Tuesday's Termination

Well, I had trouble sleeping again last night, other than dozing for short periods of time; I did not sleep much between about 0230 and 0530. I finally fell asleep again and slept until almost 0800. I heated up a couple of the leftover granny smith pancakes that Kathleen had made for yesterday's breakfast, and put some peanut butter and maple syrup on top.

Kathleen had a doctor's appointment this morning so she left for it around 0945, while she was gone I folded the towels that I had washed last night and put them away. Since it was not raining out, I decided to go outside and play in the dirt for a while, that is I pulled weeds.

Even in the areas where I had weeded last month, there were weeds starting to sprout, so with the ground nice and soft, pulling weeds went quite well. I thought that it must be time to go inside and start getting ready for my radiation treatment, and when I got my hands washed and looked at the clock it was almost noon.

Kathleen came home a couple minutes after I got into the house. She made herself something to eat, as she had not had time to eat before she left for her appointment. We left early because Kathleen had several prescriptions to drop off at Fred Meyer.

When I got to the office, everyone came over and gave me a hug saying that they will miss me. It is funny because everyone that had worked on me was there today with the exception of a couple of the interns, and they were in the middle of finals. So this was my last radiation appointment, I do need to go back in two weeks to run the test to see if my PSA level is where it should be and than again in three months for another check.

We went up to see Andrea, John and Brandon after my appointment, but could only stay until 1445, as I needed to get home. On the way home Kathleen stopped by Fred Meyer to pick up her prescriptions and we got home about 1515.

After changing my clothes, I made myself a couple hash burritos, with cheese whiz and ketchup, and then I micro waved them after I had put them together. It is amazing what one can come up out of desperation. Actually it did not taste all that bad, and I still have half a can of hash so I can have them again, sometime.

After eating I went into the living room where I dozed off and on for a couple hours. I would have liked to have done some reading, but that is hard to do when ones eyes keep closing. Finally around 1800 I called up to Kathleen and asked if she was planning to do dinner anytime soon. She came down and heated up the turkey burgers and stuffing from the other night, then she made some packed mashed potatoes and there was still some cranberry sauce left over also.

Kathleen did not like the way it tasted, but I did not think that it was that bad. While getting dinner ready, Kathleen went through a box of "old" packaged things that neither one of us could think how old the stuff was. It would up being two grocery bags full, that I gathered up and put into the garbage can.

Well, just to say it one more time, today was my last radiation appointment! That sounded good! Now all I need to do is heal inside. I was reminded again by the doctor, that it would be two weeks or longer before I start to feeling better...I am counting the days!

Well, that is all I can think about tonight, so I will just say good night.