Inconvenience

   That's what this is. Well, sorta. It is inconvenient to travel and get the medical treatment or diagnoses. But it will inform the doctor (and me, it will inform me).

   2 months ago, I was here for a CT scan. And something bothered me. So I said something. And 1 thing got fixed. Now I'm back again. And some of the same things are still bothering me.

   See, that bugs me. It shouldn't, but it does. If they can't spell inconveniece right, can I trust them for their medical diagnosis? 

  In reality, I am aware that the people doing the medical treatment are not the ones responsible for the signage. But they all work for the same folks.

   It's an annoyance. I might be a little OCD. Or maybe I'm a lot OCD. But after I've SEEN something, I can't UN-SEE it. It's like my eyes will be unavoidably drawn to the thing that wasn't right anytime I go near it.

   But I was there for a PET scan. And then they added the annoyance of having misspelled words on their sign.

Grrr.

I am not posting this when I wrote it. I'll post it after I do my other post. So y'all will know what the PET Scan said before you find out about this.

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The ß¡ŤĆĦ ain't back!

   Sorry for the language. But I'm glad.

   The Dr said they're are going to see me again in 3 months. I have some SUV, but it's low enough that they're not worried about it. 

   Yesterday was Cancer Survivor Day. I wanted to celebrate. I could have celebrated. But I had a very unshakeable feeling that today I would get news that I was going to have to go through some type of treatment to remain a survivor.

   I'm not worried. I've done this before. I can handle this. I have a super support team. And hopefully I'd have a plan to take care of it, if there was an it, quickly so I can go on with my life. 

   A plan that would allow me to take care of my other medical problems *cough* Baker's cyst *cough*

   That's the one causing me pain right now. I've put off going to the Dr about that because I didn't want to cause treatment for that to interfere with treatment for this. If treatment for this was necessary.

   I've been worried about this for a while. Well, at least a couple of months now. Ever since I had swollen lymph nodes in my neck in April.

   I've not been scared. I've not really been worried. I've just been resigned. And maybe depressed?

  We're living in tumultuous times. At least I am. Personal stuff. COVID-19 stuff. #BLM stuff. And the #BLM stuff is personal stuff. You know, my wife and kids kind of personal stuff. 

   

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50/50

   That's what the Dr said the odds are that what I went through 2 years ago, I may be having to go through again.

   I haven't been this excited since my cat had kittens and my dog had fleas. 🙄  If I gotta go through it again, I'll go through it again.

   I'm not excited about the prospects. But  it is what it is. And I'll find out what's going on next week and the week after. 

   There is one thing I'm kinda worried about though. Ya see, the last time I had to go through treatment, I'd wear a mask when I went out sometimes. Especially right after my chemo. The doctors said it would help prevent me getting an infection that could have set back my treatment. 

   Now we got this here Coronavirus crap going around and a whole bunch of folks  think wearing a mask is silly or that you're giving in to liberal media fear mongering.

Some folks really like that phrase. They keep repeating it over and over. Like a bunch of sheep bleating. 

   I have seen a report that says masks do not provide any deterrent to the spread of the virus. There are some numbers if you follow the link in the report. The way it reads, they swabbed the outside of the masks and found the Coronavirus. And thus deduced that masks didn't reduce the spread of the virus. I'd really need Bob Trejo to double check my thinking, but if there is virus left on the mask after you cough through it, didn't it reduce the virus that entered the environment?

   But I digress, I don't know what the results are going to be from my doctor visit and my PET scan next week. And those results or lack thereof will determine the course of treatment. 

   I hope they don't have to cut my head ¼ off the way off. Again. 

  I also hope if I'm out wearing a mask that someone doesn't make a disparaging remark, cause I might be forced to inform them their information is coming from a non peer reviewed source using non sufficient data on a study that doesn't contain enough replications (none) to get a red ribbon in a 4th grade science fair. 

    I'll find out a little Monday, June 1.

My PET Scan is June 5 and my doctor appointment is June 8 to get my results. 

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#MonarchChallenge Success

 I posted a picture on Facebook a few weeks ago, maybe on Instagram or Twitter too. I'm not really sure.
   This picture right here.

It's Jeremiah, Brayden, Gabe, Zeke and Zara with Bella. They are standing behind milkweed plants. I got the milkweed through myBASF. It's part of their Living Acres #MonarchChallenge  I learned about it because one of the Grills kids, Hunter, was in a video. (He's not a kid, he's grown man, but his dad was one of the Grills boys so he has to be one of the kids. I guess. I don't know.)
   I went and signed up last year. and then this spring I got an email saying that my shipment was on its way. I didn't video planting the little plants. I didn't take pictures of them after I had planted them. They didn't really look too promising to tell the truth. There were 18 of them. I planted 6 in each of 3 locations. Watered them. Then I watered them again about a week later. Then I watered them some more.The ones here in the back yard have done the best. There were actually 3 blooms. 
   But I never saw any butterflies around them. I was walking around the yard yesterday and I noticed there were caterpillars. CATERPILLARS were EATING on my MILKWEED

MMyILKWEED!!!! 

