Something to Laugh At

I have been feeling really good this week, working, having a life after work, catching up with friends and enjoying every minute of feeling more like myself than I have in 6 weeks.  

So, I am getting ready for happy hour and dinner with a girlfriend.  Getting dressed, touching up my make-up, jewelry is on and then I decide it is time to wear heels again (it's been at least 7 weeks).  I look in the mirror to make sure the shoes look good with the outfit (check).

Walking down the stairs, I remember how long it has been since I have worn anything other than slippers, sandals, UGGs and flats.  Holding onto the railing tightly, for sure.

In the car on the drive over to dinner, listening to some great music (I might have been singing...and loudly), having fun in the car and then I realize, I don't feel like a cancer patient tonight, I just feel like a person, like my old self.

So I get to dinner, order my glass of wine (oh yes, going big tonight) and tell Katye the good news that I am feeling like my old self.  So we are both happy about that, start conversing about the latest and greatest..... and.....then... the laughter begins.

First laugh: I take a sip of my wine and admire the stemware.  I am having a fabulous glass of Pinot Noir from France and ask her, "Wonder if they serve their white wine in this glass?"  This is a question I have been known to ask before, but this time, the answer was right in front of me.  She had ordered a glass of white wine and it was directly in my view.  A complete chemo brain moment (this happens all the time now).
Second laugh:I have hot flashes galore all the while she is telling a great story. She stops the story, I fan myself with a linen napkin and wait to cool down.  It is like I am burning up from the inside out.
Third laugh: My right eye won't stop twitching.  
Fourth and final laugh: The contact in my right eye pops out, with zero notice and lands in the palm of my hand (a side effect from chemo is dry eyes so my contacts wanted out).  

The evening was a pleasant reminder that for now, there is no escaping the side effects of chemo.  All that I can do is have a great time laughing about the many changes and silly things that happen at any given moment and when I least expect them.


XOXO