Feeling a little bit normal

It has been awhile since I have written a blog post....it's been an interesting couple of months. The summer was started managing what I thought was the beginning of menopause and ended with a diagnosis of endometrial cancer and a total abdominal hysterectomy and going into instant menopause. Thankfully the cancer was caught in the earliest possible stage thanks to a doctor who was tenacious in figuring out what was going on with me and a wonderful oncologist and his surgical team and no radiation or chemo is necessary...but the recuperation from the surgery has been "fun"! Today was a pretty good day...only a bit of "swelly belly" and no crying jags and I finished a cuff that I have been working on the past couple of weeks and actually got outside to photograph it.


It was nice to feel a bit normal....and productive...and like things will be good soon. For the first two weeks after the surgery it was enough to be able to eat a little, sleep a little and walk a bit...then I picked up the crochet hook and worked on a bag I am planning to felt...and then my hands were itching to bead but my body would not let me sit at my work table for any length of time (heck I was lucky that I could finally make it up the stairs and climb into my own bed instead of sleeping in our old comfy purple leather chair!!) so I and played with cabachons and daggers and rivolis and beads and crystals, drew out the pattern for a cuff and soon I was able to spend 1/2 hour chunks of time at my worktable. Slowly but surely this cuff came to life and I started to feel creative and artistic and my soul was satisfied.



My family has been so supportive and understanding and wonderful through all of this. Going into instant menopause is not easy...on anyone! Hormones are so screwed up and my body does not feel like my own. They say it takes some getting used to and that within a few months I will feel so much better...I am counting on it!

Lois