The picture tonight is from Friday night's card game. This is Frank and Jo Ann. You can tell by her expression that Jo Ann is making a play that feels good. Don't think for a minute that Frank is sleeping; he's probably memorizing his cards. Jo Ann's surgery (double mastectomy) is scheduled for a week from tomorrow. We'll be spending the day with them.
Today was cold and brutally windy, again. I thought it was a great time to heat up a buddy (a bag filled with field corn that Trish made for me last year) and take it to bed for a nap. I have about 6 bug bites that are itching me something fierce, so I'm taking benedryls to help relieve the itching, but it makes me so sleepy! I took two before bed 'last night' and two this morning. I was so ready for that nap! I slept for 4 hours this afternoon! I'd still be asleep if Don hadn't come and dug me out of bed. I warmed up his supper (left from our visit to Cheddar's yesterday) and sent him off to church. I couldn't face the cold and wind one more time. I'm so grateful for the treadmill. I'm going to go walk on it as soon as I finish this post. It was 2:02 this morning when I went to bed last night. I don't want to be up tht late tonight. I'm sure that rest is important, so I don't apologize for my nap today. I thank God for it! I thank Him for a warm house and for a buddy and microwave, too!
I'm taking an empty sock with me to make a buddy when we get to Hawaii. Hawaii is warm and wonderful, but the nights can be cool; the warm buddy so relaxes me. All I have to do is buy a bag of rice, fill it and then stitch the end closed. I've also figured that I believe I can take my jiggler with me in my carry on bag. It will fit and the bag can weigh 35 pounds. I just have to be sure anything else I put in that bag is very lightweight. The jiggler will sure be a big help in keeping my back in shape while we are there. I'm relieved to realize that I really can take it. With my jiggler and my buddy, I should be able to make it fine. I'm sure we'll both be glad to get home to all the other equipment we use, but I can get by for a couple of months if I have the jiggler.
Check out this site if you wonder what I mean when I say the jiggler. I absolutely love mine, however there are some cheaper units out there if you are thinking you might like one; do some research and then indulge to make your life better.
I continue to thank God for options and opportunities. Cold days make me realize how much warmth means to me. I hate antihistimines, but itchy bites make me realize they have their place. Everyhing is relative. Chemo, surgery, and radiation are ugly, but I realize the place they've had in my life and I thank God that they were available to me and for giving me the strength to tolerate them and recover. I feel great, but I believe that my recovery continues. I don't think for a minute that I'm done with this battle with cancer. I believe I have to stay after it or it can easily return. I believe I have to keep my body in such shape that it will not welcome any recurrence. I want to be the kind of person that when I wake up in the morning Satan, says, "Uh-oh, she's up." I also want to have the kind of body that when cancer thinks of returning it says, "Oh, no, that one's not an easy target!"
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