I received more good news during a video appointment on Tuesday with my surgeon’s nurse practitioner.

After she walked through a list of repeatedly-asked questions (How much pain do you have? None. Any nausea? No. Etc…), I asked whether Dr. Adam has any idea of ballpark dates when I’ll be able to fly home.

Did I see a sly look cross her face?

She said that I’ve been making good progress and have been healing well from the surgery, which she has discussed with Dr. Adam.

The bottom line: In his view, I’m good to go. He’s turning control of my case over to the medical oncologist here at UCSF, who will in turn hand off primary oncology duties to Jared Acoba at Queen’s on my return.

So this means that we’re free to return home. I had to make a couple of schedule adjustments here, and then we booked a flight back to Honolulu next Tuesday, June 9. That gives us a chance to wrap up things here without rushing, to see several people we wanted to connect with, etc.

I have two more blood tests to do here, one scheduled next Monday.

And then we’ll be on a flight back to Hawaii. Psych up, kitties!