Back in Rochester-One Down, 19 to Go!

I'm back in Rochester after about 3 and a half weeks of healing at home.  The incisions are still a little tender but mostly ok.  The trip over allowed us to spend a little time with Bill's dad and sister in Mitchell.  We arrived late last night with the roads being decent but not great.  What I really didn't like was in and out of all the fog.  Hate driving in fog!!!  I like to be able to see where I am going!  So we are at Krista's until I can get a room at the Hope Lodge for patients undergoing treatment.  We decided that I would need a quiet place by the time I got toward the middle of treatment. As of today, I am number 6 on the list.  So probably sometime next week.  

As for the actual treatment.......I'm not sure that they did anything.  ;o)  Until the cumulative effect kicks in you do really wonder if they are doing anything...but of course we know that they are.  I checked in and they called me almost immediately.  I headed into the dressing room where you get to take off everything from the waist up and put on a lovely hospital gown.  Then its into the treatment room which has all this sci fi looking equipment all over the place.  My special little pillow was laying on the table.  Before I left last time I was fitted with this pillow that your head, arms and upper body lay in and then somehow it hardens so that when you come in everyday they can get you in the exact same position.  They also tattooed 4 markers to help with the positioning-never quite envisioned having a tattoo but in all actuality, they are barely more than a pencil dot.  After being all positionedand told to just breath normally, the therapists left the room and came back about 4 minutes later saying I was done for today!!!  Hmmmmm!  So for now I guess it will be pretty easy going.  They did say that I probably wouldn't notice any side effects until the 10th treatment which for me is half way.  I pray that is true.  I made the mistake of reading about some of the side effects on the internet so that kind of freaked me out!  Wouldn't recommend doing that at all!

Over the last couple of weeks I have also been contemplating the title of my blog and have decided, yes it is an unwanted journey, but we all have unwanted journeys throughout our life of one sort or another.  There are several people/families right now that I have decided have much rougher journeys than mine.  So all in all, I remain extremely thankful that my journey is one that has been a little bumpy but overall, worth the trip.  Every event in our lives is an opportunity to grow and experience the love of God, family and friends.  I'm never quite sure what God has in mind but it will become abundanty clear to me at some point-it always does, even if it is years down the road. 

So, I will update you again in a couple of days.  Hopefully it won't be with news of more snow....man they have a lot over here!  Hugs to you all.  Love, Patsy