For those starting chemo in June

Hi Girls, hope all is well with everyone and Janie has my thoughts and prayers. I have been in mucho pain in the neck and shoulders. I haven't slept much because it gets really bad at night. I was talking to my oldest daughter(the one here in town) and she was leaving work to go to class as she is working on her Masters. I figured she can't get away and she has about a half hour traveltime so I decided to tell her just how bad I hurt and how sick I was of treatment and the crap that goes with it and how I was going to say heck with the last 3. I then came out of my drama attach and said who am I kidding? I will drag my butt in there and finish, so anyhow I am done so call me later. I hung up and thought "I hope my family appreciates how much I am going through for them," and I suddenly realized I am doing all this for them, I have to be here for them.....they need me.....(and I need them). I have a grandson as it is my daughters class night so I better get. I need to lay down and rest or get a lot of sleep to make up for the last 2 nights of no sleep. Hubby called and had he not screwed up on miles he would be home by now but he will be home by 4a.m.maybe. His trainer showed him something wrong about hours not driving. Poor man, he can screw up enough on his own he doesn't need help. He banged up a door on his truck, scratched the side on a pole and blew up a truck. He is doing good. Hugs, Mary

Yes, It usually comes on at 8 on Tuesdays when they sing and 9:00 on Wednesdays when one gets voted off.

Hi girls, I am sooo tired and just a little more to go. Did I say how much I hate the pack rat in hubby????well I haven't said it enough!!!!I have 2 storage places the size of a garage and crap at my daughters and sons and in my suv. Never again and I mean it. I will boot the hubby out instead. Hubby is somewhere on his way to Texas again, he spends a lot of time there. They had him sign papers for selling house and did not have him sign a power of att. and now they need it so I can sign and boy!!!! Daughter is running papers to Mo. 5 hours one way otherwise we could not close until 2 more wks. She is a notary public so we are safe, our whatever-can happen-will crap. Glad you are clear Janie and rooting for good news for Nancy Lee. My tumor was close to the chest wall and they almost pull my back muscles through my chest when they mammo me. I hear I get a different kind now with the implant and it should be easier. I will see in June or July. I have to check on that. Hey I have to get. P.J., just throw those Spanish words at me cause I need to concentrate on learning the language so I can understand my dog. She is barking in Spanish right now and I have no idea what she is upset about.I bought her a fake diamond collar and now she has "bling", she thinks she is "hot". Later girlfriends, hugs, Mary

Hi Girls, Janie, you sound like my dog and I don't know what you are saying either so you can see why we have a communication problem. I would like to speak other languages but that would more than likely take time and I am just brain lazy. Oh!!!!Onkie said I only have one more treatment left. I told him about the finger tips being tender and it was traveling up into my palms and he said neurop. doesn't happen with hercept. He doesn't think Hercept. has sides. Well tomorrow is the last day here. I turn over the keys at 4p.m. and No More Stairs to climb a hundred times a day. I won't miss them. I will stay with my daughter a day or two and get into a new place Mon. Later, exausted. Hugs Mary

OK, I'm about tired of tornadoes now. This is 2 weekends in a row we've had horrible storms. No damage here but a few limbs down, and the primary damage in town was to businesses. But still. Spring in Texas.

Hi to all of you too. I just now got back from Glendive. I went for the Montana Child Care Association STATE meeting. They held it in Eastern Montana for the first time ever so I had to attend. I got to go to this really cool sign language seminar. We sign in the daycare to this little autistic girl so it's always fun to learn new things. Besides I used the time in between sessions to get further updates at the hospital about my "not so great" mammo results. Now they sent my films to Billings and I have to go up there soon to have a Stereotactic breast biopsy. They don't have the machines to do that in Glendive. This is all because the "little rascal" as the radiologist calls it cannot be felt by anyone including me. It does however show up on the ultrasounds and mammograms quite clearly. SIGH!! Well, enough of that. On the home front, the plumber never showed up while I was gone so I still have no hot water. I'm packing up all my dirty clothes and taking them in to my house in town to wash. I feel like I'm back in college taking dirty laundry home. The weather is beautiful--in the 70s. On Thursday when I left for Glendive, it was snowing. I just don't understand why we don't all have pneumonia from all the fluctuations in temperature. One day it's so cold you can see your breath and the next it's sunburn weather. At least the weather's not boring. Well, gonna truck into town with my clothes so I have something to wear next week. Hope you all had a blessed Sabbath. Life is Good--Smiles--NancyLee

Oh; hubby told me on the phone his "carpenter" days are over. Oh Gosh, Oh Gee,I am totally blown away by the news. What a shock. What ever will I do? When I said the sink leaks he said leave it alone and I will fix it when I get home. Its just the grommit. Apparently he is suffering from dementia. Mary

I just called the plumber again and he said that he had been out here at the ranch the next day after I called, but I wasn't home and he didn't think to leave a message or anything!!!! Anyway, he says that I need a new hot water heater and maybe I should think of putting it upstairs away from the water problem. Well, NO DUH. I've already got a place picked out for it. Now I just need to get someone out here to put it in for me--Maybe I should borrow your handyman, Mary. Just kidding. My brother in law should be here next week and he's really good at stuff like this. I guess if I've gone this long w/o hot water a week isn't going to make much difference. Maybe I'll be in Billings for part of that time anyway. It was beautiful today. I only worked 10 hours at the daycare and then came home and took a walk with Dash the maniac border collie. I checked us both for ticks when I got back home and we were both clear. The paper says that ticks are bad this year. So far I haven't had any problems. Knock on wood. Well, another Monday almost over..Hope yours were eventful or calm or whatever you wanted. Life is Good--Smiles--NancyLee

Renee, sweetie, if I really had tons of energy, I'd clean my dang house!!!!! It's a sty. I just do everything, but clean the house. Like surf these boards and read and go for walks and bake and work at the daycare and do sudoku puzzles and talk on the phone--anything but clean. I only worked 6 hours at the daycare today and then came home to just veg out. I have a bit of bronchitis, I think. Coughing and all the good things that go along with this particular ailment. When I got home, I got a visit from the government trapper. He was at my ranch hunting coyotes. He found lots of tracks and one ewe who had been killed this morning by one or more coyotes. She was a new mamma. I HATE coyotes. The trapper had been by the house earlier in the day and pounded on the front door thinking I was at home. I took my pickup to work today and left the jeep parked out front. He was really relieved to see that I was okay when I finally got back home. Kinda nice to know that all sorts of people are looking out for me!! Well, American Idol is coming on so I guess I'll log off and watch that. They're going to sing Elvis songs tonight. I'm not too sure that I'm going to be into that. My Aunt Diane on the other hand is guaranteed to LOVE it. Bye for now--Life is Good--Smiles--NancyLee

Janie--I didn't say I was GOING TO clean--Just that I SHOULD. I like your referral to your life as "the NEW normal". It's very accurate. I will never watch American Idol again. They got rid of the bald guy, Chris. I liked him and his "lack of hair" style. That's the way it usually goes. I opened daycare today and left at 8:00 when the second person came in. I'm taking a NancyLee day and just goofing off. Feels good. Hope you're all having nice Thursdays too. Life is Good--Smiles--NancyLee