More cancer news...

OK. So after a long break, we went back to the clinic. Actually, first we went back to Dr. Basha, (sp?), who was the one who removed my gallbladder. This was just your standard post-op checkup...no big deal. But, he did have to remove my stitches. Man...did I wish I had taken some of those lovely pharmaceuticals before I went. Some of the stitches were kinda "embedded" into my skin...yeah...re-read the sentence before this one. As not fun as that was, there weren't many of them, so it didn't take him long. And Dr. Basha kinda looks like my friend Kate's husband Kevin, so that helped a little. I felt like Kevin was removing my stitches. So, he said he doesn't need to see me again, unless there's an issue with healing.

As we were leaving his office, the time was around 9:45am. My appointment at the clinic was not until 12:45pm. But Dr. Basha's office was on the floor below the clinic. So we decided to just stick our head in at the clinic to see if they could work us in early. They were not busy at all, so Jana at the front desk called Susan our nurse practitioner to see if she could see us earlier than we were scheduled. While she was waiting to hear back from Susan, they went ahead and pulled me back in the back to have my blood drawn for testing. When we went back out into the waiting room, Jana told us that Susan said we could go ahead and go home, and Susan would call us later to give us the results of the blood work and to answer our questions. So, at around 10:15am, when our appointment wasn't until 12:45pm, we were on the way home!

Well, Susan just called me a few minutes ago. She said once again my labs were excellent. She also asked if I had been given my discharge date yet. I said no...then she told me that my discharge appointment at the clinic is July 18th at 10:30am! And she said she sees no need for me to even come back to the clinic until then!! I had written a list of questions I wanted to ask, and my fiancee, Candice, had also come up with a few. I won't give you all the questions, but I will give you the answers...kinda like jeopardy....no? OK...whatever. I can now start driving again. She just said to remember that my reaction time may not be what it used to be. I can also move back home...YAY!! Going back to work on August 15th also is still a go. I can be around my babies, (Linus the Puppy and Austin and Autumn, our Kitties) with no problem. I just still cannot change their litter box...sorry Candice. The only negative answer to a question I got was as to whether or not I could go to my high school reunion on August 4th. Because I still shouldn't be around large groups of people, unless you can absolutely guarantee that no one is sick...so that one was a no. But all in all...oh my God am I happy!! I going to be able to start moving closer and closer to my normal life!! I of course wanted to share all of this with all of you as soon as I could, so that you all could share in my continuing good news!! Keep your fingers crossed that it continues!! I hope this finds all of you well. I'm going home!!!