Tradition --
Definition: transmission of customs or beliefs from
generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.
Happy Thanksgiving... Hope you all enjoy valuable time with your family and all traditions.
Traditions have a way of getting away from us, especially as we grow older. We yearn for our childhood traditions, but spouses,other families, friends, different living environments and other compromises somehow interfere. So memories are all that is left. So we rejoice...
Jim continues with his labs every Monday. He has chosen an afternoon hour that does not interfere with his work schedule. He is down 20 lb. from his original weight. He is at 184. I suggested to him over the weekend that we go shopping for some smaller dress slacks for him. He claims he doesn't want to spend the money. I told him that I felt better when I had lost so much weight and I got something to fit me. Made me feel better about myself. Last night as we were eating dinner he said he had thought about what I said and he wants to go shopping for a couple pairs of slacks. I wish he could have suggested that last weekend! LOL.... After Thursday the stores are going to be packed.
His appetite is not really what it has been in the past, but he is eating a lot more than he was last month or the month before. I am afraid to fix too much at one time (a meat and two veggies), so I just fix what I think may entice him (one meat and one veggie). He has always made fun of me because I feel the need for a colorful veggie plate with one starch, meat and fiber. My economic teacher would be proud of me.
I have made two batches of fudge in the last week. I have given much of it away and surprisingly he has not grumbled about that. A good indicator that his appetite has not returned. He only ate one piece of my pumpkin pie I made two weeks ago. I won't tell you who ate the rest (in the middle of the night).
I don't believe the two of us are looking forward to the holidays. We are not dreading it, but we have come to a bump in the road with being behind at work. The holidays will just make it more so. If we could just run away for the holidays and be alone, we would be content. We seriously discussed leaving Thanksgiving morning and heading to Illinois and returning on Saturday... But......
We are thankful that he is not ill over this Thanksgiving holiday. We both have our hopes up about this appointment with Dr. Z on December 15. He has been trying to scheduled work around his bone marrow biopsy, MRI and PET this week. I have to keep reminding him that those tests aren't scheduled until December 10 and 11. He claims he's just so excited about getting them done.... (Noooooooo, he's not!)
Okay....Back to labs. I was truly excited last week when he came home with a report of platelets sitting at 130. Hemoglobin was nice at 10.7. WBC was 5.5. CRP was a little up at 7.30, but he told his APN he had the sniffles. We are increasing his magnesium, potassium and phosphorus. Maybe for a couple of weeks.
Soooooooo, I said I was 'excited'.... Yesterday his platelets were 103. Everything else stayed basically the same. As usual, he was upbeat about his levels, and I hope I didn't dapper his mood when I pointed out his platelets and weight had dropped. His CRP only came up to 7.5, but so happy it isn't in the higher stages.
I see his energy level staying about the same. He 'thinks' he wants to get out and work in the yard or burn leaves and then when the time comes, he sits. I am glad for his resting. We have been heading upstairs by 8:00 each evening and usually turn the TV off by 9:30. It is peaceful. Maybe we have begun a new bedtime tradition.
He wants me to cook for Thanksgiving, so we are staying home. His parents are coming over, but that's really the only ones we expect as my family doesn't have tradition anymore. I miss those days that I could spend with my mother and brothers and my son. Times when every one was to be at our house or better have a damn good excuse. LOL I'm sure Jim misses the same things, but for now we enjoy each other and are thankful for what God has given us in the way of his continued good health the last couple of months.
Enjoy your day...and your traditions.
Good Afternoon and Love -- Pepper
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