Update 04, May 21, 2006
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Well, I’m finally getting around to Update
04. It has been such a busy 2 weeks. As at some time in the near
future I expect to be surrendering most of my domestic chores to Lisa and
her mom, who landed here on the 16th, I’ve been finishing the odd
task here and there such as dismantling Sam’s swing set after being up since
her 4th Birthday, getting into the spirit for Samantha’s 20th
birthday and Mother’s Day as well as getting ready for my stay at the
hospital. I’ll be bringing my computer system with me and likely an electric
guitar (no amp, but I have a gizmo that will enable sound via headphones)
but with all the daily testing and monitoring I’m really not sure what kind
of time I will have for much of that that kind of activity not to mention
how I’m going to feel, physically. I am optimistic, though and still hopeful
that I’ll be able to get connected to the internet. I still don’t have an
answer on that subject. There are a couple terminals on the floor, however.
I’m trying to get this update finished and sent out before the Groves, the Gallant-Norrings, and Ashby and Julie get here for our ‘yard bee/BBQ’. Nat & the boys are here as well as Betty (Lisa’s mom). Estelle sent over a lovely bouquet of roses yesterday and was just over for a bit this morning with her famous pumpkin loaf. Yummm! Speaking of food, I am on a high calorie/high protein diet, so I am just pigging out. Junk food is even OK as long as I’m getting all the other good stuff the body needs. I have had to surrender to the fact that the partial denture I had refitted a week or so ago just ain’t gonna cut it. That is, I can’t allow the possibility of it lacerating the tissue in my mouth anymore as it has several times already. So, it’s going back to the denturist. My last bloodwork indicated that I need potassium pills and I also have a prescription for Codeine which likely will be required for pain relief (bone, mostly) while I’m on the Stem Cell Mobilization regime which will begin either on the day of Central Venous Catheter insertion (May 24) or the day after.
Maybe there’s more but I am being
beckoned to start participating in the work that’s going on outside.
