It has been a pretty good week, except for one major issue near and dear to me. Monday I had my first chemo and radiation treatment at Duke Raleigh Cancer Center. It went well although I slept through most of the chemo. That's OK though, since it is a long process just sitting there while bags of fluid drip slowly. They staff are very nice and make sure I get everything I need.
Tuesday - Friday I only have radiation which goes pretty fast and so far no issues. Yesterday (Thursday) after radiation, the Doctor's nurse went over things and he came in to check how things are going. So far, so good.
On the bad side, we fired up the trusty Snapper mower Tuesday and it ran great. After a few minutes, though, it made that loud clanking noise any mechanic knows all too well. Our neighbor Mike was outside stacking wood and he knew what happened. It broke the connecting rod, or what Dad always referred to as throwing a rod. He rebuilt that engine over 25 years ago and mounted it on a an 26" Snapper mower chassis to give me when I lived in Knightdale. It's been a very tough engine and was very good on gas. I only filled it up once each summer and once in the Winter when getting leaves up. I do have another engine to put on it, but still, I'll miss that little engine Dad fixed and gave so many years of service. Sure, I had to tweak the carburetor nearly every week, but it never let me down.
Mike came over and mowed the grass while I was at radiation, Wednesday, so at least the town won't complain, but I was sure looking forward to doing it myself.
Thursday I went to my regular Doctor and she adjusted the sliding scale for my insulin shots. Getting my sugar under control has helped a lot, and I've been able to drink fluids and take pills while losing less of it. I did chew on some prime rib Wednesday night, which was so good, just couldn't swallow it. The taste was out of this world!
No comments:
Post a Comment