Off until Monday from appointments, but need to make some for next week. At least I don’t have to do another biopsy for a while. My hip is feeling well enough that I’ll go trick-or-treating with the kids/grandkids. And I’m taking my grandson overnight Halloween night since his sister is staying with a friend. He always wants to stay overnight here. lol
I haven’t been able to do it for months because of being sick. I look forward to it. And I’ll be picking my granddaughter up from school starting Monday afternoon. My hip should be better and I’m no longer tired from the stem cell transplant where I could barely walk.
Well, it was the worst trip into Houston ever. Usually it takes between 35 minutes to an hour (on a really busy day). It took an hour and a half. I was late for my blood draw, which they just take first come, first serve anyway. They were backed up, so I was going to do the stick for the blood draw instead of the picc line because to get 4 people through, it would take an hour and I would miss my biopsy appt. I talked to a lady who had the same cancer as me and she said she would go to the 8th floor and not the 2nd. So that’s what I’ll do from now on. They take about 15 minutes, not a half hour per person and that means an hour if you’re number 5. They have 2 nurses, but on the 8th floor, they have 6, and they don’t take but about 5 minutes to do the picc line blood draw. So why does it take a nurse half an hour between patients on the 2nd floor??? The draw takes 5 minutes or less there too.
Even the stick line was long and took forever. But to do the biopsy, they have to make sure my platelets weren’t too low or my blood wouldn’t clot after the procedure.
I ended up talking to the woman who has the exact same cancer as me, AML but she started in January, so 6 months before me. Almost 7 months, since I had my stem cell July 30th. She had hair! So something for me to look forward to in another 3-4 months.
She had the same experience as me as far as being referred to a different hospital and told they couldn’t do anything for her but palliative care. Like me, she went to MD Anderson after that and had the chemo that put her cancer into remission right away.
Moral of the tale–go to another hospital if you are diagnosed with cancer and they say they can’t do anything for you.
So it was really good talking to her when she had the same experience as me and she’s doing so well.
The bone marrow biopsy was the worst ever. I have a huge hematoma from it and it really hurt more than any other biopsy I’ve done.
On the way home, we only had a 34-minute drive, thankfully. It was just crazy driving in that morning. I even got out of the car and walked to the hospital at one point because the traffic was so jammed up on the road we take to the parking garage, and it’s never been like that before. And we were so late. It took my daughter another 20 minutes to drive 1/8 mile before she could join me and by then, I was getting the blood draw.
Well, I’m off to do another bone marrow biopsy. I hate them because I signed up to do research and they take dozens of samples for that. It’s just awful. I always ask them, “Aren’t you done yet?” If it wasn’t for the research, it wouldn’t be half as bad.
I’ll be glad when this is over with. Then I’ll be sore from that. My hip tendons or muscles or whatever I pulled when I fell are nearly fully healed at least.
I’m sure if I lived in one, I’d be a scullery maid.
Had to water some as we haven’t had rain for weeks now. Even when they predict we’ll get it, we don’t.
I have 3 more chapters to proof on Wolfish, but my cupboards are bare, so need to grab a few things from the store. The prices of food are outrageous, and even when I wasn’t at home and wasn’t using electricity, my electric bill was beyond awful.
I’m about to run in for a dressing change and then back home to work on Wolfish. I’m halfway through proofing it–again. I keep thinking of things I want to add to it. Hope to have it done today. Tomorrow at the latest.
I’m still adding some things to Wolfish, but I think I’m ready to proof it.
It’s still hot, warm in the mornings, not cool. After my fall, my hip is feeling so much better. It’s been 3 weeks, but pulling tendons, or muscles, or whatever takes a while to heal.
I think I can walk around the neighborhood with the kids for trick or treating on Halloween now. Yay!
Still working on Wolfish. Took one of my Havanese in for his annual checkup. He has had a heart murmur since he was a puppy and they said it had gotten worse. So I agreed to an X-ray–$375. Then they said his heart is a little enlarged on one side, and he needs an ultrasound. $775, but they had to confirm that. I didn’t hear back from them. It’s probably a lot more. And I have to go somewhere else to get it.
He’s 11 and acts like a puppy a lot of times, running all over and playing with toys. I didn’t know he had a hurt murmur until I brought him home from the breeder, and I’d fallen in love with him by then. I should have had a vet check him out from the onset. His brother is a half brother and he never had that issue.
Well, I’m off to work on the Halloween story some more!!
I’m still editing Wolfish. Should be done in a couple of days!
Just got back from getting my dressing changed for the Picc line. They might be taking it out soon. It’s nice for drawing blood and getting infusions, but they can end up with a bacterial infection and I don’t want to be hospitalized for that again. They’re talking about putting me on chemo again in a couple of weeks, and my platelets will go down, so I may need replacement platelets because of that.
I’m off to work on Wolfish and I’m making corned beef dinner for the family tonight. If I ever ask if the family wants it, my granddaughter is the first to shout, “Yes!” lol
Tashama’s mission is to bring peace to the kingdom—easier said than done! Swept away and sent to a strange land called Texas when her parents were murdered, she must return to her own homeland and right the wrong. Not only does she end up in the enemy’s territory when she returns to her home world, but she also becomes a prisoner of Prince Aleron, the man of her dreams. Aleron is intrigued by Princess Tashama, but learns she is supposed to be the ruler of her kingdom, an enemy they have been fighting for decades. She’s a danger to him, but he has no clue what to do with her. He doesn’t want to give her up for anything. And she has no intention of being his prisoner, but freeing her people from a tyrant and settling scores, all so she can bring peace to the region. If you liked the Magic of Inherian series, where the women rule and the heroes drool, enjoy another fantasy set in their medieval world. Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTY7Y2H1/ref=sr_1_1 Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tashama-terry-spear/1148463369?ean=2940184447025 Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/tashama Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Terry_Spear_Tashama?id=yJGMEQAAQBAJ Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/tashama/id6753716689
This is a fantasy work that was in progress for ten years. It was done years ago, but I’ve been editing it when I had the time between books for years. I was glad to finally finish it when I looked at it the last time and realized it was nearly done.
Still playing Drage Age: The Veilguard, but have some big bosses I’m having trouble defeating. Where is my son when I need him?
My daughter and I are off to appointments in Houston this morning. I feel nauseous. My doctor said I shouldn’t any longer, but some of the pills I’m taking say they can make you feel that way.
If you haven’t read any more of the series, Wolf Pack and Wolf Alliance start out the series.
I’m finishing up Wolfish, the Halloween novella, need to reread it before I send it off to my beta readers and then I’m off to write a cougar Christmas novella.
Enjoy your fall day! Still hot here! And no rain for weeks and none in sight.
