Health, South Africa
Susan Colby
Accentuating the Positive

With the Russian madman causing mayhem in the world, I am really trying to maintain a positive outlook.

The war news is dominating and it’s difficult to avoid. But am very aware of how my mental health can affect my physical health, so I am attempting (and so far succeeding) to limit my news watching/viewing. I look at just enough to get a very superficial overview but even that is more than I want. I feel so sad for all the people affected by this megalomaniac!

Accentuating the Positive
Health, South Africa
Susan Colby
Chemo is Doing its Thing

Time flies by, even the chemo treatments. Yesterday was #5 of the planned 6. The results of my blood tests continue to be good. The cancer marker went from 301 to 187 this week. But not low enough to move on to the next stage. Dr. McCleave said they want to see it at around 30 which is quite a long way yet.

Chemo is Doing its Thing
Susan Colby
There’s Hot, and Then There’s HOT

When I came back to South Africa in 2019, I naturally gravitated to where I was born and grew up. And actually ended up in the what we used to call the village of Kloof. (It’s no longer a village!) Kloof is about 18 miles/29km from Durban and just on 1600ft/500km above sea level, giving the area a more moderate climate than Durban, usually being a good 10F less which was the case when I took Rodney to the park this afternoon. Plus less humid.

There’s Hot, and Then There’s HOT
Health, South Africa
Susan Colby
Chemo #4 Done, 2 to Go

The fourth treatment went as planned. Mick came with me so he was able to meet my doctor. It’s always good to have another set of ears in a consultation but this one was very straightforward because everything is going so well.

Chemo #4 Done, 2 to Go
South Africa
Susan Colby
A Massive Immune Booster

November 16 last year is the fateful day I got the definitive news that changed my life.

By then I ‘d been in hospital for 8 days going through tests and everything else that goes along with a cancer diagnosis. I’d just had laparoscopic surgery for a biopsy and the GYN/surgeon came to visit me after I had very gently been given the diagnosis. He’s a lovely man and from reading his bio, a pretty religious one as well. He said to me as he sat at my bedside, “Have you considered end of life?”

A Massive Immune Booster

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Time is Ticking By

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Tick, Tick, Tick!

Time is ticking by! The last few days have been pretty busy, getting the house ready for Ike and Adam, my house sitters from Austin. They arrive next Wednesday, and I want everything to be ready so that they can enjoy themselves - and the house! And the kitties, of course!

It seems like there are so many little things that have to be done before I can leave - trash and recycling, stop the mail, clear out the closets, make sure there are extra sheets and towels available, mow the lawn, copies of important documents and on and on! It's a lot different to going away for a few days, or packing up to move completely. Sort of a mixture of the two. There are some things I will get once I get to Socal, like a new bathing suit and shorts (not hot items here in the PNW), sunscreen, another not so hot item here, as well as bug spray. There will be a much better selection down there. I've had my typhoid and Hep A shot and am getting malaria pills next week. I haven't seen that they have zika there, but hopefully, being offshore with a good breeze, we will be fine. And at the Maya Mountain Lodge, we will probably have mosquito nets and/or air conditioning. Also, I thought it would be a good idea to read up on Belize, as the books I have are dated way back in 1999! I'm sure the country hasn't changed THAT much, except for more hotels etc, but it's best to have up-to-date facts and figures. So I bought The Rough Guide to Belize and have it as an e-book on my iPad which will make it easy for everyone to use on the boat. My next job is to make a list of all the good places to go around here - sort of a handbook for Ike and Adam. And for the Airbnb people this summer. Then I will turn it into a 48-hours in Port Townsend article!

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