Hospital and MD Anderson. However I am doing some reading and the more I read the more I am questioning traditional treatments which have so many side affects. I have known my body to be very strong, and I do not think I know enough to make educated decision on treatment options. Oh boy, lots of homework needs to be done !

My chest / shoulders are recovering really fast I am almost back to full range of motion ( pretty close to full range) although I know I have to take it easy. The chest muscles are contracting.. trying to get back into function.. and I am having some soreness on my waist.. things are settling down finally.