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I didn't want to get up this morning. But I did.
I got ready for work. Daniel has to get up, too, but I don't know what time. He likes to leave by 0600 but wasn't up yet at 0525, so I woke him. His alarm didn't go off again.
A nice drive down, thank you God. The deer were in the fields...
We had a fairly nice day today, though my afternoon got pretty busy. I finished up and clocked out.
A gloomy drive home--looking like rain off to the west--and a deer feeding on my side of the fence.
Daniel was home when I got home. We chatted a bit; I had to shower. I was sooo hot today. I'm currently sitting on the sofa with the air conditioning running and a fan on me. What??? you say. Yup. And I'm still uncomfortably warm.
I'm hoping to be on call at least part of the day tomorrow. If so, I want to get somewhat ready to go to the lake; if I get called in, I'll come home, pack the cooler and the car and go so I can wake up there Friday morning. If I don't get called in at all, I'll be able to leave maybe shortly after Dan gets home at 5 ish. And, if I do work all day, I'll just have to go Friday morning as originally planned.
I noticed that the pesky left breast is very full with a pinkish cast over the surgical site. I'll try a different group of exercises that Ike sent me home with. I don't have time in my schedule to see her for a couple of weeks yet.
I'm off to bed soon.
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Tuesday 06.09.2009
This morning Daniel got up and left for work. I only heard the water in the sink. Next I knew, it was 8:30. I listened to the radio a little before getting up.
I had breakfast, looked at my list, picked through email, went out for a jog. Showered, lunch. Phone calls. Dave from the body shop called to tell me the Sebring was ready for me to pick up.
I walked over there thinking I would stop at the pharmacy and Meijer. As we talked about the car, they decided they would send it back to check the alignment. I walked back home and got the Pontiac.
By now it was 3 o'clock, and busy in the store. Yuck. I got the items on the list, but forgot to get a raincheck when checking out. Oh well. The lines were so long at the main entrance that I went around to a different area. I don't like busy stores.
On to the pharmacy, which was busy also, but I was next to pick up prescriptions.
Back home I put groceries away and got dinner started. Daniel came home just a few minutes later.
Dinner was yummy, and he went out to hit golf balls. I was surprised when he came back a short while later, saying he was just too tired to really practice.
I went over to the storage unit to pick up a couple things I wanted at the lake. When I got back, Dan was having a hard time keeping his eyes open; he went to bed about 9.
I wrote here.
Tomorrow is a workday, and I'll be going to bed soon.
My breast has been sore today, as has the shoulder. I finally took tylenol/motrin just before supper. It sure helps.
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
I had breakfast, looked at my list, picked through email, went out for a jog. Showered, lunch. Phone calls. Dave from the body shop called to tell me the Sebring was ready for me to pick up.
I walked over there thinking I would stop at the pharmacy and Meijer. As we talked about the car, they decided they would send it back to check the alignment. I walked back home and got the Pontiac.
By now it was 3 o'clock, and busy in the store. Yuck. I got the items on the list, but forgot to get a raincheck when checking out. Oh well. The lines were so long at the main entrance that I went around to a different area. I don't like busy stores.
On to the pharmacy, which was busy also, but I was next to pick up prescriptions.
Back home I put groceries away and got dinner started. Daniel came home just a few minutes later.
Dinner was yummy, and he went out to hit golf balls. I was surprised when he came back a short while later, saying he was just too tired to really practice.
I went over to the storage unit to pick up a couple things I wanted at the lake. When I got back, Dan was having a hard time keeping his eyes open; he went to bed about 9.
I wrote here.
Tomorrow is a workday, and I'll be going to bed soon.
My breast has been sore today, as has the shoulder. I finally took tylenol/motrin just before supper. It sure helps.
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Monday 06.08.2009
I slept pretty good, overall. I heard Dan say something like "it's cold in here", and I remember being uncovered myself and thinking "it is?" I think that's when he got up. I heard him rustling around, and the next thing I remember is that it was 0630 ish. He said he leaves by 0600; I was disappointed that I missed seeing him off.
I dozed a couple more times before hearing the radio. It was 9:00--I had to get up for my massage appointment at 10:00.
I got to Leah's and she did a marvelous job. She focused on the left upper quadrant of my body, working with the lymph fluid that has collected. It's not all gone, but she did move a lot of it. Even though the breast is still uncomfortable, I do feel a little better in my neck.
Back at home, I ended up doing several loads of laundry, started supper, tried to read emails. I kept trying to fall asleep. I walked around the complex a couple different times, made a few phone calls. We had a doozy of a rainstorm pass through this afternoon. Heavy rain and strong wind. It rained sideways for a time, and visibility was such that I could hardly see the building across the way.
Daniel got home; we finished supper and ate.
The rest of the evening has been quiet. The hummingbirds have been feeding tonight.
Tomorrow is unplanned, sort of. Some housekeeping, and exercise.
