My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer

Threetree - sending Happy Birthday greetings but also condolences on progression. My wishes for you are many more years on your next line of treatment with tolerable SEs. Prayers too🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻.

Happy Birthday, Threetree! Hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy birthday @threetree , sending good wishes and support on the progression.

I did sleep, finally went to bed instead of falling asleep on couch. Slept fairly well. Still have a nagging cough though not as often and it did not wake me up. No calls to wake me up either. Still working on an earlier bedtime to grab all sleep needed.

No chores though will be pulling out my suitcase used in last hospital stay to hold personal stuff, organizing movies to put on either a tablet or just a spare phone. May also ask for outside food once allowed to eat, I will have to see. Also wondering on how long need to be on steroids, check on the ability to take rabeprazole and digestive enzymes once I get home. These are the things I wonder about. I also want to do the laps around the halls as soon as allowed to walk, only difference is cane and sneakers on my feet.

DB, SIL and witnesses need to get together before surgery for POA set up and will. The doctor indicated that since no one is officially set up, my younger brother could get a call and that would be bad as we are estranged after a bad relationship. I also need to set up older DB to handle finances should the need arise.

No real emotions yet towards surgery, no real fear either which is much different than the last time I had surgery. I posted all the info on Facebook as I do if there are updates. Got good support here, in real life and from friends on Facebook as well.

In the meantime, there are more appointments to go through and scans again, pre admit clinic and different stuff, once those are done, get about a week between both appointments and a week before the actual surgery. Can clean house before.My SIL wants to clean and get rid of stuff but want to go through what we are looking at and weather I use them. I keep old phones and laptops and do other stuff with them as I am a bit of a techie, enjoy using things for different purposes. Got 4 laptops, main one I use and others that I like to experiment on. I think all the organization stuff can be done post surgery. I may also have to do without wigs until staples come out if they use those again. Plan to trim remaining bio hair too

In meantime, laundry, keeping sinks clear and a clean bathroom are the most important. Good meals would be good as well, love my air fryer, have not made use of the instant pot a lot yet but that will come with time. Figure Time needs to be broken down. Take care of will and POA before surgery, once home , take care of tidying. Want SIL to focus on herself and family as well, they are busy.

Not sure about meals today, eaten up meat pies. I did do up some crisped black beans done in garlic salt and sour cream and onion, put those in a bowl and added warmed queso and some doritos and tostios crumbled. They were quite delicious. The microwaved eggs and meat pie done together was quite good as well. I have also started taking a spoon of peanut butter as dessert after dinner. Satisfies the sweet tooth vs chocolate. I also plan to ask for meals from DB to be brought in when visiting. I will have to see about all that.

Anyway, I do hope all have a good day, in pockets for all of us and anyone with family needing as well. My cat accidentally just set off the lifeline alert, had to advise the people, Kind of funny.

@mara51506 - Thanks so much for the birthday wishes, Mara. They're nice to have.

I'm glad too that you finally got a better sleep, but am sorry to hear that that cough is taking it's time getting out of your life. I hope that recovery speeds up for you!