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Life Domestic and a LJ question
May. 16th, 2014 12:42 pmFirst the question - am I the only one who cannot get to my friend's feed via my own homepage? I have to go to my journal and then click in from there, as the 'friends' link on my homepage does nothing.
Theoretically, I'm in remission. This will be confirmed should the imaging lab ever bother to call me for a CT appointment for confirmation... I find myself short-tempered over the poor follow-through I get with my oncologist's office. Bossman agrees with me that if I ever drop out of (our hoped-for) remission, I should switch to the MD Anderson practice in DC/Baltimore.
His care, on the other hand, has been wonderful - his treatments progress with no signs of physical deterioration, and we have every expectation of him recovering his strength and his hair (!) when he's done with his course of chemo. Next week will be his fifth treatment and then there will be but one more to go. His oncology team is golden. I tease him that I am jealous.
Our truck has developed problems - the "check engine" light went on last week, followed a half-hour later by the 'ABS' warning light, then the speedometer stopped registering. And the blinkers are now sporadic. Obviously, it's an electrical problem. We're not looking forward to the repair cost for that! The truck will go into the shop on Tuesday. In the meanwhile, I'm gathering all of the papers necessary for filling out an auto loan application. Easily fixed or not, the truck is too old for us to depend on for day-to-day living as well as our long distance camping needs.
Home repairs have been set aside while we deal with the stresses of the vehicle repairs and get ready to shop. I hate shopping for a car. Most especially when medical bills are eating up every bit of our income plus lining up on the side.
Nonetheless, we're still making plans to attend Pennsic together. It may be a shoestring vacation, but we need it.
Theoretically, I'm in remission. This will be confirmed should the imaging lab ever bother to call me for a CT appointment for confirmation... I find myself short-tempered over the poor follow-through I get with my oncologist's office. Bossman agrees with me that if I ever drop out of (our hoped-for) remission, I should switch to the MD Anderson practice in DC/Baltimore.
His care, on the other hand, has been wonderful - his treatments progress with no signs of physical deterioration, and we have every expectation of him recovering his strength and his hair (!) when he's done with his course of chemo. Next week will be his fifth treatment and then there will be but one more to go. His oncology team is golden. I tease him that I am jealous.
Our truck has developed problems - the "check engine" light went on last week, followed a half-hour later by the 'ABS' warning light, then the speedometer stopped registering. And the blinkers are now sporadic. Obviously, it's an electrical problem. We're not looking forward to the repair cost for that! The truck will go into the shop on Tuesday. In the meanwhile, I'm gathering all of the papers necessary for filling out an auto loan application. Easily fixed or not, the truck is too old for us to depend on for day-to-day living as well as our long distance camping needs.
Home repairs have been set aside while we deal with the stresses of the vehicle repairs and get ready to shop. I hate shopping for a car. Most especially when medical bills are eating up every bit of our income plus lining up on the side.
Nonetheless, we're still making plans to attend Pennsic together. It may be a shoestring vacation, but we need it.