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
I dozed a couple more times before hearing the radio. It was 9:00--I had to get up for my massage appointment at 10:00.
I got to Leah's and she did a marvelous job. She focused on the left upper quadrant of my body, working with the lymph fluid that has collected. It's not all gone, but she did move a lot of it. Even though the breast is still uncomfortable, I do feel a little better in my neck.
Back at home, I ended up doing several loads of laundry, started supper, tried to read emails. I kept trying to fall asleep. I walked around the complex a couple different times, made a few phone calls. We had a doozy of a rainstorm pass through this afternoon. Heavy rain and strong wind. It rained sideways for a time, and visibility was such that I could hardly see the building across the way.
Daniel got home; we finished supper and ate.
The rest of the evening has been quiet. The hummingbirds have been feeding tonight.
Tomorrow is unplanned, sort of. Some housekeeping, and exercise.
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Sunday 06.07.2009
I slept fair, a short night. I could have easily gone back to sleep this morning...but I got up instead and got ready for work.
A good drive down; at one point on the highway, near Leslie, the road goes downhill then uphill, kind of like a huge U shape. As it was daylight now, I could see that up there in the road there were... animals? crossing the road. Deer. Two crossed from the southbound shoulder into the median and across the northbound lanes and off the shoulder again. And one came from the northbound shoulder, across the highway, median, and northbound lanes, and off the shoulder. Of course I slowed down, and by the time I got there they were not to be seen. There were no other vehicles on that stretch this morning.
We had a great workday today. Good co-workers, good patients.
On the way home, in the same area, another deer crossed the highway. There was one other vehicle way ahead of me who didn't seem to slow down (although from where I was it seemed that you could have seen the creature) and I thought there would be a collision. Nope. The vehicle swerved and the deer kept sauntering on it's way, into the median then across the southbound lanes. Kind of creepy.
I made it home without incident, thank you God. Dan and I visited a bit, I wrote here, and I'm about ready for bed.
Tomorrow morning is massage. I'm looking forward to it.
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
A good drive down; at one point on the highway, near Leslie, the road goes downhill then uphill, kind of like a huge U shape. As it was daylight now, I could see that up there in the road there were... animals? crossing the road. Deer. Two crossed from the southbound shoulder into the median and across the northbound lanes and off the shoulder again. And one came from the northbound shoulder, across the highway, median, and northbound lanes, and off the shoulder. Of course I slowed down, and by the time I got there they were not to be seen. There were no other vehicles on that stretch this morning.
We had a great workday today. Good co-workers, good patients.
On the way home, in the same area, another deer crossed the highway. There was one other vehicle way ahead of me who didn't seem to slow down (although from where I was it seemed that you could have seen the creature) and I thought there would be a collision. Nope. The vehicle swerved and the deer kept sauntering on it's way, into the median then across the southbound lanes. Kind of creepy.
I made it home without incident, thank you God. Dan and I visited a bit, I wrote here, and I'm about ready for bed.
Tomorrow morning is massage. I'm looking forward to it.
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Saturday 06.06.2009
Today is the first day of being one full year out of treatment. My last radiation treatment was June 5, 2008, and this past year has been filled with recovery and introspect. I'll never be the person I was B.C. (before cancer), but none of us are the same as we were yesterday. Change is inevitible; the awarenesses I've experienced have been gifts that I strive to share every day. A kind word, a hug, or listening, or even just a look. Kindness, I think, is foremost.
I worked today. I slept fairly well last night after going to bed, and this morning I took a sudafed along with the tylenol and motrin before leaving for work. I couldn't be sneezing and dripping while working with the patients. And it worked. I didn't need to use any more sudafed today, though I did have another dose of the tylenol/motrin later this afternoon.
We had a good workday with wonderful patients. We ended up moving staff around between the units as the census shifted, but it was still ok.
Dan had wanted to get groceries together after golfing in Jackson this afternoon, but he wasn't done when I left the hospital, so I went by myself. It worked out--he was home just minutes before me, helped unload, then we took the Sebring back to the repair shop for an adjustment on the door.
That's about it. It's raining some now.
I'm ready for bed, it's after 10.
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
I worked today. I slept fairly well last night after going to bed, and this morning I took a sudafed along with the tylenol and motrin before leaving for work. I couldn't be sneezing and dripping while working with the patients. And it worked. I didn't need to use any more sudafed today, though I did have another dose of the tylenol/motrin later this afternoon.
We had a good workday with wonderful patients. We ended up moving staff around between the units as the census shifted, but it was still ok.
Dan had wanted to get groceries together after golfing in Jackson this afternoon, but he wasn't done when I left the hospital, so I went by myself. It worked out--he was home just minutes before me, helped unload, then we took the Sebring back to the repair shop for an adjustment on the door.
That's about it. It's raining some now.
I'm ready for bed, it's after 10.
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
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