Remember how I thought I had mostly recovered from my cold? Well hold your horses - I was still having coughing fits through Friday. Finally stopped having to take Dayquil on Saturday. Oh, and I gave Dr. M the crud and he has been miserable. I’m so glad we decided to cancel our vacation and stay home.
Sunday, August 3rd
I felt well enough to go to church, but apparently not well enough to take a photo. Oops.
Monday, August 4th
Our two kinds of morning glories. Pretty!
For reasons unknown to me, I scheduled an ultrasound and a mammogram for the Monday of my vacation. I had to be at the imaging center at 7:30 in the morning. Rude! (See below for results of my scans.)
Tuesday, August 5th
I was reading my new poetry book & thought of a person who needed to read this one so I took a picture to send to her & that’s the only one from today so here you go.
Wednesday, August 6th
I went to see Dad & Sue and partook in his latest culinary treat - a pecan sandie with Hersey’s syrup on it. It was pretty tasty, but I like them better plain.
And then Dr. M made an amazing soup that evening. YUM.
Thursday, August 7th
People. I am s t r u g g l i n g with my color selections lately. Look at this horror! I frogged it & I think it looks a lot better (photo shoot after it finishes drying). Also, to be fair, that orange color is actually more of a salmon pink and has paired well with the blue in the past.
Friday, August 8th
When I was brushing my teeth I thought I heard a rooster. The neighbors up the hill have chickens, but I usually can’t hear them. Apparently they decided to take a road trip this morning & Dr. M caught all the action. Made me laugh.
Vacation lunch. Yum!
Saturday, August 10th
I used leftovers from yesterday’s lunch on today’s lunch.
This yarn is in time out where I hope it will learn the error of its ways. (Comment from my brother on Facebook: You have to punish it in front of the other yarn to set an example.)
As promised, the results of my scans. My mammogram was fine. The ultrasound showed that my arteries and one kidney look to be healthy & functioning well. The other kidney is about ⅔ the size of its sister and we don’t really know why. Could be congenital - I’ve never had my kidneys checked before. However, it could be the cause of my blood pressure being so much less manageable now. My NP is ordering a CAT scan to continue searching to see what’s going on in there. Stay tuned!
Well it’s back to work tomorrow. I’m looking forward to it and dreading it at the same time. Do you like being back in a routine after some free time? I think I would like it better if I didn’t have to get up so darned early!
Huzzah and hooray! There was a link in your email that let me get here! Good to hear that your tests were more or less fine, although that smaller kidney's interesting. I hope it's not anything more than a little physiological quirk. Dr. M seems to be the soup maker extraordinaire -- that looks wonderful (and a whole lot more appetizing than that 'vacation lunch.' Good grief, girl!) And chickens! Who doesn't like chickens?
ReplyDeleteWell it took me four days to eat the Cheetos, so it wasn't THAT bad. Ha!
DeleteTalk about free range chickens!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you're still feeling crummy. AND that you had to give up going somewhere on vacation. Colds are the worst.
Thank you. They really really are.
DeleteI'm glad you enjoyed your break, except for the cold and the cancelled travel plans. (Which, as you pointed out, was for the best anyway.) Dr. M's soup looks a lot better than the Pecan Sandy with chocolate syrup -- criminy!
ReplyDeleteHa! It was a really good soup.
DeleteThose colors look gray and orange to me and I'm not sorry to say are horrible! My almost next door neighbor (vacant lot between us) has chickens and two or three of them regularly escape from her fenced yard.
ReplyDeleteYeah - it was pretty hideous, even though my camera didn't capture the actual colors very well. It's much better now.
DeleteYeah, I hate having to go back to work after some free time. 'Course my free time started in 2006. Jeeze, I've got an anniversary coming up next year!!! Yay!
ReplyDeleteI just knew you'd rub it in. Ha!
DeleteI just left this on Ellen's blog. Call your representative! " I just read that President Trump is going to request Congressional approval for extending his federalization of DC policing. I just called my congressman and told him that if he voted to approve that, he will lose my vote, no matter what. This is something we call can oppose now, without having to wait for midterms."
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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