Tuesday

I'm feeling better this afternoon. Mom and I made a great dinner. She sauteed some thin slices of tilapa in grass-fed butter and tarragon, steamed some cabbage with dill and I roasted a small butternut squash in the convective oven.

I had my second appointment with my physical therapist, Nancy R.from Rex Outpatient Care whom I have been seeing since the big surgery in September 2009.The lymphedema from the surgery was well controlled by spring and other than wearing a compression sleeve every day I didn't worry about it until New Years eve when it suddenly swelled up.

The on-call radiation oncologist made the arrangements for me to go to the to the emergency room of Western Wake Medical Center to rule out the possibility of a blood clot. Thankfully, Mark Smith drove Mom and I to the center on the other side of Raleigh's downtown in the snow! The technician who was going to do the test was leaving at 7 pm so it was a race against the clock as well. Fortunately the results showed that there wasn't a clot.