IN Carmel

 There is not to much to write about tonight but I do have some news.  So it was up early and because I was off Hydrocodone for two day I drove myself around 8 o'clock to the doctors.  And there is more news now.  The shoulder Xray showed there is tendonitis.  So the pain is not exactly in my head.  It's in my shoulder.  Well, at least that's where the Xray picture was taken.  It can hurt other places but I suspect that is referred pain.  So there you have it now.  What I think is bad news is that Tendonitis can take a long time to heal.  The doctor added...don't expect a quick fix. I'm back on Hydro cone.  No driving until the pain disappears when no pain medicine is needed.  Sleeping last night was impossible so the chair was the place to be once again.  I'm going to try a pill before sleeping with the hope it lasts until the next evening.  I'll be back with another doctor visit next Wed.  When I asked for...

 Today was a slower day but I do have something to show for it.  Well, at least for the morning.  The big do was to fix plastic bags for carry out meals at Bread and Bowl.  Opening plastic bags ahead of the work time at church just makes assembling the take home meal a little easier.  So with Jared suggestion to make this job even easier I prepare enough bags for the two Saturday's in the month of September when North folks work. So that took up some of the morning.  I did find that the repetitive motions that came with the job was noticed in my arm. I think the problem really is muscles in my back that send tension to my arm. I'm missing one muscle that was moved to my head to fill the hole that cancer made. But I survived the morning.  There will be a month of healing before that jobs comes back again.  I should be in great shape by then. Typing still remains one of those repetitive exercises.  I did a little kitchen cleaning and the aftern...

 Today was what I would call a better day.  The shoulder still hurts but it's a lot more bare able.  And working in the garden didn't make it worse.  In fact it made it better.  The doctor told me that moving would be helpful. Now I would say that's crazy but it did work.  I filled the garden cart this morning and did it again this afternoon.  It was a good mental health day even having fewer heavy pills. In fact...just one.  The verbena were a tangled mess covering up a whole lot of things again.  They got a major clipping sure to be back again one of these days. The bloomers just keep on blooming which the butterflies love.  The caterpillars are changing into their J shape and soon will be Monarch we recognize as Monarch.  There are 5 cats in the cage. Three are moving right along and the other two are not far behind.  And the Fever are moving aright along also.  I missed the big win last night sleeping right through til...

 Today, I took the lazy way out. We didn't go to Michigan to see the kids and we didn't go to church either.  Since I told my friends we wouldn't be at church today I just didn't want to talk about why being there happened.  So it was church on line which was good but not the same as being there for sure.  I did do a Dahlia snipping and now there are all new flowers throughout the house.  I accomplished something. I'm running low on Hydro pills but discovered a few from another time.  I'm trying to back off but the big reason for pills is still hanging around.  What a bummer.  So the afternoon after just taking one for the morning demanded another go for the afternoon which lead to a lot of sleep.  How boring.  At some point  soon I'll be happy to be awake to experience the world again.  The Fever lost last night's game but tonight there is another chance for a win.  These girls have gumption.  Nancy and I have been t...

 Muscle cramping continues.  So this will be short. I never know exactly when it will happen.  It comes when it wants to usually after a long rest. I's 10 pm.  I'll write more tomorrow.  

 Another good night of sleep with a little help from the pill bottle.  One of these days the hope is to pitch the pills where they need to go.  Not yet but one of these days.  There was breakfast and then the monthly trip to I U North to see all my friends who take care of their cancer friends..  They certainly take good care of me.  And I am grateful.  The stay was a bit longer than I had planned.  Every three months there is an additional calcium shot.  And this was the month.   While at the hospital I shared my concern about what seemed something missing from the PT order. The nurses got right on it and yes...there was a glitch that eventually got worked out by the afternoon with a new order for PT, this time from Dr. Jalli. The PT sessions were set up by the afternoon hour. There will be 5 Thursdays with Michael again.  He's a best buddy for sure. It's pretty sad when one knows their PT guy as well as I do. Michael doe...