A lot has happened in the last 2 years.
The highlights: Sold the house in Iowa and moved to Missouri, a grandchild decided to use the pronouns Them and They, lymphedema in legs, oldest daughter went back to school to get her Masters in Marriage and Family Counseling. and Cancer is back this time in my lungs.
From this
to this
It doesn't look like much here, but after all the work we had done........ The biggest differences: all 1 level and property taxes cut by almost 80%. The hard part, downsizing from 5 garage spaces to 2, 3 full baths to 2, 3 large bedrooms to 2 regular sized, my sewing room shrunk, but the dining room GREW! We had the outside power washed, new floors installed, kitchen and bathroom cabinets refaced, new sinks and counter tops, brick fireplace updated, moved previous owners great room cabinets into the hall bath for more storage and counter space, new windows are going on the big sunroom that became the dining room, creating all new window treatments, major redo of the master bath shower, considering installing a gas fireplace in the great room, the roof and foundation had to be repaired and of course all new paint. Oh, and the trees have been trimmed. All of that was exciting, but right in the middle the doctor surprised us and said, "It's back, but has moved into your lungs."
It's been about a year since the diagnosis. It hasn't been easy. Lymphedema, allergic reactions, both the scary kind and just annoying stuff, treatments every month and the darn stuff kept on growing. However, with the move comes new doctors and a chance to try something new. A new plan, more excitement. Not really sure how much more excitement I can handle. The plan is to let you know in a couple of weeks. We're going to continue with the immunotherapy that I can tolerate and add a daily chemo pill.
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