For Older People with Sense

Chrissy, I'm hoping you'll find that your fatigue has absolutely nothing to do with the cancer.  Nothing at all!  There are all kinds of sleep disorders too.  Mine is apnea, and I do use a machine each and every night.  Thinking all good thoughts and prayers for you as you get to the bottom of this.

Nancy, the end is actually in sight!  Can't wait for more pictures.  And a tick?  Glad you got it totally out.  We have years where there are lots of them but this year hasn't been bad.  Glad your dental problems are being sorted out.

Carole, I'm glad you're enjoying the fall too.  It's turned very chilly here and the heat is on!  I also have a winter gown and socks (!) on.  

Aiden's still doing well.  DIL has a wedding to photograph on Thursday so we'll keep him all day and get his brother from school too.  Thursday's an odd day for a wedding but the couple found that they could save lots of money having it then.  Makes sense to me!

Hope all of us have a good week.

Kathy

mac,  Yikes!  I really don't like ticks...I have spent countless hours over the years scouring my horses, dogs and kids for ticks.  Thank goodness we do t have a big problem with them here in AZ.  I hope your tick bite clears up well with the antibiotic.  Keeping my fingers crossed that the house is finished soon!

Kathy,  So glad to hear that little Aiden is doing well!  

Chrissy,  I will be praying that your fatigue is nothing to worry about...just you over doing it!    Take care of yourself woman!  Lol

Hugs to all, lilyrose

Lisa, love the pic of the bird. So clear! 

Poor thing looks like it only has one leg. I might be a little sensitive to gimpy birds. I was watching a flock of "wild" turkeys cross the road the other day and some of them really had a limp going. We have roving bands of these birds, traffic actually stops for them to cross the street.

lol Lisa, about the photo. My DD had taken a pic of my "area" to show me and we still couldn't tell what it was. I gotta get a better camera. 

yesterday I got to go cutting in a friend's garden before the frost.

Beautiful. I love dahlias, but don't have the patience to grow them. I like the blue vase too.

Hello to all. I've been out of commission for a while, I ended up in the hospital with an intestinal obstruction - seems my guts were auditioning for the rock group Twisted Sister. So they hauled me in for surgery, straightened everything out, made sure proper color returned (apparently it did NOT look good when they saw it) and sewed me back up again. And my intestines proceeded to go on strike. It seems our guts don't lik being fussed with nor do the like general anesthesia. So they stop working. Most of the time it's a day or so, but some of us just keep going - it took a FULL WEEK for things to start up again. Then they had to make sure they really truly were working before I could be released. So altogether, two weeks in the hospital. Not. Fun. I'm home now, recuperating (it was a really tough time) and on a soft diet. Weak as a baby and eating like one.

But I'm home.

 Leah

Leah, I am glad things are better for you.  I am having "gut" problems, myself, so can understand.  Colonoscopy scheduled for next week  I'm glad you are better  

Wilsie

Must share a funny story at my expense.  Played in a match play golf tournament today at our club.  My opponent was a good friend.  On #13, I hit a ball into a large ditch.  I could see it embedded in the opposite bank.  I got out my retriever, stepped down close to the water, lost my balance and fell into the ditch!  I got my feet wet and my shorts.  I continued playing.  The temperature was low 80's. 

Afterward I went to a doctor's office and picked up a prescription for my mother, despite my untidy condition. 

Tomorrow I will play again.  Maybe my ball will still be there and I can get it this time! 

I have been on Medicare for 7 years.You are right. It is what it is. 

Wilsie, I played tennis for 30 some years.  Then I switched to golf.  There are times when I think I should have stuck with tennis.  I find golf a more difficult sport.  But one woman in our women's group is in her 80's and still plays well.

Leah,  Sounds like you had an awful ordeal!  Glad you are home.  Prayers for a speedy recovery.

Wilsie,  I hope your results from your colonoscopy are good.  It's never fun waiting on tests.

Kathy,  Good luck on the medicare signup.  I dread doing that in a few years...it's getting harder to find doctors that will accept it here.

I finished Rad #26 today...now on to 8 boosts.  Then done.  The emu oil is working very well for me!  I haven't had any dryness or peeling skin-yet. gulp.  The fatigue is the worst, but I find taking a nice nap or two every day gets me through.  Except for the neuropathy, I'm feeling pretty good.

Hoping you are all doing well,  lilyrose

Well I do have to brag about my DH. I've been having trouble drinking enough since I came home from the hospital. Water (both filtered and bottled) tastes metallic. The only juices I am allowed to have are apple juice and grape juice (still on restricted diet). Naturally, Little Miss Spoiled Me can't stand apple juice, and the only grape juice I like is the American one, so it's not in every supermarket. DH, who takes walks for health, walked to the supermarket that has the juice. He bought FOUR BOTTLES of juice, 1.89 liters each and carried them home. That supermarket is over a kilometer away. Definitely Husband Of The Year.

Thank you all for your good wishes. I'm slowly recuperating, and fatigue is the biggest problem now. Every day is better, though, so I know I'll get through it. On Sunday I can slowly start lifting dietary restrictions., so that will help.

Leah

I have pseudemonas infection in my port, they did a culture after my treatment Monday.  It doesn't hurt, I would not even know that I had it, but for a slight discharge when they removed the needle. I am on Cipro for a week, not sure if this will affect my long anticipated colonoscopy Tuesday.  I really want my lower GI fixed.  Isn't it always something?   Wilsie

here's a pic of lights on at the house, she is moving in this weekend.

this turned out to be a perfect halloween pic since the dog got caught with her spooky eyes.