mdlbear | Thankful Thursday (Reply)

Today I am grateful for...

Getting rid of that damned Foley catheter that's been plaguing me for the last two months. Not being in (nearly as much) pain is a win. I will note that intermittent self-catheterization, i.e. shoving a rubber hose up one's penis and into one's bladder has a great many problems of its own, but on the whole it's a win, and this is a gratitude post, not a rant. I'll save that for later.
Beginning treatment! I started Monday expecting to be scheduled for surgery sometime in the not-too-distant future, but went home having actually started chemotherapy. (It feels odd to me that testostrone blockers are considered chemo -- they're not what the word normally calls to mind.)
My quirky and occasionally bizarre sense of humor, when I can find it. Being able to partially offset scary and unpleasant things by seeing humor in them helps a lot. Wry and/or dark humor in most cases, but whatever works...
My care team. Which has many new members as of Monday.
Telemedicine. I have three appointments next week; two are on Zoom and one is on phone.