I also went to Lucy's soccer match and a rugby tournament yesterday.. I slept a lot in the early evening.
We still manage to have some fun.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
I mowed the front lawn yesterday
It was getting thick with dandelions. Probably not a good idea, the port hurt quite a bit afterwards.
I also went to Lucy's soccer match and a rugby tournament yesterday.. I slept a lot in the early evening.
We still manage to have some fun.
I also went to Lucy's soccer match and a rugby tournament yesterday.. I slept a lot in the early evening.
We still manage to have some fun.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Rugby today
I almost forgot.
The Teapot Dome Rugby Tournament is today.
Lucy and I went last year and watched two women's matches. This year they are hosting the State Girls High School Championship. I hope we get to see one of those games. I think it would be good for Lucy to see someone closer to her age playing.
Of course, she calls teen agers "Young Adults." As in, "Mike (her cousin) is a young adult and he drives a car. When I'm a young adult can I drive a car?"
She kills me.
The photo was taken by a Star photographer at a practice. Obviously these guys are on the same team. I think the Marion squad is getting new sweaters today. I kind of like these.
First soccer match today
The Comets take on the Hurricanes at 9 a.m. Team photos are at 8:30 a.m. yeesh. I am usually not done throwing up by then. (just kidding)
This is how I predict Lucy will spend most of the match.
Slept on the couch last night. We went to the Benjamin Harrison Elementary School Family Fun Night last night after I got home from work. It just about wiped me out for the weekend.
Lucy got a lot of cheap plastic toys that make a lot of noise.
This is how I predict Lucy will spend most of the match.
Slept on the couch last night. We went to the Benjamin Harrison Elementary School Family Fun Night last night after I got home from work. It just about wiped me out for the weekend.
Lucy got a lot of cheap plastic toys that make a lot of noise.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Soccer pix
Took these at practice yesterday:
Here is Lucy doing a little dribbling.
She had to stop the ball when the coach whistled.
She's got a high kick.
Here is Lucy doing a little dribbling.
She had to stop the ball when the coach whistled.
She's got a high kick.
New Mary Hump
Dave had to rebuild the rock arch named for Mary. He says it is strong and better than ever.
It was a busy day
I went into work yesterday at about 6:30 and started to figure out my schedule. I realized that it was stupid busy with personal stuff, so I decided to suck up and take one of the sick days that I have been hoarding.
I had an appointment with the oncologist at 9:30 to have my port checked out. It still hurts - a lot, but vicodin helps when I can take it and ibuprofen helps a little at work.
I mentioned to him that so far, I have had no side effects from the 5FU that has been pumping into my veins. (I am up to 21.3 ml this morning out of the eventual 60 by Monday morning).
"You aren't supposed to have any side effects," he said. I raised my eyebrows.
"Come talk to me next week and we will renegotiate that statement," he said.
If I keep eating and hydrate myself well, I should tolerate things well.
I left his office and dashed down to the pharmacy to get prescriptions filled, then drove over to the radiation clinic for my session there, then I went down to the rec department to check on Lucy's baseball camp -we were unsure when it started.
When I got back home it was time to pack up and head for Columbus to see the urologist.
I brought my cancer folder with me and my cd of my catscan. They couldn't get the cd to run, however, and sent me home with another appointment and a mission to get actual photos of the catscan.
So, when we got back to Marion we had to stop at the imaging center to place the order and then head home to get Lucy ready for soccer practice.
I skipped out of soccer practice early to attend a parent's meeting for baseball camp.
It should be a busy summer.
I had an appointment with the oncologist at 9:30 to have my port checked out. It still hurts - a lot, but vicodin helps when I can take it and ibuprofen helps a little at work.
I mentioned to him that so far, I have had no side effects from the 5FU that has been pumping into my veins. (I am up to 21.3 ml this morning out of the eventual 60 by Monday morning).
"You aren't supposed to have any side effects," he said. I raised my eyebrows.
"Come talk to me next week and we will renegotiate that statement," he said.
If I keep eating and hydrate myself well, I should tolerate things well.
I left his office and dashed down to the pharmacy to get prescriptions filled, then drove over to the radiation clinic for my session there, then I went down to the rec department to check on Lucy's baseball camp -we were unsure when it started.
When I got back home it was time to pack up and head for Columbus to see the urologist.
