Gardening For The Soul

My dear Mum has many adages such as ‘money doesn’t grow on trees’, ‘more haste, less speed’ and one of my least favorite, ‘everything happens in threes’. This three theory was primarily used with crappy things and if only two had occurred as decided by Mum, I was always waiting ‘for the other shoe to drop!’.

But in this particular case, I am hoping that the phrase is true because two days ago, my tooth started to really throb, particularly when I drank any liquid and today, I had an emergency root canal! Wasp attack, cat disappearing act and now root canal – math is not always my strongest point but even I can add to three. And that’s before chemo which has a whole category unto itself! On Friday, I also had an ultrasound of my ovaries just to make sure I don’t need them removed before having chemo and although one came back fine, but they couldn’t find the other one in there! Perhaps it’s lost in the same place that the cat hid in the basement, but my oncologist thinks it’s no cause for concern.

So the long and the short of this is that my first chemo session has been delayed to next Wednesday as they won’t begin if I have any risk of infection. I was originally bummed as I had myself psyched up for tomorrow, but it comes with benefits as Steve turns 50 this weekend, along with our 22nd wedding anniversary and I can go out and celebrate with him without the potential chemo complications that I had concerns would keep me housebound. Or perhaps I should not leave the house until next week!!

Wig purchasing was SO much more fun then I had anticipated. The lady at the store was wonderful and I found a couple of wigs I really liked. I purchased just one for now and left the store wearing it. The girls noticed my hair was a little different right away, but Steve didn’t even notice. There could be a couple of ways to interpret that! As I had intended, I tried on wigs like the hair I always wished I had (long and sexy) and lo and behold, they did not suit me. I have a little head and face and all that hair totally overwhelmed me. The one I purchased is synthetic and you wash it and leave it and it just goes back in shape, no having to blow dry it. I’ll take pictures of my new hair and post.

Love to all,
Amanda