Getting better and better :-) 2/20

I'm finally starting to feel like I can move my joints and muscles without feeling like someone is sticking me in the ribs on the right side. Everything is still generally stiff but sooo much better, likely due to just the healing time from the surgery a few weeks ago. I've been very good and haven't run at all, and only had hardly done arm weights until I went to physical therapy yesterday. Now I'm "armed" with a battery of exercises to help stretch and strengthen all over again. I'm feeling really great, though and it's amazing to actually feel so energetic and just good on the inside. Wow.
The only thing that is a little strange is that, since I'm not working and not doing music very much, and I'm in "recovery" mode I had a couple of days where I was kind of struggling with my identity, but I'm doing better now and so so so grateful that I have this time. It is truly a gift. I think part of my problem is that I was agonizing about how best to utilize my time etc. so I'm thinking and reading about about school stuff and music stuff, bible and God stuff and happy to have the time to go to various doctor appointments, etc.
Today I'm going to Eisenhower to get an echocardiagram just to make sure that all of the chemo and the herceptin that i'm taking now isn't damaging my heart. I feel great but I just wonder how I'm doing on the inside. Speaking of that, I'll be scheduling a PET scan in March to make sure I'm clean and I'll let you know how that goes.
What a gorgeous day outside. Isn't it wonderful how the sun can alight and warm everything?

Blessings,
Julie