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Yes, we hope to redo our bathroom in July. This is the fourth time I have been hospitalized in ten years and had to have help each time around the bathroom. Can't step over the bathtub unassisted...
I felt so good on Friday morning that I baked Rik a batch pf snickerdoodle cookies, readall the paper, did the crossword, took a short nap and puttered around the house until 11:30 when A picked...
Despite having a broken door lock on the front door, yesterday was a very nice day.
We discovered the broken lock on Thursday and realized the only way into the house was through the back door....
Tomorrow, the first Saturday in February, is International Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. Created by a American Jewish family many years ago, it's celebrated widely around the world. At our house there will be hot oatmeal, vanilla ice cream, chopped...
I felt even better yesterday than the day before, so good in fact that when G came over to walk the dogs I went with her. I can walk, just am not so steady on my feet that I want to walk alone in case I should fall. And certainly can't bend over quite...
It's day two of recovery and I spent much of it on the sofa napping. C came over to walk the dogs and L made us both lunch, but I did have both morning and afternoon snoozes.
Some highlights of my hospital stay:
In the surgery prep and waiting area...
Just came in, greeted the excited dogs and have unpacked from my one night hospital stay. This is a quick note to say that the surgery went well and I feel fine. The pain has been easily controlled with oral pain meds, but I slept only a bit at a time...
I have been a little stressed about the surgery. Over the weekend Rik and I snapped at each other. He still doesn't feel well from the sinus infection and I was evidently more stressed than I realized.
However, I slept reasonably well last night and...
Jill's journey offers us a take charge attitude, great information and a reassuring approach to life after diagnosis. What I like so much about this site is that Jill is not someone who has let cancer define who she is. Cancer is something that happened to happen to Jill, who remains an interesting and intelligent woman living a very busy life!