The Hermit Club
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Bippy- funny, Steven King's The Shining has been on HBO lately. I remember how everyone made such a big deal about that movie being SO scary. I never saw it when it came out (1980s?) but did later. When I watch it now, I think there is way more scary movie stuff than that! I don't think his movies are all that scary, always liked the books better!
Sorry you have a headache and hope you feel better tomorrow. Drink lots of water, always good for headaches.
I am cleaning and cooking today. For dinner today, but also for the week ahead as I get back to work (I have to think a bit again in advance). Made some yummy grilled veggies with various kinds of eggplant and squash I got from the farmers market last weekend, and some parmesan topped pork tenderloin in the oven (so tender). I like to bring my lunch with me to the client site (salads) and have that ready, but also now have some meals for the evenings when I am working.
Mommy- I read your quote on the bottom of your last post. Were you in the military?
Instead of going to the gym today, I am going to take a bike ride later as it is a beautiful day and must get some outdoor exercise in before it ends.
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Onco- Those with blood pressure sensitivities can get lightheaded easily in the hot water, but no doubt other situations may create a similar issue. Hot tubs and hot springs are not for everyone. Just putting the jets on your feet and ankles can be more than enough though. I go in after swimming and usually put the jets on my always stiff feet. Hope it helps you to feel better.
Glad DH had a good birthday too!
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Jazzy several members of my family including hubby were military. Always been a huge supporter of the military!
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Mommy- I figured you might have a family with a lot of military participation. I too support the military, and the USO is one of my favorite charities. I have a 25 year old nephew in the Army.
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Well between everyone that has served in my family, we can count well over 100 years if not more. I still have a few cousins and my favorite SIL who are still in the service.
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Good morning. Up early and going to personal training at 7 a.m. then to my first day on the new contract.
Cami- this one is for you!
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so cute!
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jazzy, have a great day! Enjoy the new contract work.
Feeling so much better today. Rallied last night and made a cake and an actual dinner for DH. Weather is beautiful here, 4 more days till next chemo, can eat whatever the hell I want without paying the price. So I am going to try and enjoy it! Lots of cleaning to do but I'm getting out of the house as well.
Happy Monday Hermies!
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I've been keeping up but haven't felt like posting. I've been short of breath all weekend, getting winded with even a little exertion.
Bippy, DH had that movie on and I saw some out of the corner of my eye but have earbuds in so didn't hear anything but the screaming. He slept through the whole thing. On top of the remote.
M0, I am a Navy brat, my dad enlisted in 1933 and was on a ship at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked, and ended up at White Sands Missile Range in the '60's doing tests on Navy missiles. He served 30 years. My brother went to the Naval Academy, one of his classmates was the pilot of the plane that hit the Pentagon on 9/11, Chic Burlingame, and another classmate was in the space station and took pictures of the twin towers and the smoke plume.
We go back before that, serving in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War – my great grandfather was a lieutenant. I tried to join the Navy, but they wouldn't let me go to sea, so I figured, why bother? It would have been a smarter choice than what I ended up doing, in retrospect.
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Good morning all. Although I have not been posting the last couple of days, I have been thinking of you all. I am fine. It seems like sleep is a problem for several. I hope those of you with sleep issues will find ways to get the rest you need. When I am sleep deprived, my mood and energy seem semi-depressed.
As always, I enjoy the pictures and gather inspiration from the activities that are described. Thank you all.
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Mags, the breathing problem is a new issue, isn't it? Are you going to the doc for it? Sorry if I am being too nosy. I am thinking of you.
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Teka,
Hi back!
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Teka ... hi to you too!
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Sally, thanks for your concern. I'm thinking it's a SE of the chemo at this point. I have a lot to do this week. DH has arranged the finances to allow for a regular cleaning person, and a friend from church recommended someone, we met with her last week and took her around, her estimate was more than reasonable. We know she's good because she used to clean for a friend whose house we spent time at every week, also, she's been doing it for 32 years.
What started it was, we're having houseguests this weekend and the house is not clean. I do a little here and there, cousin sweeps and mops the kitchen, DH runs the vacuum, but the dusting and stuff has been put on hold. So finally we will be clean and it can be kept up. Our friends that are coming are the ones we went to visit right after my BMX, in June. It was the first time we'd met face to face, and we got on famously. She and I have played an online game together (with a bunch of other folks who came in June) for many years. My grandsons started me playing it in 2006 as a way to spend time together even though we were half a continent apart. I met a lot of adults who play together (the oldest is 72!) and even though my GSs don't play any more, I enjoy the company and the game play is usually sufficient to distract me from pain. And they've all been so supportive during the cancer/chemo, in fact, in the game we are now bald. Anyway, we have lots of fun together and I'm so looking forward to seeing them, and DH really hit it off with both of them as well so we will have a great weekend. DH is going to grill a rib roast so that will be tasty. This is the most excited I've been in months.
