9/21/21

Today is Tuesday. I didn’t get out of bed till 10:30 this morning. I was awake for about an hour, then I decided I needed a nap. The doorbell rang at 1 o’clock and woke me up. It was the lady tech-support person for my new pressure suit. Boy, was it every nice to see her! She taught me how to use my new suit and I felt a lot better after my first session. I’m going to like this thing. It’s huge, though. Not going to be great to travel with, but it is what it is. I got my paperwork ready for my appointment in the morning. I have to be at the main hospital at 7:45 AM to have my port removed. They need a list of all my current medication. So, I had to make a new one. I am currently on 23 different medications. It’s freaking unbelievable. As my throat heals, though, I’ll be able to take some of those off the list. As my burns heal, I’ll be able to get rid of a few more. It will be nice to have this port out. It has turned sideways and it hurts whenever I get near it. You can see the line from the port all the way up my neck. It’s kind of creepy.

This evening, I’m going to help David take the fifth wheel back to the RV barn. It will be the first time I’ve driven since last Thursday. It’s only a mile, though, so it shouldn’t be a big deal. 

I have lost 10 pounds since I got out of the hospital at MD Anderson. That makes me feel better. I still have a long way to go to get back where I was before all this crap started. 

Have faith in the Pfizer vaccine.

Don’t forget, they are the ones that make Viagra.

If they can raise the dead,

It’s just possible, they can save the living.



Jellyfish have survived for 650 million years without a brain. 

This gives so many people hope.

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