Hi Diana,@dlgbb
Just three days left and counting?

Red is my favorite color. Not because I am a Flames fan either. I just love the color so to see all those flaming red jerseys on the ice of a powerhouse hockey team would be quite the sight. And then your friends surprise you with hot air balloon ride tickets!! Now, that's a homecoming gift. There is a hot air balloon festival in Vermont that I went to a few times. I loved seeing those gorgeous colors in the air and watching the process of getting the hot air balloons in the air. and coming back down. It felt like something out of the 19th century. And of course it is.

I am hoping, too, that the cardiology appointment goes well in May. As the weather warms up we are all just itching to get outside and even more so for you and your activities that you enjoy. In my experience I was fatigued for a few weeks after I finished radiation therapy. I would say it took me a good month or two to get my energy back. I don't recall having much diarrhea after the radiation therapy ended. I listened to my body and did not push myself too much. My radiation therapy ended in mid-January which is a time I would be doing winter sports but that winter I did not. I went back to the gym and continued my workouts to slowly build up my energy and endurance again.

Thank you for asking after me. It's been 3 years since I finished radiation therapy so my appointments now are every 6 months (previously the appointments were every 4 months). My next appointments will be just 4 weeks away in May. I live in a small town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan so I continue to get my speciality care at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. When the weather is pleasant we break up the drive to and from Minnesota by staying overnight near a wildlife refuge. I can hike and go birding to my heart's content before we continue on to Mayo Clinic.

I so appreciate your posts. You have helped others understand and learn about the gynecological radiation therapy journey. You get to know the providers and techs who work in the radiation therapy setting and form a sort of community with them. And other patients who have appointments at the same time as you.

I'd like to "tag" @dlgbb, you, Diana, to come back here and support others who are trying to figure their way through the endometrial cancer that you and I have and are experiencing.

Please let me know when you get back home and how your recovery goes, OK?