10-30-06
Yesterday was sort of a day off. Adam took me shopping for a couple of outfits so I had something new to wear. That was actually weird. He said I picked out a purse in record time! I was still in fast-forward, trying to get things done as fast as possible, because for the last 8-1/2 months, that meant more sleep. That was an interesting adjustment.
Then Adam and I drove around San Fran looking for a place to do laundry. I really enjoy San Francisco, but I'm certainly not used to the traffic. That's been stressing me out a little bit. Adam's doing all the driving, and he's doing a great job - except he almost stopped for a guy trying to hail a cab (he's currently a cab driver back home), but that was just plain funny!
Today we visited the University of California - San Francisco's Medical Center. We met with a couple of doctors, along with an amazing woman who had Aplastic Anemia. Both ATG treatments didn't work for her, so she underwent a bone marrow transplant. She says she feels better than she even did before she was sick! It was great to meet her and see her in such great health! She plans to continue helping others undergoing BMTs. She will be schooling to be a nurse. How cool!
After our hospital visit, we did a live in-studio interview on KGO-NBC 7's "View from the Bay." That was fun. It was a talk-show setting, and everyone was so energetic! It was great. Tomorrow we've got another in-studio interview with the NBC affiliate out of SF.
It's very interesting to try to figure out exactly what's going on in my head. I think mom feels the same. When we were hiking, we'd go-go-go all day, every day. Planning for the next day - for just me and mom - was part of my daily routine. Now we're trying to plan for things we don't necessarily HAVE to do - things that we WANT to do - and with no specific time limits. Like where and when to have dinner. Or to see Chinatown or Fisherman's Wharf. And it's been making me crazy. It's been hard to adjust to.
But this morning, I woke up to a call from Jen at the AA&MDSIF, and she felt bad for calling so early, but it made me feel "normal," or comfortable again! We had to be up and on our way to UCSF within an hour. Then a pre-interview with ABC, then the live interview... it was one thing after another, and it felt good for me. Weird.
I sure hope I can wind myself down a little more. I think I'll need to before we get home.
We're flying out early Wednesday morning, and we're excited to see family and friends!
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