Terry,
Having the privilege to teach this semester is a blessing!
Of course you'll have to check on me at mid-semester because
I seem to have perhaps too much blessing -- the college
teaching, five horn students and sectionals at three schools.
It's keeping me hopping already!
Healthwise I think I'm doing better. I had lost a little more weight
when I saw the doctor in December. He put me on another medication
trying to control blood sugar now. The entire gland system is messed
up to the point of throwing my blood sugar in several different directions.
I'm having a difficult time adjusting to it, though. It has played havoc
with my gut. Trying to leave in the mornings to teach is hard because
I keep running back and forth to the bathroom. (It certainly adds a
bit of insanity to my already insane world!
) The prednisone seems
to be doing something. I did have a pretty bad headache on Monday, but
Darvocet finally kicked in and it subsided. The other two hormones also
seem to be doing what they are supposed to do. I am feeling a little
stronger and more like my old self. I see the doctor again in March.
We have talked about surgery but he wants to postpone it as long as
possible because the recovery period would understandably be extensive.
We can stall as long as possible as far as I'm concerned -- I don't think
I'd look very good bald. Besides, the thought of someone inside my
head really scares me. I have enough voices already...not really!
Probably more than you wanted to know, eh? But you asked.
Peace!
Nancy
