Last Sunday, Doug and I biked on Lake Shore Drive for 30 miles with some of our friends as part of Chicago's annual Bike the Drive event. I am pleased to say that I wasn't the least bit winded and even my knees, which are usually troublesome on long-distance rides, gave me no trouble at all. Although it was foggy and cool the whole ride, it still felt great to be on the bike in one of my favorite venues.
On the Thursday following the bike ride, I had a check up with Drs. Bonomi and Kiel which was pretty much just me telling them how I am feeling and if I've had any reactions to the lung radiation. I have an itchy rash that got scabby pretty quickly on my back and they determined it is probably from the radiation since its location seems to match up pretty closely to where the lung tumor is. They gave me some topical steroids that should help with the rash.
When I told them I'd ridden my bike 30 miles for BTD, they were very pleased and felt pretty confident that the lung was recovering quite well from the radiation treatments. :)
I will have bloodwork and another check up with Dr. B in a month and then MRI and CAT scan in early August to see how the lung looks and make sure those tumors are staying away!
Don't forget to sign up for the lung run - we have 9 team members already. Several members are not up for a 5k, so the 1 mile walk will also have some Team DL members. Hopefully, that might persuade a few more people to sign up!
