18 February 2024
I used the forecast of rain not to do my morning walk. I was a little tired anyway. I discover it’s easy to find excuses these days.
After the Zoom meeting last night with friends, I pretty much conked out around 9:30 pm and didn’t get out of bed until around 8 am. There were some strange dreams intermixed with the night’s sleep and one in particular was about a house I lived in and while it was undergoing renovation, some realtor was trying to sell it out from me. I’m not sure how to interpret that one.
The rain finally did start around 10:30 and feeling guilty, I decided to do my physical therapy exercises. Shannon has shown me a couple of exercises to strengthen my calves and my left one is definitely less responsive than the right. However, today, for the first time, there was a little life in the left calf. Perhaps there’s some progress going on their muscle-wise.
I still have back pain when I first get up. I am more than a little curious what Dr. Wu, the pain specialist at Holy Cross will say about the MRI results and the neuropathy. Monday starts a busy week with Dr. Wu. Tuesday is a Herceptin treatment at 9:15 am, then I have a blood draw on Wednesday morning and an afternoon physical therapy session the same day. The week eases off after Wednesday.
Last week, when I ordered groceries, I ordered some Asian lilies (they are all hybrids). I like them because (1) they have a wonderful aroma and (2) they last a very long time. You are supposed to cut the stamens out so they last longer but I never do. I guess that means I’m a purist when it comes to flowers. There is one drawback to not removing the stamens and that is pollen gets everywhere on every surface.
This is what happens with one little tap on a flower. I put a piece of paper under it to catch the pollen and got rewarded with one or two thousand grains of pollen.
Let’s see. No chores, it’s raining, got my exercises done. I think I’ll get back in bed and read a while and then nap a while. It certainly beats those Sundays that I usually mowed the yard back in the day.
Stay tuned!