My Hope Is You Alone

150 days and we are thankful to say that things are going well.  Since I have last posted, I was able to have the Hickman port removed from my chest as I no longer need IV treatments. This is considered a big step in the process.That procedure went well and the wound has healed.  The doctor has reduced the amount of medication that I need to take, which has helped me to have a better appetite again and we are not struggling with dehydration anymore.  Some of the remaining medications I will need to take for quite some time yet. I am able to attend church and go out again, but I do still need to be careful about germs.  We just enjoyed a few days at our friends, the Neven's, cottage. It was wonderful to be there and to sit out by a lake again, even if I had to stay in the shade all the time.  I will need to be really careful about sun exposure for the next couple of years, my risk of skin cancer is very high.  Today I went swimming for the first time all summer, while the shade was