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August 16th, 2020 at 05:27 pm

I have been trying to figure out a new normal. It has not been easy. I feel like I do not have a purpose when I am not working. It is hard to stay focused or busy when I do not have a family to raise either. If it were not for the pandemic, I might have found a place to volunteer. I do plan on looking into this further.

Anyhow, I finally decided I needed some sort of routine, even if it was simple. I am doing this and it has helped my mental status, although I do have chemo brain. I am accepting I have physical limitations due to neuropathy.

At the least, I take two ten minute walks, read for an hour and clean for at least twenty minutes.

Financially, all is well. It is cheap living at my dads. I also just got a huge discount on car insurance due to auto reform here in Michigan. My insurance is now half of what it was.

Next follow up with my oncologist is mid-September. I should remain NED (No evidence of disease) because I am on a PARP inhibitor. It was found I am BRCA 1. Breast cancer runs in my dad's side of the family (his mother's side). I was the first to get ovarian cancer though.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone. I have been keeping up with reading the blogs.

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4 Responses to “Life Update”

  1. East Coast Saver (Wink) Says:
    August 16th, 2020 at 05:50 pm 1597600250
    1597600250

    It is so good to hear from you and thanks for the update! Since I retired, volunteering has definitely contributed to my feeling productive and purposeful.

  2. Sue Says:
    August 16th, 2020 at 06:14 pm 1597601661
    1597601661

    Laura, you have been through so much. It is good to hear from you and that you have a daily routine that works for you. I wish you the best!

  3. Dido Says:
    August 16th, 2020 at 07:40 pm 1597606847
    1597606847

    I am glad your health is improved, and congrats on starting a routine for your "new normal." Routine is SO important; I'm glad you've started to build one. Volunteering is a great idea, and you don't have to wait until it's safe to be "out and about"--there are phone and online volunteer opportunities available--e.g., here's one where you volunteer to call an elderly person once a day to stay in contact--good for both of you! https://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp1972054.jsp AARP also lists volunteer opportunities as well as other opportunities in your community and online--I just looked and I see a free movie showing, a book club, a trivia night, a couple of lectures from university professors--all things to help with some sense of connection. Best wishes for your next check-up!

  4. rob62521 Says:
    August 16th, 2020 at 08:32 pm 1597609935
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    Glad you are doing OK. I think a routine helps us, especially during the pandemic.

    Do you like to craft? Do you knit or crochet? Even when we were sheltering at home, a group of us at church continued to loom knit hats and scarves and felt like we were still volunteering, even if we couldn't meet. If you don't know how to loom knit, you can look up youtube videos or checkout Pinterest for videos on how to do it and what looms to buy. If you knit or crochet, perhaps make dish cloths. Some of us are doing that as well and we will give them to the food pantry for their Christmas baskets. I'm just thinking of things you can pick up and put down as you feel up to doing them.

    I've also tried to write a letter or card to a person a week just to say hi. I figure during this time, a real letter is a bonus.

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