Great news Ray! Just remember not to overdo it � your body is still recovering.

I am self employed and I had to hear, heck I still hear it almost 3 years later, "so how are you?" or "are you OK now?" or "how are you feeling these days?" till I want(ed) to press a button on my desk and my recorded voice would play. I have over 600 clients and I get a face to face with almost all of them each year.

I saw one of my regular customers yesterday at the feed store. I walked up to him, called him by name and said hello. He had no clue who I was, I could tell. When he said, "I haven't seen you for a long time have I?" I helped him along with where he knew me from and I saw the light of recognition. I guess with different hair color, hardly any hair, and the loss of 30 lbs I do look different.

Patty

David-

I'm not nearly as far out from treatment as you are, but over Christmas, I fell asleep on the couch one evening and apparently my husbands 85 year old great aunt and other family members kept asking my mother in law if I was alright and that they should wake me up in case something was wrong. I laughed when they told me later. Apparently they all think I'm this little frail sick kid now and they always look at me with sad eyes and tell me they're so glad I'm still around - I think they all had me written off for dead! Can't a girl take a nap on a couch after a big dinner?

I'm about 50 pounds lighter and people are always telling me how good I look...then when I try to do something physical I then realize how bad the tx beat me up....At that point people look at me like what's wrong?...That's when I say to myself, "This was some serious shit...it could have been worse, but it was serious..."

The funny thing is...if you stub your toe or get sick...it still sucks...getting cancer doesn't make us immune to anything...it should...LOL

oh yea...I had to buy all new clothes!!!...nothing fits...and i'm not positive, but, it seems like my feet grew..some of my shoes seem too tight..LOL

Ray-

I have bought all new clothes and then some. The problem now is that even those are getting big on me - I haven't lost 50 pounds, but I'm down 20 with no signs of stopping (stupid orthostatic hypotension!). So I've given up on buying new clothes for now until my weight stops dropping like a rock and then I'll go splurge. It takes a lot of self control to not shop all the time when you live 2 minutes from an outlet mall! I've packed up a ton of clothes I bought during treatment on my shopping adventures when I was feeling good, some of which still have tags on them...woops.

Wow Ray that is amazing and wonderful news. I remember I got a few days of work in before it got cold. It was the best feeling ever!!! Your right some sort of normalcy. Anyway as soon as someone can get rid of the 6' high snow banks and keep the temp up over 10 degrees Celcius well then I can go back otherwise it is back to the puzzles and the video games... grrr... If anything have fun back at work....enjoy the independance and freedom!!