Monday, June 15, 2009

Its been a while...

since my last post! Sorry to take so long to update. We have been busy though, and cancer has been (mostly) the last thing on my mind.

My last doctor appointment showed my CA125 as plateaued at 20. I wish it had gone down, but I'm very happy it didn't go up! ;) I have a CT scan tomorrow, and then find out the results of that, and another CA125 on Wednesday. I can't say I'm not worried. However, I have had no significant pains, and I feel just fine. Hopefully, that is a portent of good news to come (fingers crossed...)

Another thing that helped take my mind off of cancer, was our fabulous, wonderful, refreshing, invigorating, and fabulous (I know, I'm repeating myself!) vacation to Alaska! WOW. What a beautiful place!



Here is a picture of me and my favorite husband in Glacier Bay. The image does not capture the color and beauty of the place very well.

We saw humpback whales, orcas, moose, grizzly bears and their cubs, caribou, and Dall sheep (white sheep that live in Denali). We stayed in a cabin by a rushing creek, that lulled us to sleep at night.

We saw Denali (also known as Mount McKinley) which often is shrouded in clouds. In the pic below, it it the tall whitish mountain towering over the others. Again, the picture doesn't really capture its magnificence. The dark mountains in the foreground are like the Rocky mountains. Denali - the tallest mountain in North America - significantly towers over everything else.



It was light out essentially all night. It only got as dark as a typical sunset. The only thing I missed was seeing stars - you just couldn't see them there with all the light.

I highly recommend taking a cruise through the Alaska Inside Passage - and then going on to Denali National Park. It is the most beautiful vacation I've ever taken.

I should update again soon!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm so glad to hear you had such a wonderful trip. I'm sure the scenery is absolutely breath-taking in Alaska, and I loved the picture of you and your favorite husband:)
Good luck with the tests, Natalie.
Take care, God bless.

Kia Taylor said...

Hey Nat! Loving the pic of you and favorite hubby!! So, so cute! Glad you had a great time on your vacay! Super happy your CA125 hasn't gone up!

xoxo

Kia

Dee said...

Hi Natalie

I am also a stage 3 survivor (2005) and part of Sandhys group on facebook. I recurred in Oct last year , had surgery and finished chemo in April. More scans for me in August.

I just returned yesterday from a trip to Alaska. You took a wonderful photo of Mt McKinley- we had some clouds so most of the mountain was covered. It was a wonderful vacation!

I hope you don't mind that I add a link to your blog on mine.
( womenofteal.blogspot.com)


Dee
NJ