Last week Kathleen dropped off two puzzles. One is a picture of Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France. We visited this small picturesque island with Kathleen, Emily and Bertrand, and Bertrand’s sister Claudine, two summers ago. It is so nice to reminisce one of our favorite vacations while trying to put together 1500 pieces – with at least 500 pieces of a cloud free sky – quite a challenge. I am the only one with enough patience to try to finish all…
It has been a good week and a good weekend. I’m working on getting stronger so I can tackle another large surgery. We walk 2-3 miles every day. I’ve definitely lost muscle mass since my surgery in January, but I’m slowly rebuilding muscle strength. I’m managing to contribute more and more to home chores and most days I tend to forget that things aren’t quite up to par. I’ve also gained a bit of weight back. Strangely enough I haven’t…
If you can’t go to the mountain, bring the mountain to you – or something… The mountain is unfortunately not The Sierras. That trip is postponed until I’m not on blood thinners anymore – however I wish I could but I can’t bring The Sierras home. But, when you can’t go to the hairdresser, and the hairdresser can’t come to you – you have to fix it yourself. So I cut my own hair! I have never done that before,…
Everything went well on my laparoscopy today. What a relief. No surprises. Two small incisions in my belly. It was not much scar tissue from the last surgery (the debulking). The surgeon got a good overview and was very pleased. He saw the tumor on the diaphragm – it has not grown, but not reduced in size either most likely. He saw two tiny tumors in the lower abdomen that the other surgeons probably missed. He also confirmed that there…