Long time since I have written

Hi All,

I know it has been a long time since I have written. I am still in the recovery stage. I was at the doctor's office again today for wound care. I am healing slowly because the chemo kills the fast growing cells and that is what I need for the holes in my leg and the scabs on my knee and behind my knee to heal. Today I had to have the scab on the back of my knee taken off because it was gunky underneath. That was not fun. Wendy, the nurse did give me some lidocain for the pain and I had taken a Vicodin before I left home. It still hurt but this is life. Two of the holes in my thigh have filled in but I still have one quite large hole that still needs to fill in. I am able to get a support hose on my lower leg, which is helping will the swelling but I still have to keep it elevated most of the time.

I have been really busy making felted purses. This has been really fun and keeps my hands busy. I have sold four of them already and this Saturday there is going to be an Open House at Jeanne Lidwell's where I hope to sell more. Kaydee has been making greeting cards and another lady has been making beaded jewelry. The Open House starts at noon and will go all afternoon. If you would like to know how to get there please e-mail me and I can give you directions: kp.thiessen@comcat.net.

I will try to write more often. There was a couple of weeks where I was really depressed but I am much better now. During those couple of weeks I didn't even do any knitting or crocheting. The doctors and nurses try to tell you what recovery will be like but until you go through it you really don't understand what they were saying. Saturday it was 2-months since the procedure. When they said it would take 4-6 months I really didn't understand what that meant. I am still using a walker to get around. Hopefully I will be able to get rid of that before we head back to Houston for a checkup on December 20th.

Thank you for your continuous prayers. God is good and He is in control.

Love you all,
Karen