9/26/23

I had a busy week again last week. My pulmonologist got bit on the foot by a copperhead snake the morning of my appointment, so I had to see his PA, instead. She was horrible and I will never see her again. I am not going to go into detail, she was a real piece of work. Long story, short, I turned my CPAP machine back in. I saw my primary care doctor on Friday for my Medicare wellness exam. You’ll be happy to know that I passed. And I got my flu shot while I was there.  I was waiting for Friday to come around, because that would’ve been 10 days since my magical blood test at the oncologist office. No messages. I figured I’d hear something on Monday, but again, nothing. They said it would take a week to 10 days to get my results  And the guy finally told me this morning he made a mistake. It takes a week to 10 days to get subsequent results, but the initial workup takes 5 to 6 weeks to get the results. 5 to 6 weeks. I wish they had told me that in the beginning, and I might’ve been able to get some sleep during the past couple of weeks. It’s a game changer, and I held off making quite a few decisions while waiting for my answers. It was quite a letdown today to know that I will have to wait another 3 to 4 weeks to hear anything.

We had a horrible storm blow in Sunday evening. We got an inch and a half of rain, which was sorely needed, but the wind was not appreciated. I got up early to clear off the driveway so we could get the cars out because we had an appointment to go to. When we came home, the work began. We had so many limbs down, it was unbelievable. The pool furniture was actually in the pool, and we spent the entire day cleaning things up. It was 101°, to boot. it was miserable. I thought I was going to have to do the whole yard, and chainsaw the limbs by myself, that David delayed his trip to Houston and helped me all day. He didn’t leave till late in the afternoon. He’ll be down there for several days. I go back for my eye exam on Thursday and will drive myself. I don’t have to go to downtown Dallas, so that helps. I only have to go to Rockwall and my appointment is at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. I will just rely on GPS heavily, since I’ve never been there before, and I cannot read the road signs yet. 

What is 1 kilogram of falling figs?

1 Fig Newton.


What is the shortest distance between two jokes?

A straight line.

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