No news is good news right?

OK, So my son, Tony advises me that I haven't blogged since the middle of April, so here I am ! Well my hair doesn't hurt anymore but that may be because there isn't much of it left. I still have about a two inch strip around the base of my head but the top and sides are pretty sparse. You know the old man hippie look, hahaha.

I haven't quite gotten the insurance company and the pharmacy on the same page yet, but I am getting closer. Anyway, I have been feeling pretty good, some days I still feel nauseous and flu like, but it's not everyday.

I am looking forward to Tony's wedding and new family, and the 2 new grandbabies. (Nick and Tawni & Ty and Katie) I always love family functions and I am sure every one else does too. Anyway I am excited for all of them (and me too).

I have been working in my yard this last week, planted some flowers and a couple bushes. Also bought 7 trees which are not planted yet, and I got my garden planted. I haven't been riding my horses yet, I guess I am a little leery to ride alone still, but I will be back up there soon.

Friday is zometa and faslodex (sp?) day. I am only going to the cancer center about 1 day a month, seems weird but in a good way I guess. Well time to finish chores. Thanks for all the prayers and blessings.

LAZY DAZE

Well today is wednessday and I have 18 shirts to iron, I tried to pay Kami $2 a shirt to help me iron them all, she said no. So after contemplating and procrastinating, I made Kami call the dry cleaners and they only charge $1.75 a shirt to iron, so guess who is ironing now? Well I did iron 2 shirts so Kent could work the next 2 days but that was as much wifey stuff as I could handle.

Today actually started off kinda lazy, I didn't get out of be till 10, Woke up at 7 but everytime I rolled over nothing hurt so I just chilled with the fox 5 news, fed the horses in my jammies. Anyway other than being a lazy day, it seems like a good one. I plan to go out after bit and work on the tractor again I am trying to get my garden started. I have lots of room if anyone wants to make a garden here, of course that would require you coming out sometime to at least plant it and harvest it....... OK, so I love you all (and thanks again to Emily for setting up my blog) mom/dj

Hey everyone, Im back !! I was going to blog y'all last week, I was grumpy and didn't feel well, tired of my hair falling out and having a swollen face. I still felt like it was a chore to breathe sometimes, like when I was trying to do something, but maybe I expected to heal like I used to in the old days,,,,anyway, then I was so grouchy I didn't even get on the computor much. Those of you who have done the chemo or radiation thing, know what I'm talking about when I talk about the scalp pain and my hair hurting, and if you have not dealt with it personally I know you have listened to me whine. So like yesterday when I woke up, my hair didn't hurt, I layed in bed touching all over my head and there was no pain. All day yesterday no pain. Then this morning I didn't wake up till 7 and again felt all over my head and pushed in different spots, NO PAIN ! And what does this tell us?
This tells us that my hair should be done falling out and maybe it can start growing again. So as you can see I am in a better mood today. I also feel better , yesterday I went out and drove the tractor a little, and plan to do more today after I go to Vegas for an appoinment. Dont know if its a coincidence or if its psycological about the feeling better and hair thing, really don't care, as long as I feel better. Oh crap, I gotta head to Vegas. talk later...................dj

WOW, what a wild time the last couple weeks have been. Lucky for me I have a lot of people taking care of me and standing over me all the time. I knew I didn't feel good but didn't think I was THAT sick. I really don't have time for that stuff, I have a lot of important stuff to do. I am feeling better now, thanks to all your prayers, we all know that prayers are answered in a certain way for a particular reason, we just dont always know the reason. Thanks to Tony and Em for keeping you all updated on my progress.

It is so good to be home, there are no nurses here, and no x ray techs or lab techs to poke and wake you all night. I am a little balder than when I went in, for some reason my hair is still dying and falling out. I have enough in the back for a small pony tail and the top has to be covered with a hat now. They had said that the tumor will take up to 2 months to die and shrink, so maybe the hair does too. I wish not, it is sad. I am still swollen also, but should be off the steroids in about 5 more days, so that will start going down. Breathing is the easiest it has been in about 2 or 3 weeks, so I think this has been coming on since radiation. Of course I am not the dr. Angel finally took a break and went to Tonopah this week end, to see her family, but she will be back soon. I had a wonderful blessing from my husband, Kent and son, Ty in the hospital, thank you both, it was so important to me. Tandi and Tawni stayed with me through all the ER stuff, even the lovely nurses, that are lucky to be alive still. Sometimes you need a little help from our girlies. It was so nice to have them both, there when they could and thinking of me when they couldn't be there. Even Kami skipped school to come hang out with me, and Trenton brought the boys to see me, wow. Luana, Honey, Gabrielle, and Marissa came also. I know I am forgetting someone, like Nick and Shawn, Steven, Shaylie, Katie, Hannah, Kolton, friends. It was over whelming really. I Love you all. Again I am happy to be home..........