Just what does someone recovering from heart problems and side effects from chemo do all day? When I came home from the hospital 2 weeks ago, not a whole hell of a lot. Now I am stronger and every day is better.
I get up and fix my breakfast. I have been eating a lot of eggs lately, they want me to eat lots of protein. So we forget the cholesterol problem. Pills control that. Plus I don't do eggs everyday. Then I clean me up and put on real clothes. At first a shower wore me out, but now not so tired. About this time I take my shot and pills.
Now it is time for the leg exercises for my swollen legs. I do these twice a day. The legs are now looking close to normal in the morning but by evening they are swollen. But nothing like when I came home.
Because of the swollen legs I am to sit and keep my legs up most of the time. So my recliner is my best friend. Of course it isn't good to just sit all day, so I walk down the hall every couple of hours.
I watch a lot of idiot TV. I have lots of mindless shows recorded and they fill up the day. I watch a lot of the Home and Garden channel, History channel, and The Learning Channel. House Hunters, Property Brothers, Love it or List it, Say Yes to the Dress, What not to wear, American Pickers and on and on. When I had the eye infection this helped me keep my sanity, because I couldn't see well enough to read. Now I am able to read and that fills up a lot of the day.
I fix my lunch and wash up breakfast and lunch dishes. Then it is back to the recliner to watch TV or to read. And maybe to nap. After a rest I walk the apartment to build strength. Up to 10 minutes. going for 15 today.
Supper Marty cooks, and now I can set the table and wash up dishes. Then it is time for leg exercises and then into my jammies. Marty and I watch better TV together until bedtime. Pills and another shot in the early evening. Then to bed and the next day it all begins again.
Many days we go to Kaiser for blood work and doctor appointments. Next week chemo begins again. This time I will have three weeks of chemo and then we will evaluate what is happening.
Yes, pretty boring at times. But it is making me stronger. I hope to not need a wheel chair when we go to Kaiser Monday. It is a big building and a lot of walking. Hope I can do it.
Oh, today I am feeling great. So I have made chili for supper. Marty is excited to not have to cook.
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Sunday, January 11, 2015
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Weddings and TV?
Joe has sent us another post from the Marriage Factory. Thanks Joe.
I watch a lot of television. A LOT of television.
My tastes run toward single-camera comedies on NBC, live sports, and
the odd crime drama, like BONES or THE BLACKLIST. I don't watch
reality TV, not even competition shows. Luckily, my encounter with a
contestant from one such show was very sweet. She and her intended
were on vacation in California and decided to make a wedding of it.
She was not at all upset that I didn't recognize her. I hope she has
all the success in the world.
They were not the only pair from out of town. I had couples from
Utah, Colorado, and Texas. All those tourist dollars floating into
California, just because we let people marry each other. You'd think
in troubled economic times, most states would be smart enough to
recognize that source of revenue. If not, hey, more for us. Plus
we've got the Wine Country for honeymooning. It's hard to beat that.
The cutest wedding of the day was a color-coordinated one: bride &
groom in red, black, gray, and white. The ring bearers were three
children between 5 and 8, all in ties, pinstripe waistcoats, and
trousers. They matched perfectly, like a set of formally-dressed
nesting dolls. Rarely do I feel underdressed in my officiant's robe.
I was also lucky enough to marry a couple whose store I patronize.
It's great to join together two people who've formed both a life and a
thriving business, especially since I could probably get a discount
now.
I watch a lot of television. A LOT of television.
My tastes run toward single-camera comedies on NBC, live sports, and
the odd crime drama, like BONES or THE BLACKLIST. I don't watch
reality TV, not even competition shows. Luckily, my encounter with a
contestant from one such show was very sweet. She and her intended
were on vacation in California and decided to make a wedding of it.
She was not at all upset that I didn't recognize her. I hope she has
all the success in the world.
They were not the only pair from out of town. I had couples from
Utah, Colorado, and Texas. All those tourist dollars floating into
California, just because we let people marry each other. You'd think
in troubled economic times, most states would be smart enough to
recognize that source of revenue. If not, hey, more for us. Plus
we've got the Wine Country for honeymooning. It's hard to beat that.
