Yesterday was my day back to Lacrosse to check in with the surgeon. Â Kelli was a sweetie and stayed with the childcare kiddos. Â I made Hubby go to work so Karl and Kalissa took me to Lacrosse.
Karl drove our pickup so I could do a little work… as we traveled I ripped the papers off of 52 string pieced blocks. Â I didn’t get them all done on the way there so I had a few to finish on the way home.
My appointment went good. Â The last time I had seen Dr. Sdano was the day he told me I had Thyroid Cancer…Can you believe that was only 25 days ago? Â It feels like much longer to me.
His job for the day was to check to see how my scar was healing and the check my voice. Â My voice is okay. Â It tires more than previously. Â If Kelli and I were to do a trunk show she’d likely have to do a little more of the talking. Â Singing, my voice is flat and I can’t raise it very well at all. Â He said that everything I was describing was not abnormal. Â He encouraged me to keep working with my voice and trying to reach a higher range.
He also said that I need to work more on massaging my incision. Â It should be a little more healed. Â Right now the “holes” where my stitches were are still visible. Â I’ll admit…I haven’t been doing that as much as I should. Â In my defense, I didn’t know why I was suppose to massage it…Now I know and will do better. Â That was the extent of my appointment. Â I knew it was a bit of a formality appointment but that’s what I thought last time when he told me I had cancer. Â It was a relief to know that this time, there were no extra added surprises.
The kids and I started a debate on where to eat. Â I told them I wanted the Mexican Restaurant in Waukon. Â That’s the one Hubby and I had originally planned on going to the day we had truck trouble and were told about the cancer. Â I didn’t get to go then, but I got to go this day….
Karl wanted to take the scenic route and I’m so glad we did. Â The Mississippi River was beautiful.
We wound our way into New Albin, Iowa. Â Linda Tanner a childcare provider in the area has always raved about her little Meat Market. Â I made the kids stop so we could check it out. Â It is a little store…really little but it’s meat market counter packs a BIG punch. Â We tried meat sticks and hot sticks…YUM. Â The teriyaki pork loin was to die for. Â Being Hubby and I both LOVE Rubin Sandwiches I pick up a package of Rubin Bites and some smoked corn beef.
Nothing was cheap but it was oh so worth it.
Once home we deep fried the Rubin Bites…WONDERFUL!!!
Now today I made Rubin Sandwiches with the smoked corned beef. Â WOW, oh WOW…they were good.
We did get to the Mexican restaurant. Â I saw that Margaritas were only $2 each. Â I had one….After the bit I’ve been through I didn’t even feel guilty about having one for lunch.
The kids were wonderful. Â I don’t do outings with them as much as I should. Â It was a really good day with the kids and a good doctor report. Â I’ll take that and write about here to always remember.
Good to hear you had such a good visit with the Doctor. I’m glad to hear you are making such good progress. Having a visit with your children and seeing pretty scenery make for a special day ! Life is good!
A margarita at the Mexican restaurant sounds like a nice way to top off a good day! I’m glad you got a good report and enjoyed your family time. Take care!
Great news at the Dr. visit. Glad you had a fun day with the kids…we should all take more time with family. Happy Easter to you and your whole family. Enjoy!!!
Glad to hear you had a good report. It’s also nice that you got to spend a day with your kids.
Glad to hear that you had a good report and no surprises. A nice way to end your day,too!!
Glad you got both good news and your Mexican lunch. Bonus to spend time with the kids, too. Wins all the way around, including a smoked Reuben sandwich?!?
Great news. To have a day with two of your children is very special.
A Good Day on every front. Yeah!
Wonderful day – you deserve it! I’ve been on a corned beef kick lately; can’t seem to get enough.
So happy to hear about your good doctor visit. I also came across the Meat Market, while on a trip to a quilt show in New Albin. It was during the summer, so the line was long and wound through the small store. That was last summer, so I don’t remember what I got, but it was all good. I think someone in town had made fudge, and that was selling at the checkout counter. A great place to visit on a road trip!