I brought my cancer folder with me and my cd of my catscan. They couldn't get the cd to run, however, and sent me home with another appointment and a mission to get actual photos of the catscan.
So, when we got back to Marion we had to stop at the imaging center to place the order and then head home to get Lucy ready for soccer practice.
I skipped out of soccer practice early to attend a parent's meeting for baseball camp.
It should be a busy summer.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
busy day
I have to get to work and get some things taken care of this morning.
Then I have to go to the oncologist at 9:30 to get my pump checked.
At 10:30 I have my radiation treatment.
At 11:45 or so we head to Columbus to see the urologist.
At 5 p.m. Lucy has soccer practice.
We think at 6 p.m. she has baseball practice.
She was crying last night because she wants to take swimming lessons and we told her she would have to wait awhile until Daddy was better and or one other athletic activity ended.
She doesn't care.
So far I have had 9.0 ml of 5FU pumped into me and I feel pretty good.
The port still hurts like hell, but hopefully that will get taken care of soon.
Or I will just become used to it.
Then I have to go to the oncologist at 9:30 to get my pump checked.
At 10:30 I have my radiation treatment.
At 11:45 or so we head to Columbus to see the urologist.
At 5 p.m. Lucy has soccer practice.
We think at 6 p.m. she has baseball practice.
She was crying last night because she wants to take swimming lessons and we told her she would have to wait awhile until Daddy was better and or one other athletic activity ended.
She doesn't care.
So far I have had 9.0 ml of 5FU pumped into me and I feel pretty good.
The port still hurts like hell, but hopefully that will get taken care of soon.
Or I will just become used to it.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Borg transformation begins
I was plugged into my pump today
This is what it looks like.
I am still having quite a bit of pain in the port site. The doc gave me some antibiotics and that seems to be working already.
I also had my first radiation session today. So far that's a piece of cake (if a bare-assed piece of cake). It's just a lot of buzzing and whirring and some huge robotic devise slowly spinning around me.
The only disconcerting part of the whole deal is that the people running the machines are behind a door that is at least a foot thick!
Here is the link to the page about the pump
This is what it looks like.
I am still having quite a bit of pain in the port site. The doc gave me some antibiotics and that seems to be working already.
I also had my first radiation session today. So far that's a piece of cake (if a bare-assed piece of cake). It's just a lot of buzzing and whirring and some huge robotic devise slowly spinning around me.
The only disconcerting part of the whole deal is that the people running the machines are behind a door that is at least a foot thick!
Here is the link to the page about the pump
Mind functioning poorly
It is hard to believe that I can get up at 4 a.m. and immediately be behind schedule.
Lucy had an accident this morning and I started out the day trying to get her cleaned up and her bed changed.
I wanted to try to get it done without Mary waking up, but as soon as I get Lucy stripped down and started cleaning her, she starts to whimper.
Whimper is the perfect onomatopoeic work for what she does.
Mary got up and changed the sheets while I tried to explain to Lucy that her favorite pillow and sheet and blanket could not be cleaned in an instant and would not be ready until tonight.
She is going to be a demanding consumer when she grows up. I would not want to be her personal assistant (like Mary is now).
I am apparently losing my mind.
I have always prided myself in doing on-time performance appraisals. Right now, I have one that is extremely late and two that could be considered late depending on your interpretation.
I usually keep it all in my head. I have a calendar but I rarely look at it. Now I have a hard time telling one day from the next.
Last night I was called from work at 8 p.m. and asked about the editorial for today's newspaper - I hadn't written it yet. It's something that I do everyday and I totally spaced it. YIKES!
I just hope they are understanding at work and that I get my act together soon.
The radiation treatments did not start yesterday. We did more laser beam aiming and picture taking to make sure we were hitting all the right spots.
We start the radiation treatment today. And we start the chemo today.
Should be a lot of fun.
I added some more to An Interesting Life, if you are interested.
Lucy had an accident this morning and I started out the day trying to get her cleaned up and her bed changed.
I wanted to try to get it done without Mary waking up, but as soon as I get Lucy stripped down and started cleaning her, she starts to whimper.
Whimper is the perfect onomatopoeic work for what she does.
Mary got up and changed the sheets while I tried to explain to Lucy that her favorite pillow and sheet and blanket could not be cleaned in an instant and would not be ready until tonight.
She is going to be a demanding consumer when she grows up. I would not want to be her personal assistant (like Mary is now).
