Sat Nov 8th
Jimmy Harris came over and said he was prompted to come and I was very glad to see him. He has been like a brother to me and we had a good chat. He went on a walk with me too up the street twice. He rode the little Honda Ruckus I gave him (Kenny Peterson’s old scooter) over and with his German helmet, he looks pretty funny on it. Julie went to work and to Justin’s play again and I really missed her a lot while she was gone.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Home Teacher to the rescue
Sat Nov 8th
Jimmy Harris came over and said he was prompted to come and I was very glad to see him. He has been like a brother to me and we had a good chat. He went on a walk with me too up the street twice. He rode the little Honda Ruckus I gave him (Kenny Peterson’s old scooter) over and with his German helmet, he looks pretty funny on it. Julie went to work and to Justin’s play again and I really missed her a lot while she was gone.
Jimmy Harris came over and said he was prompted to come and I was very glad to see him. He has been like a brother to me and we had a good chat. He went on a walk with me too up the street twice. He rode the little Honda Ruckus I gave him (Kenny Peterson’s old scooter) over and with his German helmet, he looks pretty funny on it. Julie went to work and to Justin’s play again and I really missed her a lot while she was gone.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Storm in Rapid City
Fri. Nov 7th
Marc M. and James Duckett came and visited me this morning. It was good to see them for a few minutes. Justin did his play again and Julie and Katie went. He is loving it. Got a chance to talk to Kevin T. from work and go caught up on a lot of things at work. Sounds like things are going well and we were able to talk through some important things. Rapid City has been hit these past two days with a huge storm and they have lots of big drifts again. Glad I wasn’t there this time.
Marc M. and James Duckett came and visited me this morning. It was good to see them for a few minutes. Justin did his play again and Julie and Katie went. He is loving it. Got a chance to talk to Kevin T. from work and go caught up on a lot of things at work. Sounds like things are going well and we were able to talk through some important things. Rapid City has been hit these past two days with a huge storm and they have lots of big drifts again. Glad I wasn’t there this time.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Car to Mike...
Thurs. Nov 6th
Cory and Doug came and got my car and took it to Mike this morning. Had a good visit. Cory brought my trumpet back and Justin has started to play on it now.
Cory and Doug came and got my car and took it to Mike this morning. Had a good visit. Cory brought my trumpet back and Justin has started to play on it now.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Adopted family in Rapid City (Andersons)
Wed. Nov 5th
Today was a pretty good day. I didn’t have any doctor’s appointments or have to go anywhere. I did feel pretty weak in the morning so while Julie went to work, I slept and rested and then took it easy the rest of the day. Called and talked to Jeanette (Anderson’s) tonight and filled them in on the latest of my health. Actually had several good days health wise. Eating better too.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
New president for U.S.
Tues. Nov. 4th
The country elected a new President today and it was pretty dramatic. Senator Barrack Obama was elected and it will obviously have a significant impact on the country and the World with an African-American President. Funny though how those things don’t seem to mean anything to you when you are going through all this. I know it is significant, but it is hard to think that it is anything you should even worry about.
Health seemed to be fair but had some times where I wasn’t sure if I was going to get sick or not.
The country elected a new President today and it was pretty dramatic. Senator Barrack Obama was elected and it will obviously have a significant impact on the country and the World with an African-American President. Funny though how those things don’t seem to mean anything to you when you are going through all this. I know it is significant, but it is hard to think that it is anything you should even worry about.
Health seemed to be fair but had some times where I wasn’t sure if I was going to get sick or not.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Chemo week - ......checking out for a while.......
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For the next week and a half, I did not keep track of all the events and actually have tried to forget many of them as this was the “10 – 15 day” downhill period of the first session of chemo and any chemo patient will tell you this is probably the most miserable thing they have gone through (or at least one of them). In general you are hit by several back to back periods of diarrhea and other episodes of throwing up and occasionally they hit together. You have very little (if any) appetite and whatever you do get in usually comes right back up shortly thereafter so when you throw up it is generally just “dry heaves” anyway. You have no strength to do anything and you just lay there wishing that it would all be over soon (literally sometimes). There were two distinct times that I can remember specifically where I was sure that I couldn’t do this and wanted to just quit and give up.
Julie was very strong and kept assuring me that she would be there all the way for me and would not let me quit. She was again a rock and at the same time the most compassionate nurse anyone could have asked for. Many times as I would be sitting in the chair next to the bed, just waiting for the next trip into the bathroom, I would feel a hand slip into mine on the bed next me and I would open my eyes to make sure that it was the hand of my wife as I actually thought it was angelic in nature only to realize that it was her hand but it was also angelic as well. She would just lay there and give me of her strength through her touch and I would know then that I could make it.
As the week went on and after a few more days I began to feel better and better so I knew that I was on the upward swing. I spent a lot of time switching between my bed and the (lazy boy) chair next to the bed that Bro. Jennings donated after the wedding to the cause. I watch T.V. and sometimes try and do computer stuff (like this diary) but mostly you just try and make it from one trip to the bathroom till the next.
The people in Rapid City (work) have been absolutely fantastic about supporting me. Especially these past few days. Kevin and Russ have been handling everything and trying hard not to bother me with anything that I don’t need to deal with so I can focus on getting better.
For the next week and a half, I did not keep track of all the events and actually have tried to forget many of them as this was the “10 – 15 day” downhill period of the first session of chemo and any chemo patient will tell you this is probably the most miserable thing they have gone through (or at least one of them). In general you are hit by several back to back periods of diarrhea and other episodes of throwing up and occasionally they hit together. You have very little (if any) appetite and whatever you do get in usually comes right back up shortly thereafter so when you throw up it is generally just “dry heaves” anyway. You have no strength to do anything and you just lay there wishing that it would all be over soon (literally sometimes). There were two distinct times that I can remember specifically where I was sure that I couldn’t do this and wanted to just quit and give up.
Julie was very strong and kept assuring me that she would be there all the way for me and would not let me quit. She was again a rock and at the same time the most compassionate nurse anyone could have asked for. Many times as I would be sitting in the chair next to the bed, just waiting for the next trip into the bathroom, I would feel a hand slip into mine on the bed next me and I would open my eyes to make sure that it was the hand of my wife as I actually thought it was angelic in nature only to realize that it was her hand but it was also angelic as well. She would just lay there and give me of her strength through her touch and I would know then that I could make it.
As the week went on and after a few more days I began to feel better and better so I knew that I was on the upward swing. I spent a lot of time switching between my bed and the (lazy boy) chair next to the bed that Bro. Jennings donated after the wedding to the cause. I watch T.V. and sometimes try and do computer stuff (like this diary) but mostly you just try and make it from one trip to the bathroom till the next.
The people in Rapid City (work) have been absolutely fantastic about supporting me. Especially these past few days. Kevin and Russ have been handling everything and trying hard not to bother me with anything that I don’t need to deal with so I can focus on getting better.
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