We are very sad now. My best friend Steve Zook passed away last night. He has been a walking miracle. He survived over 11 years after being diagnosed with not one, but two different lung cancers. He had been failing for the past year, and his body finally wore out. His spirit was still strong, and he was hoping for one more miracle, even in his last hours. I was blessed to be at his bedside when he passed from this world to the next. I felt him give me a hug before his spirit went to be with Jesus. I stayed with his body until the funeral director took him away. I took off his leads, and removed his lines. We are very fortunate in this life to have one or two good friends. Steve was one of mine.
I start my radiation in earnest today. Last week was just the set up. I have gone two weeks using the natural deodorant, which is just now really working well. I still feel very damp, but not quite as smelly.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Blizzard 2007
Wow! It's been a long time since we have had bad weather like this! We have a 2 1/2 foot drift on our patio. Our neighbor Dee has a drift behind her house that is at least 3 foot. The UofI cancelled classes yesterday and today. That hasn't happened since 1979. Champaign was on Fox News and the ABC evening news because of the weather.
Another weather related bit of news, UofI basketball players Jamar Smith and Brian Carlwell were involved in a bad accident Monday night. Smith was driving, apparently lost control and hit a tree. Saw the car on the news, looked like the passenger side took the brunt of the damage. Smith was treated and released from Carle with a concussion. Carlwell was at first listed in critial condition, was upgraded to serious. Smith was ticketed for improper lane usage. No other comments from the Athletic Association or Coach Weber. But my gut says that Smith will be suspended for the rest of the season. I feel bad for Brian and his family. Brian had his best game this year at Indiana. My prayers are with him.
Well, back to me. I was supposed to have my first session with radiation, starting with my CT staging, yesterday. Unfortunately, the radiation therapist all live out of town, so that was cancelled. I will call later today, if the clinic is open, to get it rescheduled. I hope it won't take long. I would like to get a good number of treatments under my belt before I go back to work.
I also had a bone density yesterday. When my CT was cancelled, I called to see if I was still on for the bone density. Collette answered the phone; she is the person who does that exam. She said I could come on over and have it done in the morning instead of waiting until the afternoon. So we got bundled up and went on over. Thank goodness I have the all wheel drive Escape. The hardest part was getting out of the driveway and subdivision, as they hadn't been plowed. The rest was a breeze. Stopped into convenient care and talked with them for a few minutes.
I talked with Jean Smith last week about possibly going part-time, either 3/5 or 4/5. I will talk with Melody McCammack next week when she gets back from vacation. I don't think that I want to do 12 hour days. My tentative March schedule in convenient care looks doable to me. If I do 2 7hour days in Internal Medicine (can't do 8 hours because of radition treatments) that will give me around 32-36 hours.
My head and energy levels are clearing up and I can do more in my quilting room. I finished the baby quilt for Dr. Ho's new grandson Gabriel. I finished the quilt top for Donna, Wayne's daughter. I am waiting on the backing material from equilter.com to be able to finish it. I am going to quilt it off the frame. Going to see if I can go to the Cunningham's and lay it out on their basement floor to put the sandwich together. Will have to dodge Ben and Andrea, but it will be fun to have the company. I am now working on finishing 2005 Quilt Shop Hop quilt. I have 7 blocks done, and hope to have the rest done before I get the backing material for Donna's quilt.
Wayne must be getting cabin fever. He flies off the handle at the least little thing. I am trying to be as patient as I can. I try to point out in a nice way that he is coming across very nasty and accusatory. I don't think he is going to change. I just wish he wouldn't get worse.
My best friend Steve is just not doing any better. He had a feeding tube inserted last week. That has given him one more thing to worry about, which he doesn't need. Carol is a saint. When I think I have it bad here, I know she is having it 7 times worse.
Another weather related bit of news, UofI basketball players Jamar Smith and Brian Carlwell were involved in a bad accident Monday night. Smith was driving, apparently lost control and hit a tree. Saw the car on the news, looked like the passenger side took the brunt of the damage. Smith was treated and released from Carle with a concussion. Carlwell was at first listed in critial condition, was upgraded to serious. Smith was ticketed for improper lane usage. No other comments from the Athletic Association or Coach Weber. But my gut says that Smith will be suspended for the rest of the season. I feel bad for Brian and his family. Brian had his best game this year at Indiana. My prayers are with him.
Well, back to me. I was supposed to have my first session with radiation, starting with my CT staging, yesterday. Unfortunately, the radiation therapist all live out of town, so that was cancelled. I will call later today, if the clinic is open, to get it rescheduled. I hope it won't take long. I would like to get a good number of treatments under my belt before I go back to work.
I also had a bone density yesterday. When my CT was cancelled, I called to see if I was still on for the bone density. Collette answered the phone; she is the person who does that exam. She said I could come on over and have it done in the morning instead of waiting until the afternoon. So we got bundled up and went on over. Thank goodness I have the all wheel drive Escape. The hardest part was getting out of the driveway and subdivision, as they hadn't been plowed. The rest was a breeze. Stopped into convenient care and talked with them for a few minutes.
I talked with Jean Smith last week about possibly going part-time, either 3/5 or 4/5. I will talk with Melody McCammack next week when she gets back from vacation. I don't think that I want to do 12 hour days. My tentative March schedule in convenient care looks doable to me. If I do 2 7hour days in Internal Medicine (can't do 8 hours because of radition treatments) that will give me around 32-36 hours.
My head and energy levels are clearing up and I can do more in my quilting room. I finished the baby quilt for Dr. Ho's new grandson Gabriel. I finished the quilt top for Donna, Wayne's daughter. I am waiting on the backing material from equilter.com to be able to finish it. I am going to quilt it off the frame. Going to see if I can go to the Cunningham's and lay it out on their basement floor to put the sandwich together. Will have to dodge Ben and Andrea, but it will be fun to have the company. I am now working on finishing 2005 Quilt Shop Hop quilt. I have 7 blocks done, and hope to have the rest done before I get the backing material for Donna's quilt.
Wayne must be getting cabin fever. He flies off the handle at the least little thing. I am trying to be as patient as I can. I try to point out in a nice way that he is coming across very nasty and accusatory. I don't think he is going to change. I just wish he wouldn't get worse.
My best friend Steve is just not doing any better. He had a feeding tube inserted last week. That has given him one more thing to worry about, which he doesn't need. Carol is a saint. When I think I have it bad here, I know she is having it 7 times worse.
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