   How dare they? 
   I planted those for the Butterflies. The Monarch butterflies.
   Actually. That's what I hoped to happen. It's what was supposed to happen.
   That was the goal of the program.
   Monarch butterflies come from caterpillars. And MONARCH butterflies only lay their eggs that develop into caterpillars on milkweed. If you don't see them in that picture. I zoomed in for a closer look.

There are 4 of them in all. The 2 up top. And these 2. Happily munching away on my milkweed! #Monarch Challenge Success!

 #ForTheFuture


#TheyAreOurFuture





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Confusion

   Tidbits:

1. Yesterday I took Zara to Camp Clark WIlliamson for a planning meeting about church camp. While I was there I went up where the Cool Springs cabin is. They've cut down the tree that was right beside the cabin. It's been cut down for a while. They've even cut it into sections. That 🌳 is dead.

Evidently, someone forgot to tell the tree it was dead. Because that bud is on the 3rd section of the tree. That tree is intending to grow this year.

2. On my way home, I went to see Buster Brown. I figured he might be bored since Mr. Mac has been having some medical issues. But Buster Brown seemed to be in good spirits. And Mr. Mac seemed to be doing as well as could be hoped for. We talked about buttercups (daffodils). Scrambled Eggs and Butter and Eggs

 This is Butter and Eggs. He had a Scrambled Egg in a vase on his table. They have white petals with an orange inside and look like scrambled eggs. 



Tidbits. Nothing deep. Nothing profound. Just stuff I thought about posting. There's no connection between these things. 

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Cancer Treatment Sucks

   Seriously, it did.

   But it beat the alternative. 

   I lost 60 pounds. So that was a good thing. I needed to lose some weight. And I need to lose some more. But I think I'll try to do that through dieting or something.
   I lost the hair on my neck. Some of it permanently, I think. Which ain't no big deal.
   But there is one thing I regret losing that I've noticed. 
   We've been practicing the Cantata that we're going to sing for Easter at church. 
   And I seem to have lost a few notes at the top of my vocal range. Okay, technically,  I've lost a lot of notes. Like a whole octave.
G4 and up. Gone. D E & F ain't real stable either. But I can deal with it. I didn't lose anything on the bottom range that I've noticed. 
   Maybe with work, I can get those notes back. Maybe not. I may just have to be singing baritone for the rest of my life. 
   Whatever I'm singing 🎵🎶, I'll be singing the way it says in the Psalms. Joyfully. (100:1 and 98:4.) It may not be beautifully, but that isn't what the Bible asked for.
   As it says in the good face book:

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I've Got a Secret

   I may be a little weird. There. I've gotten that off my chest. I didn't want anyone to know. But I've realized that I should probably let people know. And I feel much better now that I've let you know. Seriously. Cause I know I can trust you to not tell anyone.
   While I was going through my treatment, I had a little lightweight backpack that I carried with me. It was convenient for carrying paperwork that they would give me. 
   And my support group. A support group that grew as I was going along. 
   It started out with one. 

   And then some friends joined up. And then some more. I didn't always take them out of the backpack. But there were a few times when I was getting fluids or getting the chemo, that I had them sitting on the windowsill. The nurses even asked me a few times if I had my friends with me. 
   

I did NOT wear my outfit that I bought to any of my treatments. But I did think about it. More than once. But it would have probably made it harder to access my port. And I didn't want to make it more difficult for that. 
   At my appointment Wednesday to get my labs drawn they had some sort of fundraiser thing going on, probably Relay for Life team. But I asked if the guy was wearing a tutu. The lady said no, but she would get him to put it on.
   So the guy came out with his tutu on. He came over. I had a dollar in on pocket that I was going to donate. But Yvette said he should dance or something. So he did a little twirl. So I stuck the dollar in his waistband. 
   
   I've always heard that laughter is the best medicine. In which case, the guy, Yvette, the women behind the counter, the 5 or 6 people in the sitting area; they all had their medicine for the day. Positive Attitude!

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Inspirations

   Keep a POSITIVE Attitude!

   That is something I've noticed among cancer survivors. Positive attitudes. Out of all the survivors I've met or known, that is their most common shared characteristic. 
   The women walking around with no hair because the chemo they're undergoing has caused it to fall out. And they still manage to have a smile on their face. Positive Attitude!

   You see them walking the first lap at relay for life events. 
   Positive Attitudes!

   And there's PinkribbonWendi. Led a breast cancer support group called Breast Friends. When she found she needed double mastectomy; scheduled it for September 11, because that was the day the twin towers fell.  Positive Attitude!
   
   I have tried to have that same positive attitude. I did things I probably shouldn't have during my treatment. I did things I should have.  I made it to church every Sunday. I prayed a lot. I asked other people to pray for me.
   After I was finished with my treatment, while I was recovering; I planted a bunch of flower bulbs, looking forward to seeing them bloom this spring. Positive Attitude!
   
Today I got the results from my CT Scan they did yesterday. They wanted to check some stuff they noticed when they did my PET Scan in December. Which they said wasn't mentioned in the first PET Scan from June. Which is weird because they had mentioned it to me in June. 
   The scan said that it hadn't changed. So Dr Gorgeous was happy. (it's actually Georgiou but they have it misspelled on the sign in sheet as Georgious, but since the mind fills in the blanks based on the length of the word and the first and last letter.....)
   Everything looked good! My next checkup is in 6 months. 

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