Could I have that with the knockout option?

So how was your week? Great I hope. Mine, well, I’m sure not going like the energizer bunny. Still tired and sore but not as bad as last week – when I thought the world stopped for me to get off and I was just too tired to roll over and fall off.

I got my cortisone needles. The shoulder worked but the needle in the thumb didn’t, they tried to just put freezing in to see if it would take the pain out of the right spot, it didn’t, so we are going to try again next week. Did the needle hurt? Ha, don’t ask because I’ll have to lie and say not much, it’s one of those times you want someone to knock you out.

Makes sense to me: knock me out and I don’t feel anything, then when I wake up I only have a headache – couple Tylenol and it’s all over, but noooo can’t do that, I have to experience the whole thing. But all in all, when it’s all done and it works you will be so happy you got it done.

I got my toenails done. The VON foot-care nurse takes the nail spear out that’s cutting into the side of my toe and making it hard to walk. Next month the surgeon will be taking the nail out.

It’s like the older I get the more everything is falling apart. It was bad enough fighting cancer all these years, now it’s like dealing with a part at a time.

Even my fingernails are breaking and splitting all the time, my feet pain for no reason. I can’t see how all these drugs can cause so many other things to pain. So you fight cancer with drugs then you have to take other drugs to fight off the pain from the side-effects, and if that doesn’t work then you take pills so that you don’t throw up. But if I don’t go through all of this what’s the choices left – I don’t like to think of them, so I will fight the fight.

I weeded my flower garden and got rid of the dandelions. I’m one of those gardeners who looks and thinks, hmm, is that a flower or a weed? It’s hard to tell when everything is green. I put my pink flamingos out so everything looks pretty. Even a houseplant that you water and take care of makes you feel proud.

A man wrote me a while ago and wanted to know the name of the medicine I’m on – Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine). It’s a blend of Herceptin, a monoclonal antibody, and DM1, an anti-mitotic drug. I can take it as long as my body can handle it.

I went to the Healing Touch Tuesday at the fire hall and got to meet one of my readers. Millie came to see what it was all about and to meet me. I hope she comes back again, I think she liked it. They have it every second Tuesday at 7 p.m.

I like going to the Healing Touch, it makes me grounded with life. I also meditate while getting treatment. You do not have to be sick to go, you can be stressed or just want to get closer to your inner self. Everything is made of energy, so to get energy from someone taught how to transfer energy, it’s like getting your batteries charged. If you get a chance to come and see what its like, it costs $4. It is a nice-sized group but there is always room for you.

I had my chemo, I’m also getting the bone filler medicine again since my heart it strong enough.

I am still having trouble with my bladder. The pills work but they don’t start until the afternoon. I think if I take them before bed they will be working when I get up. I’ll ask the doctor if that makes sense.

Weight wise – still 141, I’ll try again next week.

Tip of the week: Try for one day to enjoy the day, only good gossip, only smiles, only good things to say about yourself. You will enjoy life more if you make someone happy, even a smile and a hello can change someone’s day.

Thank you for all the letters and gifts, I hope Debbie is having a good week. I hope you all are.

Dad and Janet came over through the week but I wasn’t feeling good enough to do the flea market.

Have a good week folks. There are a lot of deer in town, be careful on the side roads they don’t jump out of the ditch.