I am apparently losing my mind.
I have always prided myself in doing on-time performance appraisals. Right now, I have one that is extremely late and two that could be considered late depending on your interpretation.
I usually keep it all in my head. I have a calendar but I rarely look at it. Now I have a hard time telling one day from the next.
Last night I was called from work at 8 p.m. and asked about the editorial for today's newspaper - I hadn't written it yet. It's something that I do everyday and I totally spaced it. YIKES!
I just hope they are understanding at work and that I get my act together soon.
The radiation treatments did not start yesterday. We did more laser beam aiming and picture taking to make sure we were hitting all the right spots.
We start the radiation treatment today. And we start the chemo today.
Should be a lot of fun.
I added some more to An Interesting Life, if you are interested.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
A Graser logo
I mentioned to my design editor that I though what my life lacked was a logo so he sent me this.
Today we start
My first radiation session is today.
I also have three big meetings at work and Lucy goes to the dentist.
The radiation shouldn't be too bad. I have to lay on my belly with my bare butt sticking out in the breeze. They line some lasers up on the tattoos on my hips and tale bone and push a button.
Then I pull up my pants and head back to work. It's a cumulative thing, so eventually I will start to feel the effects, like a burning sensation and diarrhea and hair loss.
Again, it is daily for 28 sessions and the tough part is scheduling it around all my work responsibilities. I am thinking of moving it to later in the afternoon for most days. Although there are some days when I will have to get it done in the morning.
They seem pretty accommodating. I guess we will find out.
I also have three big meetings at work and Lucy goes to the dentist.
The radiation shouldn't be too bad. I have to lay on my belly with my bare butt sticking out in the breeze. They line some lasers up on the tattoos on my hips and tale bone and push a button.
Then I pull up my pants and head back to work. It's a cumulative thing, so eventually I will start to feel the effects, like a burning sensation and diarrhea and hair loss.
Again, it is daily for 28 sessions and the tough part is scheduling it around all my work responsibilities. I am thinking of moving it to later in the afternoon for most days. Although there are some days when I will have to get it done in the morning.
They seem pretty accommodating. I guess we will find out.
Monday, April 17, 2006
The Omega Channel
It wasn't the Easter Bunny we expected that dropped in on the fine freaky folks over at the Omega Channel
Monday update
Did not have a good Sunday. Perhaps I overdid it a bit on Saturday. I took a long walk, went to a rugby game and chased Lucy around then sat on the back deck drinking beer and grilling a roast.
Sunday I mainly sat on the couch and stared at the TV. I was on the verge of sleep all day.
I did sleep well last night, so perhaps I will have a good day today.
I am beginning to realize that the most difficult thing to go through is scheduling.
We have Lucy's pre-school, soccer and baseball. Mary has some oral surgeon appointments. I have (this week) radiation, chemo and urology appointments.
Oh, and I have to work.
I do have three weeks vacation time. I believe I have about two personal days and should have five sick days left. I am eligible for 10 weeks of short term disability with 100 percent pay - still. I want to conserve as much as I can for the actual recovery from surgery and if the chemo gets bad.
It is very tempting to take time now, just for scheduling and breath catching, but I think I am just going to have to suck up and deal.
Over on "An Interesting Life"
They are still having problems and all the sites on Wordpress have been taken down again.
Looks like one guy pretty much worked all day and through the night trying to get things right.
I know many of you are anxious to read about my experience with transrectal needle biopsies.
Trust me, I will get it posted this week.
All Lucy wanted for Easter was a paddle ball set. You know, the rubber ball on a piece of elastic attached to a wooden paddle.
We got her one that set us back 88 cents.
It broke pretty quickly and she is insistant that we get it fixed. The problem is that the elastic came unthreaded from the ball and I can't figure out a way to get it back in.
Anybody have any ideas? My plan is to buy about 10 replacement paddles and hope that she loses interest before she breaks them all.
I am afraid that if I do that I will learn that she doesn't want just any paddle ball, but only the one the Easter Bunny gave her.
aaargh!
Sunday I mainly sat on the couch and stared at the TV. I was on the verge of sleep all day.
I did sleep well last night, so perhaps I will have a good day today.
I am beginning to realize that the most difficult thing to go through is scheduling.
We have Lucy's pre-school, soccer and baseball. Mary has some oral surgeon appointments. I have (this week) radiation, chemo and urology appointments.
