Sorry for the long delay between posts. I spent two weeks visiting family in Ohio and friends in Ontario in mid-August. It was great - GREAT - to get out of the hot sticky LRGV and spend time with my brothers, sisters-in-law, niece, cousins, aunt, and friends, also new family dogs. I felt pretty good but was tired of walking quickly on humid days and after 1/3 of a mile or a mile for the day. Thanks to the airlines/airports for providing wheelchair assistance or I'd have been unable to face the airports.
Bigger thanks to brother Paul for the use of his Prius Prime to cruise the 400 miles to Ontario to the Sniders cottage. The new car and new to me features were fun to use, and the 65 mpg after the 25 electric miles was great. Next year they'll have AWD, if they have higher clearance too I'll have to check. Birders always want higher clearance - I never hit anything on the highway, but a birding car gets into more interesting roads. And a huge TY to my hosts in Ontario for feeding me and putting up with me for so long! Hurry down and bring the cooler weather with you.
I bought the plane tickets in March with soon to be expiring miles (preserving the rest of the horde with that airline as a bonus). Turns out I guessed right with the dates fitting between treatments well. The flights up were a bit rocky with a delayed and then cancelled flight, and the replacement flight delayed. Fortunately for me they put the wheelchair passengers on the first available flight without my making a request. It was a stormy day across the USA. Coming home was easier.
Since my treatment is dragging on slowly I'm likely going to be posting about it on FB soon, directing those that want to know more here. I keep finding important people to me that don't know I'm ill or don't know that I finally have a diagnosis.
New drug chemo #2 went well yesterday after the usual upbeat visit with my chemo doc. The blood work came back about the same including the cancer marker so we'll do another round before a scan to check on progress. Today I went to the National Butterfly Center since I've been out of town for so long, I'm behind on surveys. It was a great day to sit by the river, very tranquil (not counting the border patrol boats roaring by, but they were friendly tooting their horn once and waving the rest of the time).
I'm beat after that. And the heat is increasing as usual. Hoping we get rain to water the good plants, and happy to miss it and keep the lawn dead so I don't have to mow or weed.
