11/3/22

I went to the oncologist yesterday. I had blood work done and then saw her. I told her I stopped my medicine because the side effects were making me miserable. She said she kind of expected it and did not give me any grief. I had an exam And I told her I was having an ultrasound, mammogram, biopsy, and an exam at MD Anderson on December 5. She will get the results of everything I do down there. I can’t seem to keep the pockets of fluid on the move lately. The fluid is pooling up and is quite painful. My red count went up a little bit, so that is good. However, it is still too low. My white count went down instead of up. Poop. It’s been a month and a half since I had blood work, so I was really hoping for an improvement. I won’t have blood work till I go down to MD Anderson now. I will have an infusion in January and I don’t go back to see her until March 6. I’m supposed to call if I need her before then. I have another broken rib. I don’t know how I did it, but it hurts a bit. My right foot is giving me grief again today. It hurts to walk. I even took a pain pill, which is extremely rare for me. It hurts in a different place and I’m not sure what to do about it yet.

Stacy got here last night and will drive back to Georgia on Sunday. We are supposed to get some awful storms tomorrow, so I am not looking forward to that. Severe thunderstorms, damaging hail and possible tornadoes. Of course. 

With the holiday season coming up, I got to thinking about our family traditions. Most families have them.

Do you know the definition of ‘tradition’?

It’s peer pressure from dead people.



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