Oh, and I have to work.
I do have three weeks vacation time. I believe I have about two personal days and should have five sick days left. I am eligible for 10 weeks of short term disability with 100 percent pay - still. I want to conserve as much as I can for the actual recovery from surgery and if the chemo gets bad.
It is very tempting to take time now, just for scheduling and breath catching, but I think I am just going to have to suck up and deal.
Over on "An Interesting Life"
They are still having problems and all the sites on Wordpress have been taken down again.
Looks like one guy pretty much worked all day and through the night trying to get things right.
I know many of you are anxious to read about my experience with transrectal needle biopsies.
Trust me, I will get it posted this week.
All Lucy wanted for Easter was a paddle ball set. You know, the rubber ball on a piece of elastic attached to a wooden paddle.
We got her one that set us back 88 cents.
It broke pretty quickly and she is insistant that we get it fixed. The problem is that the elastic came unthreaded from the ball and I can't figure out a way to get it back in.
Anybody have any ideas? My plan is to buy about 10 replacement paddles and hope that she loses interest before she breaks them all.
I am afraid that if I do that I will learn that she doesn't want just any paddle ball, but only the one the Easter Bunny gave her.
aaargh!
Sunday, April 16, 2006
The other blog
It appears that all my posts from the other blog have disappeared. I can't say why. I am not really that happy with that particular blog program, but I thought I would get used to it after a while. I am going to wait for a while to see if it magically reappears. If it doesn't I will start over somewhere else.
durn!
durn!
The End of Beer
I had my last few beers yesterday afternoon.
Alcohol isn't wise during chemo and I had several Genny Creams in the fridge and that had to go before Wednesday, so....
Lucy and I did make it to the rugby game and had a great time. Lucy played soccer and other games with some older kids who were there and I watched the game.
There are a couple of good players for Marion and there were some exciting moments. It is too bad that there are almost no spectators. Lucy and I might be the only people at the game that don't have some sort of affiliation with a player.
After the game we went to Buffalo Wild Wings and I watched the Indians dismantle the Tigers (Take that Hurand), while Lucy ate French fries and flirted with a waitress.
I as surprised that she didn't have long blond hair. That is the type of girl Lucy is usually attracted to. This one was a brunette. I guess her tastes are broadening.
I grilled a roast back home.
I used the temperature probe I got for Christmas. It has a transmitter so you can carry a receiver with you and always be constantly aware of the temperature of your meat.
I never moved more than ten feet or so from the grill, but still, it was reassuring.
The roast came out perfectly but it was a crappy piece of meat and no temperature probe is going to fix that.
Looks like we are going to have another beautiful day today. I really want to mow the lawn, but I don't think I should. I am not supposed to do any lifting or hard work for about two weeks because of the port.
Sometimes it's good to have a job where you just push buttons.
Alcohol isn't wise during chemo and I had several Genny Creams in the fridge and that had to go before Wednesday, so....
Lucy and I did make it to the rugby game and had a great time. Lucy played soccer and other games with some older kids who were there and I watched the game.
There are a couple of good players for Marion and there were some exciting moments. It is too bad that there are almost no spectators. Lucy and I might be the only people at the game that don't have some sort of affiliation with a player.
After the game we went to Buffalo Wild Wings and I watched the Indians dismantle the Tigers (Take that Hurand), while Lucy ate French fries and flirted with a waitress.
I as surprised that she didn't have long blond hair. That is the type of girl Lucy is usually attracted to. This one was a brunette. I guess her tastes are broadening.
I grilled a roast back home.
I used the temperature probe I got for Christmas. It has a transmitter so you can carry a receiver with you and always be constantly aware of the temperature of your meat.
I never moved more than ten feet or so from the grill, but still, it was reassuring.
The roast came out perfectly but it was a crappy piece of meat and no temperature probe is going to fix that.
Looks like we are going to have another beautiful day today. I really want to mow the lawn, but I don't think I should. I am not supposed to do any lifting or hard work for about two weeks because of the port.
Sometimes it's good to have a job where you just push buttons.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Too wet?
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Practice got canceled today. Field was too wet. Rescheduled for Thursday, a day when I have to get a radiation treatment, is day two of my chemo treatment, I have an appointment with urologist in Columbus and Lucy's baseball camp starts. One more thing?
No problem.
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