The Hermit Club

Good morning hermits- busy and full day yesterday. Worked until 4 p.m. and then went to pick the family up. We did a little "retail therapy" at my favorite boutique here (sister and I came away with a few things), and the local fav bookstore where my sister found some books and Xmas cards. Then we had dinner with one of my sister's long time friends (now one of my friends) last night too. I came home to crash and feel tired this morning. And another busy day ahead, too (personal training and work in the am), shopping in old town and happy hour this afternoon.

Bippy- I am glad we have been able to help you through this and will continue to do so as you go through the rest. This community of women is a wonderful place (especially this thread) to have poeple to talk to about this whole messy process. I hope you have your date soon for the surgery so you can prepare. Nothing wrong with having a hottie surgeon either!

Must get to my busy day. I may not be here again until after the holiday again and until the family is on their way home Saturday, so blessing to everyone for a nice holiday how ever you choose it. Despite the bc crap, there is always much to be grateful for.

What would i do without  my hermies who tolerate  me, listen to my vent n just b there. I appreciate you all more than u know.  Have a wonderful holiday  with whomever u choose to spend it with, n be good to yourself, safe, n eat....

happy day hermies! Bippy was able not only to COOK breakfast, but to EAT it too with much enjoyment. What a joy after a setback i had yesterday. Cannot go into it, but it involved getting rid of a product that the smell of made me violently ill. A normal product for most, an abomination of vomit inducement to a chemo gal. Buh buh, scented trash bags!!!! They put me in bed for hours with the heave....

We stayed bundled in the warm flannel sheets and snuggled, DH and I. He is still snoozin. Kittaehs are likewise snoozin, all is well in Bippys house! No plans today, have some final labs and watchin the parade is it. OMG a neighbor moved to Minneapolis in June...it is 14 below there now! Stay warm herms

Happily Hermiting it on Turkey Day! Bonus, since it's just me, chicken instead of turkey!

Happy Thanksgiving All

Bird refuge 

lol

hi hermies! Onco, i do not partake in any BF silliness. I am not a good consumer and hate shopping, even grocery most times. Your holiday sounds fun!

Jazzy, have fun with the fam at bird park today.

Hope all my other hermies are doing well and had a nice day.

Bippy has been resurrected from the ash heap that is chemo. Was able to take a short walk with DH this morn, how good it felt but had to go slow. I was so nauseaus and miserable from chemo that i was not to walk during last month. Today i had a pretty normal GI routine, first since July. I had experienced bad big D for7 days in a row until today. So please imagine my joy at being well today. My wbc are low so no outings for a few more days.

I am making a list. It includes things i need to get, like makeup, books, etc. and things I need to do....i just want to toss out anything that reminds me of chemo times. It includes food, anything with a smell that reminds me, and some clothing. I do hope to get a tree tomorrow. Need some decor and lights too.

Our weather is GLORIOUS. I am so lucky!

Christmas cards are ready to be mailed out on Monday!

Tamara ... Welcome

Onco ... good idea ... brain teasers ... thanks

Talk of trees ... I am trying to convince DH that it is time to downsize our Christmas tree and under tree display ... it's not just the setting up ... the taking down is tiring too ... lots of our stuff is stored up high in rafters ... ladders are not the friends of these two senior citizens

Although I went to a grocery store today, I avoided Kohl's, Walmart, Target, and other non-grocery stores.  I did wish I had the energy to go to Macy's with my 17 year old granddaughter just to see what caught her eye.

Good for you Teka.  I had planned to have my Christmas cards ready ... it was on my to do list ... but several projects snuck in line.  DH is now on home oxygen.  We did some rearranging to accommodate his equipment.  Of course, the rearranging led to reorganizing which led to recycling decisions.  I had a lot of pictures in albums that were taking up a lot of space.  Taking the pictures out of the albums and filing them in boxes by categories is fun but time consuming.

Tonight I will fix a salad with greens and turkey and 1000 island dressing. 

Take care everyone! 

Still recovering from rad simulation Wednesday; energy levels at minus numbers now, so I will c/p a post from another thread:

I had the most excruciating experience with my rads simulation yesterday. I have really bad arthritis in my left shoulder (tumor side) and keeping it immobilized above my head is extremely painful. For one thing, it has a really limited range of motion, and after 2 surgeries, a lot of adhesions, so it can't be put where they need it to be. To get it even close, it stuck out too far to fit into the ct tube. We fine tuned the position for nearly an hour! Then came the sim. By then I was in tears. I don't know how I'm going to do this even if it's only 15 minutes every day. I came home and iced my shoulder and took a pain pill. Pain woke me up in the night, took another. Had to take another today just to get through helping with the cooking. Good thing I didn't need to do very much, thanks to my cousin and DH, for whom I am truly thankful.

I tried to do a bunch to help with Thanksgiving dinner, but as it was going on the table I hit a wall and was just about in tears. I couldn't have done one more thing. (I didn't hit a WALL wall, just a figurative wall.) But I did manage to eat. House cleaner was here today and I was having a spell of hypersensitivity, where the sound of the vacuum was like fingernails on a chalkboard, and retired to the studio with my solitaire. But I'm a bit better tonight. Shoulders still shot though.

Bippy- I am glad you are continuing to feel better. I totally understand your feelings of being grateful for the solid movement after having D for so long. I had two month of it with my ruptured appendix, mostly due to the very strong antibiotics they gave me.

Mags- I am so sorry the radiation treatment is so hard on you. They really need to find a way for this to be tolerable for you. Hugs sister, I can tell you are really frustrated and in pain too. Praying for better days for our Mags.

Off to see the family for breakfast. It has been a good visit, I will miss them but also glad to be getting my life back again!

Snow geese that winter at the Bosque Del Apache. There are thousands of these birds at the refuge and they make quite the racket. We watched some come in for a landing into the big group on this pond.

It's ok to say it now.