The cutest wedding of the day was a color-coordinated one: bride &
groom in red, black, gray, and white. The ring bearers were three
children between 5 and 8, all in ties, pinstripe waistcoats, and
trousers. They matched perfectly, like a set of formally-dressed
nesting dolls. Rarely do I feel underdressed in my officiant's robe.
I was also lucky enough to marry a couple whose store I patronize.
It's great to join together two people who've formed both a life and a
thriving business, especially since I could probably get a discount
now.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
UPDATE ON STUFF
The nasty respiratory stuff that Marty and I have still hangs on. He is too manly man to lie down and rest. So off to work he went all week. I made the bed most days so I couldn't get back into it. But I did "rest" a lot in the recliner. I am doing some of the domestic requirements for continued civilized living: clean sheets and towels, doing the laundry, ironing (I thought about putting Vicks in the steam iron), some cooking. No cleaning of course, I am much too sick for that. I have been fighting this for 12 days, and have yet to be up a full day.
We have had the TV repaired. It was less than we thought, still expensive. But if we had to replace the TV it would have cost $$$$. It was the lamp that went, they are good for 2-3 years. Ours lasted about 5. So in one way we have been lucky. As the repairman was leaving he told me the color wheel will go next. Thanks Mr. Repairman.
Our Kitchen Aid stand mixer will also be repaired. Again outrageous cost. But to replace it would be almost three times as much. We use it for so many things, not just to mix with. The most use is grinding things up. When we find chuck roast on sale it becomes ground meat. Much less fat and we know it is safer than store bought ground beef.
The Social Security checks should be deposited on Monday. Keep your fingers crossed.
I hope to be well enough to do weddings this week and to help with the first graders. The weddings could be busy Tuesday. That is not my day but I plan to go in. It is 1.11.11, this could be huge. People love to marry on days with rare number combinations.
We have had the TV repaired. It was less than we thought, still expensive. But if we had to replace the TV it would have cost $$$$. It was the lamp that went, they are good for 2-3 years. Ours lasted about 5. So in one way we have been lucky. As the repairman was leaving he told me the color wheel will go next. Thanks Mr. Repairman.
Our Kitchen Aid stand mixer will also be repaired. Again outrageous cost. But to replace it would be almost three times as much. We use it for so many things, not just to mix with. The most use is grinding things up. When we find chuck roast on sale it becomes ground meat. Much less fat and we know it is safer than store bought ground beef.
The Social Security checks should be deposited on Monday. Keep your fingers crossed.
I hope to be well enough to do weddings this week and to help with the first graders. The weddings could be busy Tuesday. That is not my day but I plan to go in. It is 1.11.11, this could be huge. People love to marry on days with rare number combinations.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
2011 can't come soon enough
Will 2010 never end? If it can go wrong for us this year, it has. Marty and I want it out the door so we can move on to hopefully a better year 2011.
A couple of minor examples of how the year has gone: last night Marty was making ground beef from chuck roast he found on sale. He is feeding strips of it into the grinder on our Kitchen Aid stand mixer. These are workhorses. Suddenly there is this awful whacking noise. It sounds as if a spatula is caught in the beater; except there is no spatula nor any beater. This is not an old mixer, it's less than 5 years old. People will Kitchen Aids, they last forever. Not ours. So a trip 20 miles away to the only place in the Bay Area that repairs them is in our future.
Then the frosting on the cake, the big screen TV died. It also is only 5 years old. Tuesday it worked, Wednesday we tried to turn it on, nothing, just a flashing power button. It says temp, lamp, timer. According to the troubleshooting guide that is not a good thing. Next Thursday the repairman comes.
A couple of minor examples of how the year has gone: last night Marty was making ground beef from chuck roast he found on sale. He is feeding strips of it into the grinder on our Kitchen Aid stand mixer. These are workhorses. Suddenly there is this awful whacking noise. It sounds as if a spatula is caught in the beater; except there is no spatula nor any beater. This is not an old mixer, it's less than 5 years old. People will Kitchen Aids, they last forever. Not ours. So a trip 20 miles away to the only place in the Bay Area that repairs them is in our future.
Then the frosting on the cake, the big screen TV died. It also is only 5 years old. Tuesday it worked, Wednesday we tried to turn it on, nothing, just a flashing power button. It says temp, lamp, timer. According to the troubleshooting guide that is not a good thing. Next Thursday the repairman comes.
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