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A colleague picked me up yesterday to do some shopping. Marks has a special on and I badly needed a winter coat. Picked up some socks , too , as Christmas gifts. Resting day today , wrapping more gifts. Secret Santa gift is on the way.
Sunshine with freezing cold wind, just made it on my little daily walk, thanks to the new coat it was warm.
Took my old, ripped coat apart. It has dark grey lining and a fake fur trim as well as three good zippers and thin padding inside. I need to make at least one if not two squirrels for Christmas. This year is 30st anniversary of the movie National Lampoon Christmas Vacation and my friend, who we have spend at least 20 Christmasses with, is preparing this Christmas with trivia, food and decoration to the theme ( we watch Christmas Vacation together every Christmas). I am to bring the eggnog ( local cheese factory makes a super delicious one which comes in a returnable glass bottle) and the squirrel for the tree. Not sure who I will dress up as. Maybe I need a cat in a parcel.
Good I have so much time to sew.
 
Northwind said:
We had a nice visit with a friend in Victoria yesterday. She is here for the weekend and was free yesterday. Her 21 year old granddaughter joined us. It was a pleasant day. We walked a lot, had a nice lunch and visited a yarn store. I stopped in the cancer agency to pick up some reports. I've just read them and they help. Sort of. Lots of words to look up and I'm likely dealing with stage IV. That being said, the oncologist believes I can have a long survival with the drugs she will prescribe in January. I hope to last as long as possible.
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Oh, Northwind, that’s tough. You have been taking care of yourself so well. If someone can beat the odds, it’s you.
Be hugged.
 
Northwind said:
We had a nice visit with a friend in Victoria yesterday. She is here for the weekend and was free yesterday. Her 21 year old granddaughter joined us. It was a pleasant day. We walked a lot, had a nice lunch and visited a yarn store. I stopped in the cancer agency to pick up some reports. I've just read them and they help. Sort of. Lots of words to look up and I'm likely dealing with stage IV. That being said, the oncologist believes I can have a long survival with the drugs she will prescribe in January. I hope to last as long as possible.
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Sounds like you got a bit of emotionally-conflicting news. Sorry to hear it is likely stage IV, but I'm glad your prognosis for that is sounding fairly positive.
 
Hugs Northwind - translating medical documents is no fun - and can be somewhat alarming - so hopefully you will find someone to help put it all together in a way that makes sense. I have a good friend who had a stage IV breast cancer dx almost 20 years ago - doing well for a long time now. I hope the same for you on your journey.

Mrs. A - oooo - a nice warm coat is such a blessing. Glad you treated yourself to a new one at LAST - sounds like it was time!
 
Hugs, Northwind. You've got a lot to process. And yes, many people live many years these days with chronic "terminal" illness; I mean, life is terminal, right? I hope you can construct a drug/treatment regime that will allow some of your travel plans to come to fruition.

I could do with a healing of some sort. My skin has recently taken a sharp turn for the worse, and sometimes I think I will go mad with itching. Forgot to take an antihistamine this a.m., and if you could scratch your own skin off, I'm trying. In desperation over a patch on my leg that made me resist shorts all summer, I made the mistake, probably, of trying a topical immune suppressant (prescribed by a dermatologist and resisted by me for a couple of years, because it's actually banned by the FDA, although the NHS is fine with it; there is a rare side effect of squamous cell cancer), and honestly, I think it just encourages the movement of these patches into new areas, while the 'old' patch never fully heals and gets re-irritated easily. I have not changed my diet, or any detergents, although I've done dishes at the church a bit more often recently, but my hands are perfectly clear at present, which is rare. I have two huge new patches on my torso which are particularly itchy/painful/irritated. And my poor scalp is just covered, so brushing my hair is painful. I've given up on doctor and n-p (they have three strategies: anti-fungal, cortisone cream, or burn it off), my dermatologist has since lost his license, so I think I may have to try a naturopath or something. I have visions of living on white rice for months...
 
BetteTheRed said:
Hugs, Northwind. You've got a lot to process. And yes, many people live many years these days with chronic "terminal" illness; I mean, life is terminal, right? I hope you can construct a drug/treatment regime that will allow some of your travel plans to come to fruition.

I could do with a healing of some sort. My skin has recently taken a sharp turn for the worse, and sometimes I think I will go mad with itching. Forgot to take an antihistamine this a.m., and if you could scratch your own skin off, I'm trying. In desperation over a patch on my leg that made me resist shorts all summer, I made the mistake, probably, of trying a topical immune suppressant (prescribed by a dermatologist and resisted by me for a couple of years, because it's actually banned by the FDA, although the NHS is fine with it; there is a rare side effect of squamous cell cancer), and honestly, I think it just encourages the movement of these patches into new areas, while the 'old' patch never fully heals and gets re-irritated easily. I have not changed my diet, or any detergents, although I've done dishes at the church a bit more often recently, but my hands are perfectly clear at present, which is rare. I have two huge new patches on my torso which are particularly itchy/painful/irritated. And my poor scalp is just covered, so brushing my hair is painful. I've given up on doctor and n-p (they have three strategies: anti-fungal, cortisone cream, or burn it off), my dermatologist has since lost his license, so I think I may have to try a naturopath or something. I have visions of living on white rice for months...
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Have you eaten anything different lately? Have you tried a baking soda bath?
 
Nope; maybe a little more takeout food than I used to, due to the addictiveness of Skip the Dishes when one works until 6:30 p.m. I'd be more inclined to try an epsom salts bath (baking soda is the wrong pH for my skin), and I may do that. Thanks for the suggestion. I think the exacerbated problem is due to this drug, but I'd like to get back to some sort of tolerable level of itchiness and unsightliness.
 
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