Wednesday January 30 2008

Big Kahuna has a Good Start

Frosty Came in with the Plow Again Today.

Raven sure likes him.

YESTERDAY Charm and I drove to Jackson for my chemo treatment. The wind had blown our road in with drifts probably more than a foot deep, so Joe went out and made a track with the truck and then drove out ahead of me in case I got stuck, he could hitch on and pull me out. He went out as far as the mailbox. We heard everything from 60 to 80 mph winds the day before, and our lane was especially filled in on the end nearest the house. We passed a bunch of Game and Fish trucks going in to the feedground for brucillosis testing so they had broken any drifts on the county road - I had no trouble there.

We both left our places about 7:15 and met at Boulder. The big plus of going to chemo is getting to spend the day with my special friend Charm. Everything went just about as the other days have so I won't be so detailed. The visibility was poor along the river again, and driving was slow. But had cleared up a lot better on the way home. See the photo essay of the scenery along the way that I posted for yesterday. Got up to the hospital about 10:15 for my 10:30 appt. The had homemade cookies and coffee, which I appreciated since I just had some yogurt for breakfast and was hungry. Important was that the port worked really well, and much more quickly than poking in the arm for an IV. They take the blood right out of it also. My blood test was good. They also didn't waste any time since they knew we wanted to get on our way home before the weather deteriorated or the wind got to blowing bad. We were out by just about noon.

Charm had arranged to have lunch at the Virginian with Kathy, an artist friend who lives up there. The food there was great and I had a super Ruben sandwich, more than I could eat. Kathy had invited us to come and see her studio but we thought we should just get home. So took a rain check on her invitation and will go another day. We stopped by K-Mart for a few things I needed in my medicine "tub". We were fortunate that visibility on the road coming back home was much better than in the morning, although very overcast all the way. They had plowed the county road so that was good. We got home about 4:30 or so. I warmed up the leftover chili for our dinner. I was worn out, but worked on my photos for a while and didn't feel that sleepy.

TODAY I stayed in bed until 10:30 a.m. or so. Gina called and wondered about bringing out the computer and getting it hooked up, but after we discussed the shape of the road, she decided it would be best to wait until Frosty plowed it again so she didn't get stuck. The morning was not good visibility or light for driving in that either. But it did clear up to be sunny with clouds most of the day, with a good breeze.

I had already decided to spend the day relaxing as I have after every other chemo day, but thankfully I had no symptoms from it this time, except the same dull headache from about when I got home until it went away in the night. I thought I was catching Joe's cold, but guess it was just one of those allergy spells I get thank goodness. Got rid of it with Benadryl. Glad to report, I'm feeling better every day now, and taking fewer pills too. Walked on the Nordic Trak a couple of times. I'm really liking it.

The Game and Fish guys went up to the feedground again today and after they were through, Frosty came back in with the plow and cleared the drifts out of the road. It seemed a lot tougher clearing watching the progress this time compared to times before. He sure does a great job for us. I just hope the wind doesn't blow for a while again so it will last.

Joe has a chipped tooth and will need to get a dentist appointment as soon as possible. He's still got his cold.