Your island is a great one too, Aprilgirl1, with great views and lots to do. I think once you've settled in and gotten used to the downsized setting, you will be really happy. Thanks so much for sharing the photo!
Thanks , all ! I'm a bit north of Maury ;) and my island is a direct ferry from Seattle yet has a bridge to head West :)
Downsizing is HARD ! I know this but I'm surprised at how attached I am to some stuff (dishes, art work ) but we are doing fine ….. the view really helps !
@sunshine99 - thanks for the update . Hope this treatment works great to kick the cancer back.
I hope everyone is staying as cool as possible - seems like heatwaves all across the country .
"Burned my biscuits" is the funniest thing I've heard in a long time. It's perfect!
Not much else going on. DH wanted to ride the train from San Diego to San Juan Capistrano and then ride his bike back home. Apparently the 6 am train was booked (no room for bikes) so he took the 4:10 am train. Yeah, he's crazy. I tracked him moving north for a while, then lost him. It looks like he's heading south now and should be home by about 11 am. The SJC train station is about 65 miles north of us and the ride from Old Town San Diego is around an hour if he goes straight through. He loves this kind of stuff.
Mara you crack me up. I can just see you bopping around the house with your mop slippers and spray to the Star Wars sound track. So cute.
Mel I’m glad your disability went easily. I don’t know why this has become a thing now with stage 4. I do notice that some providers try to minimize what we feel/report with their own take on how we look or our ages. Ridiculous. They do it with my husband bc he’s 74 so they always remark how healthy he looks. But he was poisoned in Vietnam war from the chemical weapons so his injuries are internal.
Irishlove I hope that it’s Booty!!!
I have a pet scan Tuesday.
Mel my insurance wouldn’t cover the “mugard” mouthwash. The pharmacist called and said it’s $79. Per bottle if I order 5 at a time I could get that deal ($400). I declined and got the magic stuff. I’ll try the brand that you suggested and hope it’s covered for the $5. Copay.
AH the old onc trick of ordering a range of labs when you complain about fatigue in order to looked like they have control over that. Look, in winter my B12 goes wonky every year, or vit D, thr latest was Folic Acid which meant another pill. I get my thyroid tested quarterly too. Meanwhile the anti depressant to help me sleep means I can't wake up and thr lymphadema means I get tired lugging my leg around and thats before we get to the actual chemo. I know they want us to have quality of life and live like its a drug commercial, but its not happening. Frankly lets fix whats wrong then worry if I've got energy! Also, I stopped taking the folic acid a few weeks ago when the c diff popped up because I couldn't deal with one more pill on a daily basis. Not sure if they've noticed yet!
Had a massive craving for hot fried food show up last night (onion rings) but was watching my cooking show tonight and oh man hot spring rolls! Sent hubs around the corner to the Chinese for two and they were super hot, homemade, and crispy but not greasy. Just perfect (maybe a bit salty but that could be my wonky palate). I may score those onion rings Monday after chemo and a super super long day of tests and treatment.
Covid I think I had 6 vaccines and then I'd finally had enough and figure ill get it with flu shot and call it good. I'll take care to sanitize hands and mask up on our trip, though. I'd prefer not to have a family party, and my counts are strong, but I'm not sure how mom will pass that off to everyone, some tricky relationships in there. Small enough family that we could maybe do just a home visit rather than a party. My cousins are all too boring anyway and my siblings aren't near.
Otherwise trucking along just bored even with things to do.
Sunday Edit - Ohhhh I am crushed CRUSHED by Shannen Doherty passing. Catching up on her fight and seeing her still traveling late last year, starting a podcast, it really made me feel hopeful, even after she got the brain mets. I agree with you Mara about the whole 'lost her fight' - hell, she was living it up to the maxx this last year with that big trip to Italy and still fighting her ex-husband over medical payments or whatever. She was a fighter in a lot of ways, but she never lost to MBC. Brenda Walsh 4 ever!
I’m pissed! I can’t believe Shannen is dead, her latest podcast was less than 3 weeks ago. Her disease mirrored mine in several ways, although I was ahead of her. From being stage 4 at a young age, to having brain mets to getting great results from a new chemo (Enhertu). What the hell just happened?! Did it stop working and cancer took over that quickly? Did it spread somewhere else and was not treatable? WTF?!