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My thoughts released; a mind set free |
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These pages contain my thoughts, from meandering ideas and persuasions to deep cerebrations and serious mentations. Why, for what purpose? To release my mind and set creativity free. Somewhere inside the constraints of my mind dwells a writer, a poet, an artist who paints with words. In here I release those constraints and set the artist free. Perhaps, lost somewhere in the depths of thought, is a story or a poem, waiting to be written. |
| My daughter started a Go-Fund-Me page to help us out during these trying times after she found out all our vehicles are in need of repair. Our car lost the alternator last weekend and is in the shop getting it replaced and getting the speed censor/auto brake censor repaired. It's a 2007 Chevy HHR and starting to show it's age, but it's been a good, reliable, and affordable car for us. We also have a 2012 Yukon we bought second hand to pull our camper when my old Dodge Ram pickup broke down. But, that needs a front wheel bearing replaced, estimated to cost about $700.00. I did have the old Dodge repaired but it isn't the best on mileage and there's a problem with the headlights (if they are on high-beam for very long, they shut down/overheat) so we can't drive it after dark. I'm not sure what that will cost. I was planning on trying to find and repair it myself, but now with the infusions, I'm not able to do much of that type of work. Also, the deductible costs are piling up, some of the medications, especially over the counter ones, are not covered at all, and now my wife has to go in for surgery on her hip and will be out of work for at least a month. It's a work related injury, so the surgery is covered and hopefully missed wages as well, but we all know that they never pay as much as what is earned. After our ten month long legal battle with the county and having to pay child support for our adopted daughter who decided to run away, we about cleaned out our savings and found ourselves slipping further into dept. Then the cancer diagnosis and all the costs we are piling up with that, three vehicles all needing repairs at the same time, and my wife needing surgery has left us about financially wiped out. I'm not much for social media, but I do have my Facebook account that I use to keep in touch with family. That's where she started the Go-Fund-Me account, and hopefully it generates a little extra money to help out. If anyone has any other ideas about making a little (or a lot) of money, I'd sure love to hear them. |
| It's July twelfth for Pete's sake, enough of the fireworks. Some clown almost caught our Christmas decorations on fire last night! Okay, not really; no Christmas decorations up yet and I haven't heard any fireworks since the weekend. It's been relatively quiet, hot, and very humid but we got a break today with lower seventies. With the cooler weather, however, we get smoke from Canada. At least that's what "they" say. I don't think it is from Canada because it doesn't smell like maple. As for me and my current health situation, it's going well. I did get hit harder with the last infusion, I was very tired and had a difficult time getting my strength back. Part of the problem was the fact that hardly anything, solid or liquid, tasted right. In fact, most things tasted so bad I had to force myself to eat. I also had no appetite and a lot of digestive system pain, couple that with few things tasting good, I know I did not eat enough those first few days after the infusion when I need the iron and proteins the most to build my blood counts back up. I also have swelling in my knuckles which have turned kind of purple, so it looks like I've been fist-fighting. There are also some skin blemishes on my arms and I bleed very easily. I'll discuss all this with the oncologist on Monday when I go in for round four. Hopefully we can find some relief for these symptoms. If not, I suspect that this upcoming round and those to follow will continue to increase in discomfort and take longer and longer to recover from. But Monday I will be at the half-way point; four down and four to go. As to when I'll have break from the chemo to undergo the surgery, it's undetermined. The oncologist would like me to have six infusions, if possible. If not, then five would be in order, but if I'm getting too run down from the infusions, I can have the surgery after my next infusion. I'm sure we will know more on Monday. |
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not sure what else to say. The 4th was surprisingly quiet here as well... Last year was rather wild.
). The fourth here was eerily quiet. No loud continual booms and pops from up the hill like they've done for years. Kind of nice actually. I'm sure the pets in the neighborhood appreciated calm for a chnage.
