It's been awhile

I know, I know...it's been awhile since I have sent any updates. But, no news is good news, right? I am just getting back into the regular routine after being part of the organizing committee for my 25th high school reunion, which was last weekend. Things were really hectic for me since the last time that I posted.

First, an update on how Aunt Marilyn is doing. She bounced back from her stay in the hospital, yet again. She is now back in the rehabilitation center working on getting her broken arm to heal and to regain her strength. She is doing rehab exercises everyday, in fact she really looks forward to doing that. She is having issues with eating and digesting what she eats. She needs to eat in order to have energy to do her rehab. So, this is a constant battle. She vows to be back to her apartment. Let's all hope that she can be.

Mom is plugging along. She has her good days and she has her bad days. But, that is usual. The good days are out-weighing the bad days now. Her hair is coming back in quite nicely. It is actually a bit darker brown than it was before she lost it mixed in with gray and white. It looks like the curls came back too. She is now going out without a hat on. She is comfortable in herself and that is most important. She is still going to classes at The Gathering Place and The Moll Center at Fairview Hospital. I really think that the support groups are a godsend for her. Now that the drug situation has been resolved, the next thing is getting her payments (that weren't covered by insurance) set up with The Cleveland Clinic. This has been a back and forth process since May. She sent her financial information to two different people, who then lost the information and her files. Then, she set up a face-to-face meeting with someone at the Moll Center and she is still waiting for the outcome of that meeting. In the meantime, she was told not to pay the bills she is receiving until everything is set. She has another meeting tomorrow morning with the billing/finance person. I hope that this gets sorted for her soon. That is the one last thing that she needs to worry about right now.

I wanted to comment about an insight that I had from the reunion weekend. So many people that are my age are touched by cancer in some way. For me it has been through friends (Barra and Andi) and obviously my mom. But, I found out that one classmate is a 4 year survivor who had a double mastectomy. Other classmates are helping their parents through treatment right now. This horrible disease affects every one of us. I always knew that, but talking to classmates brought that realization home for me. It is definitely an eye opener.