I Have Been Infused...oh Yeah
moanin' all,
Jody, i completely empathize with you toots! it hits the heart and HARD when a tragedy like that is so "close". i'm feeling the same way. last week there was a break in to a little girls room (5y/o)...it was a man, and they didn't catch him. but thursday nite THEY DID! he attempted FIVE times to get this little girl. and from where Joe & i live? we can walk there from our house! so yeah, it really hits home. it's disturbing, creepy, unsettling and disrupts the sanctity of a neighborhood. so Jody, keep a few extra lights on, a few more windows locked...you'll start to heal & so will the town. takes some time though. {{hugs}}
FINALLY! was able to have my treatment today thank heavens. last week was hellish w/ the joints having to wait for the infusion. JayZ cleared me as "GO" & got my greenlight. long day, complete exhaustion now.
**oh...FUN NEWS: i may have recruted a new HW member! i met a delightful young woman @ chemo today & i told her about HW and how one can "talk it out with people who really know what she's going through."
Camama how are you doing girl?
Boo, my turkey came out SLAMMIN'! yesterday. it was just a 5.5lb bird...but it took me all day to do it {am sloooow} with stuffing [homemade not Stoeffers, lol] turkey gravy & rosemary n' herbed potatos (i roasted them in with the bird so the juices got sucked up). must say...i think i've outdone myself ... uh oh! my hunny is expecting the same excellence next time. oh no...PRESSURE!!! funny how something like that is an ALL DAY AFFAIR. took 2 hours for me to chop my celery & onions.
*lost 1 more lb. of water from my legs. yea! for all who have the same issues with edema...dangit! it is so freakin' painful & even more difficult to walk and stand w/ that darned water retention from roids'.
Yally you OK? i know it's easier said than done, but don't get yourself worked up even begining to think about CA! }
*both diseases are catagorized as "fast cell growth" *both share similar labs kinda' (ESR, CRP, SedRate, RF, WBC's, and anemia) this is exactly why cancer meds work for rheumatory arthritis! (our anti-metabolite meds attempt to halt the faulty cell growth) the only suck-arse thing about RA is that YOU CAN'T CUT IT OUT like many cancers...if there was a way to surgically chop off my RA affected areas i certaintly would [U 2 probably huh?].
and Bear? Bear just think...each day that passes is one less day you have to go in the recovery process. 1 day closer to being up n' about. hang on in there. ooh yeah, the Jena6 march is really somthin' else eh? i'm looking forward as to how this will end when it goes to trial. it's the biggest civil rights demonstration in decades. i dunno'...no matter what someone's personal feelings are, to hang nooses from an "all whites only tree" is sick.
i'm all for peaceful protests & freedom of speech and all, but doing crap like that...it's plain ol' foolish, stupid & a low-life thing to do.
Ducky my dear...i'm thinkin' of ya' babe. be good to yourself alright. {{hugs}}
peace/love
erin
Post Edited (erin.K) : 9/24/2007 3:11:54 PM (GMT-6)