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Mags, I am so glad that you are really looking forward to this week end. The cleaning lady sounds like a gem as well as a good idea. The roast sounds delicious ... I bet the left overs (if there are any) will be great too!
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Sally, just checked my info packets on the chemo drugs, taxotere has a possible SE of shortness of breath, and I know they all have SE of fatigue. Add that to my chronic fatigue and, well, I'm just tired.
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Mags, did not realize that you have chronic fatigue. That must be doubly hard to handle combined with chemo.
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Mags,
through my ancestry search I have found two of people that were in the Civil War. Both fought for the Union. One was on my dad's side and the other was on my mom's side.
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Great granddad fought with a Minnesota regiment, although he was from Illinois. Union, of course.
Sally, yes chronic fatigue. Also chronic pain, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease, and a particularly nasty thing right now called Costochondritis, which is an inflammatory condition of the connective tissue of the ribs, apparently aggravated by surgery in the chest, like a BMX. But, it is what it is. I try not to complain, but sometimes...
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Mags,
mine fought in a Wisconsin regiment and one from Indiana
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my dad was a navy man, love his old historical pics,from WW2. A japanese kamikazi rammed their boat and he survived.
Been working on my shopping list for surgery, so today I found a thin, soft hat to sleep in, and slippers for post surgery. Got a car wash and that is the extent of my productivity. Made dinner and relaxing now. Been sleeping lots, good for the immune system. Going to visit my old office this week, I miss it at times, a reminder of things I have lost. But I try and think that better things are ahead.
Night night Hermettes!
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Hermits- weird morning today. Went to the gym early for my 7 a.m. work out and all went fine, drove home to change and go to work. While I was putting stuff in the car, I saw a police car down the street parking and two officers were coming up the street and looking at me. Something not good in the hood. They wanted to know about my older neighbor who lives next door and asking about her, if anyone lived there, etc. I know her well and was worried something happened (like she went missing) and asked if she was okay?
He said there was a break in nearby and some items that had Lojack sending out a signal from her house and thought "oh crap!" I gave them her name, phone number and then they rang the doorbell. They went in and searched her house, also the back yard and wanted to search my back yard too (yikes!)
What they found was a cel phone behind one of my dumpster on the side of the house (kind of creepy that people are lurking around dumping stolen property on my property in the middle of the night). That was where the signal was coming from. They brought someone to do prints, but also said whoever did this had ordered a bunch of stuff from Amazon to send to my neighbors address. They figured they were hoping for a quick overnight turn around and would snag it before anyone figured it out.
I had to go to my first day at the client site, but called my client to tell her what was going down in the hood, and that I might be a few minutes late. My poor neighbor was so visibly shaken (I felt un-nerved myself), but the cops were nice and we just talked to them about watching for anything else as we were able. Nothing got delivered today and the phone was gone when I came home (returned to the owner). So my guess is the thieves realized they had been busted and probably went on their way.
My first day at work went fine, everything was easy compared to the way things started!
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So happy work went fine jazzy, exciting things happening
Mag, taxotere is a weird chemo, or 4 me it was..that is when I realized that I was having trouble breathing. I was so fatigued with that one also, went off cause of the side effects. i cant clean my house either george does stuff n dd2 cleans the bath tub. Me i pick things up.
Bippy glad u got stuff accomplished.
Sally r u ok.
Hi teka!! Ocono n others i forgot.
I need to get postive, i am a 1/2 empty kinda person. Feel like debbie downer all the time...
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Blondie- you are doing the best you can. You don't worry about being anything except your cool self! We love having you here.
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Thanks jazzy,
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Blondie, I was going to ask you if your breathing trouble was chemo related. And it's permanent? OMG. I told DH tonight I'm calling the MO tomorrow about this, I've been sitting in the recliner for 4 hours and still can't catch my breath. I've had congestion from allergies before (the cottonwood tree in our front yard is brutal in May) but Mucinex takes care of that pretty well and it's not touching this at all. And it hurts like a son of a gun. Complicating matters, I have a condition called Costochondritis, which is inflammation of the connective tissue of the ribs, which, when it flares up, feels like my ribs are being crushed. It's something that can be aggravated by chest surgery (such as a BMX). And I've had a couple of flare ups since surgery, but this feels different.
I take it since you have the breathing problems all the time there's nothing they can do to treat it? This is the total pits, and I can honestly say I feel your pain. Major hugs, honey.
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