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Skriven 2012-03-07 22:46:01 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 22118 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
Ärende: almost baseball time                                     [2]
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Hi Hap,

->  HN> 39 years and I don't enjoy being
->  HN> "without" her very often.

-> 36 year, 5 months and a couple of weeks for us; we still like being
-> together more than apart. I travel with my net book and cell phone so
-> Steve can either call or skype me as often as he wants.

 HN> I've done a few trips without Anne, mostly
 HN> on photo gigs...and to tell the truth
 HN> I don't enjoy them nearly as much as when

If I'm in good company, the trip is OK. The times I've had to fly by
myself--some flights have been more enjoyable than others. On my flight
from Atlanta to LVNV last April, my seatmate was a British young lady.
We talked about quite a wide range of topics but only touched on the up
coming wedding. She was glad she was in the States so she wouldn't be
caught up in the craziness of it all.


 HN> she's around. She wants me to go to AZ for
 HN> some Spring Training games this month, as a
 HN> "reward" for being there for her (as if I
 HN> needed a reward for that!). I'm not terribly
 HN> interested in going alone.  It's just not
 HN> as much fun!

Any chance you both can go on her spring break? Tucson, Phoenix or
Surprise?

-> That's a new one for me; I've heard of chemo, radiation and pills but
-> not a shot. Hopefully not a painful one.

 HN> will know tonight, she's going to get
 HN> the shot this afternoon!

-> ->  HN> and a daily pill (not sure how many
-> ->  HN> years that will be...but eventually
-> ->  HN> we will find out.

-> -> If it's a Tamoxofin type, it's usually about 5 years of use.
 HN> We got that confirmed...still don't remember
 HN> the name of the pill but it's going to be
 HN> for 5 years. WE'll wait a couple of weeks
 HN> after the shot before starting the pills
 HN> just so we know which side effects come
 HN> from which med.

Smart planning there.

->  HN> I do know it's not tamoxofin..it's a
->  HN> newer and more effective drug...at
->  HN> least that's what the oncologist says.
->  HN> And I'm hoping she's right!

-> Aren't we all? Got an extra special meal planned for that day?

 HN> Nope, Not sure how Anne is going to
 HN> feel so we'll play it by ear and
 HN> plan for a cozy at home meal. Maybe
 HN> even a smoothie or salad depending on
 HN> how she's feeling.

I understand. Let her take it easy, get a good night's sleep and a good
breakfast before going to school. She apparantly doesn't seem to be
picking up any nasty bugs from the kids, a good sign there.

-> -> got stuff to do some "fancy" cooking next week but it will probably
-> -> every other night, not the every night I would like. Too tiring to do

->  HN> Fatigue is still the biggest side
->  HN> effect. Stamina takes a long time
->  HN> to come back!

My original oncologist basically said that it'll be a life long issue.
I'm getting over the activities of the week end but not being too active
this week. Not getting nearly all the cooking done I thought I would.

-> How's school going for her? Up to full days or still only halfs?

 HN> Today was her second day of "full days".
 HN> Yesterday she came home fairly well
 HN> exhausted, had a dinner of chicken
 HN> stew and went to bed at 8pm! Woke up
 HN> this morning feeling pretty good and
 HN> we'll see how she does as the week

One day at a time. Still having a lot of drugs put into her system will
slow her down some. I couldn't get my regular multi vitamin the other
day so bought one that is supposed to be an "energy formula"; we'll see
if it gives me any more. I'm not holdning my breath that it will tho.

 HN> goes on. Had about an inch of snow
 HN> on the ground this morning...quite a
 HN> surprise!

So was school delayed opening an hour or so? Standard practice out here;
they did it last month when we had a bit of snow (gone by early morning
but concerned about ice on the roads).

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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