Ramblings From Another chapter

Mt. Kineo from the back side.

 So many things going on in my head and life.  Still healing on the right side but it does look good and for the first time in many months.  It looks like this surgery did the trick.  I am on my last bit of antibiotic and will be glad to be done with those drugs.  Wow.  Ive had some kind of antibiotic  running through me since my lung infection last August, plus I hadn't even finished chemo in August.  Holy pharmacy drive through! 

We took some time off last weekend for a long weekend.  It was to celebrate Taylor's 21st birthday and Jeremy's 23rd birthday.  We went to Moosehead Lake and stayed up in Rockwood Maine.  It was just the piece of heaven we needed.  Stayed in two cabins on the lake with our dear friends, Janet, Bob, their kids Brad and Abby, and Sheila and Linda.  Three moose sightings, a bald eagle, and a large buck were some of the highlights.  We were also able to connect with our friends living up there Judy and Gary.  With their son CJ, wife Elle, and grandson Parker there all 14.5 of us had dinner together one night.  Good food and great company.  That's the stuff that keeps me going.  Live, laugh, love. 

I'm sure you've all heard the Hep C concerns at Exeter Hospital.  I've never been in the cath lab and certainly I asked the questions that any patient should.  We'll see if the State changes again and schedules testing for patients like me. The staffs have been amazing in the face of such a crisis.  Prayers for all those involved and impacted.  Life changes in an instant. 

Dr. Hammond retired this week.  So hard to even write those words.  Bill and I hold him very close in our hearts.  As my oncologist he spent many hours talking us through the impact of all the chemo and ancillary drugs.  Many hours talking about getting to the other side of all of this.  Many years providing superior care.  Off he goes on his sailboat to only have to ponder the next slip or mooring.  A well deserved new chapter for he and his wife.  Blessings and peace to them.

I'm just going to keep doing my best to stay ahead of the leftovers of treatment and surgeries.  I'll use all the great karma you all send my way.  Still fortified by lots of yogurt and all of you!