Nice Day With Mom Today.

My mom came up and hung out with me today. We watched some old shows on tv Andy Griffith and MASH, she made me lunch and we ate. It was nice to watch some nostalgia. Mom brought up some pea soup and made some banana pudding for me and the wife to have tonight. I can’t wait to try it.

One of my physical therapists called and asked if he could come today instead of tomorrow because he had a cancellation. But time was not on his side for the appointment’s after mine. It would have been nice to have it done today but I understand there wasn’t enough time between appointments to acommodate filling me in. So I will just wait for tomorrow’s appointment. Bummer, but it is what it is. I thought the Occupational Therapist was supposed to come today but she never called last night with a time frame for today. Maybe that’s next week, idk.

This morning I processed and receieved a few invoices from orders I placed on Monday morning. Got that all done while my mother was here. I am working a bit more slowly these days having the double vision from the biopsy. It takes me a little extra time to process. Normally not too long but it just is a little more difficult using just one eye and wearing an eye patch to combat the double visions.

Last night I reconnected with a former coworker who has since moved out of state. I told her what had been happening with me over the last few months and she was so supportive and offered lots of sympathy and compassion. Apparently, to her, I am the third person she knows who has since gotten diagnosed with cancer in the last couple months. There’s got to be something going on with this spike increase in the amount of cancer that is happening.

My medical oncologists office called this evening around 5:30 and said they wanted me to have another MRI which is scheduled for next Tuesday which we already have on the books. They are still waiting for molecular testing to come back with it and they still don’t know what grade my glioma is exactly but that will come over the next couple of days. Just takes time to process this pathology. Dr P got on the phone and talked with me a bit. I asked if they could move the appointment to a more local facility as this one is near an hour away especially with traffic in the morning. I’d much rather stay local as to not have my wife have to drive me so far on that Tuesday morning. Dr P said they’d have the scheduler try but no guarantees to change it. I am fine with that. Lots of waiting going on. I also asked about going on Ivermectin and fenbendazole as I have read different studies on the antiparasitic meds helping with defeating cancer cells. I’ll try anything at this point to battle this disease.

It was nice to hang with my mom today. Even if we just sit and watch an old show or three. She surprised me with some sugar free candy she got which she knows I love. I haven’t had any yet but certainly will soon. I love the werther’s sugar free caramels. I received a toilet bar system from walmart today to help me up and down off the toilet. I need to put that together. I’m 45 but my bathroom is starting to look that of an octagenarian. These are my new normals. I am getting used to it. Onward and upward as they say. I won’t sit back and let this defeat me. It’s all helping me in the long run.

One of my former employees suggested a book by
Viktor E. Frankl Man’s Search For Meaning. I read it halfway over the last day. Very good read. Highly recommend. I will finish it tonight or tomorrow. You can see how in the face of adversity and uncertainty what can drive you to stay focused. Faith, family and relationships.

When you finally accept this and allow yourself to see what’s happening, it’s amazing what you can do mentally to stay focused.

I took a nice nap this afternoon after mom left. I was exhausted. All in all it was a good day today. I think my wife made it home now so we can get our evening started with dinner and whatnot. I can’t wait to see her. She has been such a blesssing to me taking care of my needs and wants throughout this time. I know she’s working herself to the bone and I can’t be more appreciative.

Take care friends.