I went running today for the first time since all this stuff started happening. It felt pretty good! I did feel some pulling in my incision area, where they took the biopsy last week, but then I didn't notice it after about 1/2 mile. It got me wondering, though, how would it feel to run, once I had my port put in? I may have to come up with another exercise regime. I'll try it, though. I doubt pole dancing would be any better... And the Party Rock Anthem is a great song to run to. I broke out into a shuffle a few times, gotta keep up with my dancing skills.

One of my good friends from high school's mom had lymphoma about 7 years ago. I went to talk to her and her husband today. We now have a little club of 2 :). I hope we never have to teach anyone else the secret handshake because we ain't got no room for 3. It's exclusive, our club. It helped to talk about the things that I was going through, my feelings, what to expect. I need to look into some other resources for support in the Milwaukee area. Ahhhhhh. I'm still feeling good, though. Physically and mostly mentally. I'm glad I'm writing my thoughts down now, so I can look back on this a month from now, and see where I was. I'm hoping in a month I will have at least one treatment down in the books.

I have all my appointments set up for next week, for all the testing, and it looks like I'll have the port placed on the 28th. I have my follow up appointment with Dr. Shah at CSM on the 29th, and I have a second opinion appointment at Froedtert with Dr. Fenske on the 30th. So...at this time, in 2 weeks, I will be making some decisions on which way to go. I have to go with my gut, and who I feel comfortable with. I hope I have some more clear cut answers so that the decision won't be difficult to make.

In the meantime, I am in Wheaton this weekend to watch my Moms and Bro run the Fox Valley Marathon. She is trying to qualify for Boston AGAIN. What an over achiever. Gail, ahem, I mean JOHN, will be running with her, making sure she gets her banana and that she can break that 4:00 goal she has. GOOOOOO MOM! And GAIL!!! Damn, I mean, JOHN!! And tonight I get to see some friends, which I'm excited about :) It'll be fun!