it's been a long time...

just a quick update, it's been a while...

had brain tumor removed just over a year ago...after the surgery, actually felt great, which was quite surprising because the docs all said that removing the tumor wouldn't really affect anything...but looking back, I think the feeling better part was mostly from the high doses of steroids I was on...kindof a bummer that I wasn't miraculously cured

I'm a little fuzzy re: what happened over the last year, but the good news is is that I'm feeling pretty good these days! :) I started taking methotrexate (7.5 mg once a week) a few months ago, and it seems to be helping (finally! something is helping!) I'm also on prednisone (10mg) and lopressor (beta blocker) and various supplements and vitamins. It's nice to finally have a combo that makes me feel pretty good...still have fatigue in the afternoon and some fuzzy brain action, but so much better than before...no skin involvement and no joint pain (knock on wood).

I did attempt to get a job about 6 months ago at the local library, but that was a bust. I was doing interlibrary loan work, and it was just too much (wrapping and unwrapping books, packing and unpacking crates of books...). So that only lasted a few weeks, hopefully I'll get back into a library job next year, maybe volunteer in the meantime.

I did have a bout or two in the hospital this year, which was a bummer. Had pneumonia once (finally got the vaccine, hope it works...), and had cellulitis about a month later (did *not* want to go into the hospital for that, but they thought it was necessary :/ ). Anyway, fine now, though dealing with a pulled wisdom tooth, ugh!

hopefully, I'll start updating this blog more often, though I've been fairly blue lately, so don't want to write a bummer blog...send me cheery messages! :)