Random

I saw my oncologist yesterday morning, after having labs done and talking to my study coordinator.  Dr. Prystas was so positive about the way my body has responded to the current regimen; the study drug Ibrance (palbocyclib), the hormone shots, and the Herceptin.  She said that we'll keep doing what we're doing if / until tumors start to grow again (cancer cells mutate and spread, that's why chemo can't always keep up with it.)

We've both been working hard outside this week, spent basically all day and into the night working on sprinklers for the front yard.  I ran drip lines through the flower bed while Mat (with a little help from Isaac) glued pipe and got it ready for sprinkler heads.  I cut down the old shrubs from along our back fence and have a huge pile of stuff that needs to be cleaned up.

I needed a chainsaw for what was left after I used my
hand saw all day yesterday.

This is "most" of the pile, really old Euonymus and snowball bush

Mat was boring out a hole in the sprinkler valve box and caught his left thumb today, so part of our day was spent at Instacare.  He ended up with stitches 3 layers down, 5 stitches on the outside.  SO GROSS!  We'll be in San Fran when he's supposed to have the outside stitches removed.  Hopefully we can find a clinic that will just do it for us.  I got the email link for our tickets to Hamilton today.  SO FREAKING EXCITED to see that!  I managed to make reservations for campgrounds near Lake Tahoe and near the Golden Gate bridge.  Hopefully we're that lucky as we make our way up the coast!