8/9/21

It’s Monday afternoon and I’ve already come and gone from my radiation appointment today. David left around noon today to head back to Flint. It was sure nice having him here for the weekend. I’m afraid he was awfully bored while he was here, though. He asked me to go out to eat, but I just didn’t feel like it. He asked if I wanted to go to the movies, but I didn’t feel like that either. I’m just not much of a social butterfly these days. Just achy and tired, mostly. Yesterday was just one of those days when I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. Again. It’s been a little over 10 months since I found the cancer. I know the end is in sight and I only have 5 1/2 more weeks of treatment to go, but time is passing ever so slowly these days. When I get home, I need to have my port removed, so I’m not quite finished in those 5 1/2 weeks. It’ll be a full year that I’ve been sick by the time I get home. I hope I get my strength back after that and we can resume a semi-normal life. 

The nurses here at MD Anderson advised me to shave my head again. They said I will not like my chemo hair. The back of my head was wiry feeling, so David shaved my head on Saturday. It was only about a quarter of an inch long, anyway. 

I slept better last night with my new elbow splint. So, that was money well spent. I have three appointments tomorrow, so my day is pretty full. Another storm just blew over me again a little while ago, and the RV was rocking.

I recently bought a toilet brush……..

Long story, short: I’m going back to toilet paper.

Here’s another one:

People who confuse the words “burro” and “burrow”, don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground.


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