6/4/22

It's Saturday.  My gout is getting better, but very slowly.  I wish it would hurry up and scram.  Thursday, I went to the orthopedic surgeon and he confirmed the bursitis in both hips.  He gave me an injection in each hip and told me to take it easy for a few days.  He did not have any Snoopy bandaids, but I asked.  I slept in the the recliner for the past 2 nights, as ordered.  I cannot sleep on my side for a few days.  The first night was a disaster.  I slept for about 4 hours.  The blue ray machine kept coming on all by itself.  The lights would flash and then every ten seconds, it would moan.  Exactly 10 seconds.  I could NOT figure out how to turn it off, so I went into the bedroom and woke David.  He was not a happy camper, but was very patient.  He came out and tried everything I already had and then we ended up moving the entire cabinet forward so he could sneak behind the TV and unplug the thing.  It's still unplugged.  Gads.  I wish that was the only crazy thing that kept me awake that night, but there were more.  Like standing the Kleenex box on it's end to block the glowing green light from Alexa.  The list goes on.... Anyway, last night I thought I had everything figured out and in place.  Including a new, squishy pillow.  I was quite comfy.  I slept 4 hours straight, then had to get up to pee.  I was afraid I could not go back to sleep, but I did.  Then, 2 hours later, David's phone went off.  He had forgotten to put it on silent.  I couldn't reach it, of course.  I knew it would go off again, so I got up to silence it.  Then, I could not go back to sleep.  Poop.  David came out a few hours later, very quietly so as not to wake me.  He was surprised to see me up.  And very remorseful about his phone.... I'll be happy to sleep in my own bed tonight.

I got an email from my surgeon at MD Anderson yesterday.  She wants to see me this Friday.  I haven't even had a mammogram or ultrasound yet, so I don't see what good it would do, but apparently I'm not in charge.  I sent her a message, but she won't see it until Monday, so I'm not sure if I have to go to Houston, or not.  

I made plane reservations to go to Boise near the end of September.  David and I are planning on going on a road trip to the Oregon coast with my brother and his wife.  I have no idea what the new chemo plan will do to me, so they're refundable, of course.  I go to my oncologist in a couple of weeks and I'll be back on it then.  Only 1/2 dose, I think, so perhaps I will do ok.  I will still have to have blood work every 2 weeks while on it, so that's a drag.

I sure did enjoy the last few months off.  It was wonderful to not waste my minutes and do some living.  Now I need to lose some weight, but exercising has been difficult lately with the gout and the hips are buggered up.  I need to get back on my recumbent bike asap.  It would be SO much more fun if the calories would scream every time I burned them.  Now, THAT would be motivation!

Hey, for those of you that don't want Alexa in your homes because you think it's listening to you all the time, don't worry.  You can wait just a little while and get the new, improved, Alexa.  It's the male version.  It never listens to anything you say anyway.

I'm just happy to help.


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