November 29, 2023 - Time Heals All Wounds

It’s been a minute since I’ve put thoughts and words to a page. I always know when I’ve been away too long - my phone begins to blow up with text messages and emails asking how I’m doing. I love you all for loving me!

It has been a long Fall that is now racing into Winter. My last post was full of woe and me lamenting about my incisions not healing. Well, it is true - Time Heals All Wounds.

My wounds are finally healed. Actually, they finally healed the first week of November. I have been freed from bandages, gauze, ointments, and anything else that would miraculously heal those incisions. I can wear normal clothes again. I am almost back to normal.

I still have mobility issues with my left arm. I can’t extend my left arm nearly as far as my right. When I was waiting on my incisions to heal, I had limited mobility….and I still have limited mobility. My family and friends lovingly refer to it as my T-Rex arms.

I’m just glad that Jamie and Mason are taller than me - I need them to reach things in our kitchen cabinets that I can only longingly stare. It doesn’t help that I am a short person, but it takes it to a new level when your arms can’t reach. This too will pass. I’m working on it and will soon start proper physical therapy. Again - it’s a time thing - Time Heals All Wounds.

It’s a wonderful thing to be a patient at Mayo until it’s not. I first saw physical therapy in September, but they didn’t want me to start therapy until after I was fully healed. Silly me, I waited until I was healed to make an appointment. Well guess what? I can’t get in until mid January. So, until then, I’m working on stretching at home. Who knows, I may not even need physical therapy in January!

Thanksgiving has passed. I hope everyone had a great day. It was a quiet one at the Kranking house, but in retrospect it was nice. It gave us a chance to decorate for Christmas. Jamie even pulled out his Snow Village. This is something he hasn’t put out in many many years! Mason was so excited. It took us about 3 days to get everything out, but our house is so festive now. We have 6 different Village scenes! Christmas music is blaring, and I’m actually in the mood to bake.

Mason working on the city scene - it was still in process.

Winter Scene

As far as my Cancer world goes, I’m still on my routine Mayo schedule. In fact, I was there today. I have a brain MRI coming in December, followed by a PET scan in January. I’ve been on such a trend with boring results, I can only hope for more of the same. You all know that I will keep you posted - the good, bad, and ugly!

I hope everyone is getting ready for this Holiday Season. It truly is a magical time of the year. Oh, and while Mason and I were decorating the tree, we re-lived many memories. Our ornaments are a reminder of many of places we have visited. We also chatted about all kinds of things, including years of Christmas past. He did let me know that his Elf, Chippy, was very lazy. And, that every year, Chippy only liked to move to a few spots, while his friends elves were very mischievous. Hmmmf! Well, I couldn’t argue on the lack of Chippy’s creativity, but hey - at least his elf visited him, right?!?!

Hang on to the Christmas magic! It truly is magical and very healing for the soul.