A Milestone

Catherine is not only marking Remembrance Day today, but also her nine-year anniversary working for the Government of Ontario. She remembers showing up at 400 University on November 11, 2000 where she greated John Shipman at 8:45 a.m. and he promptly sent her home (for those poor sots who don't know, members of the Ontario Public Service get a "holiday" on Remembrance Day).

Although her first day of work ended up being a Day Off, Catherine was disappointed as she had wasted her perfect outfit and had nothing to wear on Day 2.

This is also a milestone for Catherine's older friends, as it marks the time that she actually made the decision to leave Kingston.

A breath of fresh air

Cathy's mom and I arrived for a visit today with lots of delicious home cooked meals and a car load of groceries selected by Mrs. C. Cathy agreed to brave the great outdoors of King St for a stroll. We managed a block or two before her energy ran out . Good to be out in the neighbourhood! CC loved receiving (and eating some) of the meals made by her mom, Lara and Sylvia!

Looks good for a bikini this summer....

"This mark would not deter me from wearing a bikini", says Cathy of her scar. She continues to heal from surgery and gets stronger each day. Cathy is still trying to gain weight as she doesn't want to look like a 98 lb weakling on the beach this summer. Her legs are starting to look more familiar. As chemo will not be happening for 2-3 weeks, CC plans to focus her energies on feeling better and enjoying food, friends and activities...

A New Interest

CC went without her expensive new (compression) stockings yesterday so she could get on with other stuff, and despite being on her feet for a good period of time, her legs, ankles and feet seem to be looking slimmer and sexier. Is it possible that the swelling is getting better? All fingers are crossed. The tedium of being limited to about a 720 square feet world is setting in. Thankfully Cathy has discovered a new interest that I'm guessing will surprise most of us...baseball! It is a game of intense strategy, I'm told. As I left last night, Cathy was happily settling in for the third game of the World Series.

New stockings

The doctor prescribe some post-surgical compression stockings to help with her puffy legs. CC attempted to put them on for the first time yesterday. Almost 2 hours of wrestling and struggle later, her legs were looking slim, tightly bound in the stockings. It was a little easier to walk about, hopefully this will help....

Single in the City

CC is slowly regaining strength and seems (to me) to be getting around a bit better now. Although she has a hard time believing it, she seems to have put on a bit of weight and is looking much more like her old self. Being on her own again in her fabulous condo, she’s been able to get things (piles of stuff?) organized a bit, do laundry, etc in spurts of energy. A day of that kind of activity tuckers her out though, leaving her quite exhausted the next day. Now that she’s had her blog training, we may even see a few posts from her here. Oh…and all the delicious food she received in the early days is dwindling…”send more delicious food!” she says in her old saucy manner!

Out for the first time..

Cathy got outside for the first time since coming home. Enjoyed a little of the beautiful day walking on the condo patio . CC said it felt good to get outside but overall makes her feet more painful . Very hard to move and position her legs comfortably. Planning to keep walking and progressing.. Next time, I hope to get her across the street to Starbucks.