waterwalker: July 2012

Monday

My morning glories are taking over

They're even climbing up the tree

I had a visitor the other day.

I was trying to catch him in flight but

not very successful.

On another note...a family member went to the Dr.

for a female checkup and was told they are no longer doing pap smears

on women over 70 unless they've had problems in the past.

Obama care has begun.

Tuesday

from Jesus Calling:

Do not be afraid to be different from other people.

The path I have called you to travel is exquisitely right for you.

The more closely you follow My leading,

the more fully I can develop your gifts. To follow Me

wholeheartedly, you must relinquish your desire to

please other people. However, your closeness to Me

will bless others by enabling you to shine brightly in this

dark world.

Sunday, Jesse came over for a visit. She made

me 2 cakes. White cake with coconut and chocolate

cake with vanilla and coconut frosting, yum.

Trish, my sister came over too and brought me a chocolate

cream cheese cake and a PURSE (which I will take a photo

of later and post it) pretty purse!

Jesse also brought her birthday present over and

showed it to us. A Sig Sauer, not sure of spelling.

It has a laser pointer on it.

I was trying to get the laser but you can't see it.

Monday was my shot day. I get

an Xgeva shot once a month to make

my bones stronger because of cancer.

Chuck took the day off and we drove to the beach after.

We didn't stay very long. Sometimes

the shot makes me feel bad. But the

beach was beautiful.

Saturday, Chuck took me to the Dali Museum for my

birthday. We were supposed to go last year but didn't

make it. I was going through radiation at the time and

was too tired. He brought the wheelchair, which I did

not want, but was very glad he did. The museum was much

larger than I thought it would be

The grounds, the building, the location beautiful.

The piece most people recognize by Dali

Chuck's in the middle of the mustache, its hard to see

The wishing tree

Chuck drove through Ybor after

the museum. I always wanted to see

what it looked like.

Thank you everyone for making my birthday so special

this year!

Friday

FYI - I posted the picture of myself because I was contacted about the possibility of being in a breast cancer survivor calendar. They needed a head shot, of which I had none, so Chuck set up
a place to take a photo, told me to put on lots of makeup, wear something simple, then he took photos.
He did a great job. He did take photography in college, forever ago but he is really good at composition and lighting. I do not like having photos taken of myself, yuck!
Anyway, back to the calendar. They were asking for survivors so I may not fit because I'm not a survivor - I'm surviving. I will always have this. The goal is to keep me as well as possible. They can't cure it.
I found something online recently talking about how when you have Stage IV that's metastasized they seem more laid back in your treatment. Someone who has stage I, that is confined to the breast, will have a much more aggressive treatment with chemo usually and other things I won't have to go through hopefully because they're trying to cure it before it gets to where I am. Once you get to where I am the goal is to keep it under control.
Anyway I'll let you know if I'm going to be in the calendar or not. (Not sure I really want to be.)