Monday and no Exercise Day

There will be no exercises today because it is Martin Luther King Day.

I slept really well last night. I woke up two times but went right back to sleep. I slept until 6:00. It has been years since I slept until 6:00.

Missy and I have both had our breakfasts and I am just catching up on the blog and will download some photos soon that I took yesterday at the MLK service.

This is a photo of the keynote speaker, Her name is Delice Downing and she is the Director of Student Life as well as the volleyball coach at Coffeyville Community College. She had a heartrending story of her journey at "Living the Dream".

These are the three sixth grade winners of the essay contest. The theme was "What the Martin Luther King Day Means to Me". Each approached that theme in a different way and they were required to read their essays to the congregation. The tall boy on the right, DeAndre Shobe, won $25. for his. The middle girl, Kendall Vest, won 75. for hers and the winner...on the left, Anna Elliott won $100. for hers. The woman behind the mike is Karlas Moore, one of  the 6th grade teachers at Community Elementary School in Coffeyville.

I don't know what I will do today. I could go to the market and get the small amount of groceries I need. We will have leftover spaghetti for lunch. I have some more garlic bread and we will have that too. I cooked beans yesterday and I will leave some of those for Bob for Wednesday when I have my surgery. I have corn bread mix to have with them. He may have them both Wednesday and Thursday because I won't be released from the hospital until Thursday some time.

I hope this surgery works. I am not all that impressed with the medical community. My first bad experience was when I went to a specialist to have my second bunion surgery done and it failed. He said my only other option was to have the Keller procedure done. I checked into that and learned that procedure fails 70% of the time.  Of course I chose to just live with the bunion.

Secondly, the doctors were not able to diagnose my Bob's problem until a week before he died. The surgeon our doctor sent us to to get the biopsy did not want to do the biopsy since Bob also had type 2 diabetes. Then he lied to our doctor and said we did not want the biopsy. That's why we went to see him. That's what the appointment was all about. I told our doctor that he had lied to her. Then we went to Bartlesville to a radiologist who scanned Bob's chest and immediately said "Well, this is cancer but we won't know what kind until the biopsy comes back". He then did a needle biopsy. Why Dr. Lynn didn't do that is beyond me. We went home and our doctor called in hospice when she got the results of the biopsy.

Bob had developed lymphadema in his left arm in the fall of 2009. It swelled terribly and was painful. We went up to the hospital and a nurse explained the procedure for wearing a sleeve to compress it.  He had multiple MRIs and CT scans but nothing was detected. There seemed not to be a clue that there might be some reason for all that swelling. He had not had breast surgery..the usual reason for all that swelling.  So he dealt with that until May of 2010 when he died. 

When I had the erysipelas on my face, they had it diagnosed as cellulitis and gave me an antibiotic that did not clear it up. That was the first week in February of 2012. It was March before I finally went to Dr. Eslicker, a Bartlesville dermatologist, and got it correctly diagnosed.  He told me it could have been fatal since the infection was so near my brain.

So, I am not all that impressed with the medical community. I hope Dr. Peaster doesn't disappoint me.  I wouldn't have the surgery here in Coffeyville. Dr. Lynn would be assisting Dr. Howerter and I wouldn't take my cat to a liar.

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I looked up the showtimes for the movie I wanted to see. Bob was here at the time but he showed no interest if going so after he left, I called and asked Karan. She wanted to go so we went to Bartlesville where the movie was showing at 1:40 and watched it. It was  "Hidden Figures" and it was excellent. It was a movie about the brilliant black women who worked on the space program. I highly recommend it! No one would ever have known about their contributions if the book by the same name hadn't made such a hit that they made a movie about it. It was certainly never mentioned in history.

Bob came back over at 5:00 and we went over to Brahms and had an ice cream cone. Then we came back to my apartment and watched the CBS news. He went home shortly before 7:00 and I took my bath and watched TV with Missy lying on the sofa until I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. Then we went to bed.

Sunday and No Church

We will not have church this morning because of the ice storm. If it clears up by 3:00 I will attend the Martin Luther King service at the Church of God in Christ at 3:00. I told Judy I would do a write up for the newspapers about it. If the ice storm is still happening, I will not go and Judy will have to tell me how it went.

I slept well last night even though I went to bed very early. I was very tired. I don't know why. I mostly just read yesterday. But I did finish my book.

I did some laundry this morning. I noticed blood stains on the leg of my pajama bottoms. That was from the tear I got on my finger from Missy's claw a couple of nights ago.

I have dressed and had my breakfast and Missy has had hers. Depending on the weather, we may eat out today at El Pueblito.  Also I put some beans on to soak last night and they are in the slow cooker now with some of the ham pieces I bought yesterday and some onion. I bought cornbread mix yesterday and we will either have the spaghetti again for lunch on Monday or these beans and cornbread. At any rate, I have food ready for Bob on Wednesday when I go in for my surgery.

My friend, Gay, contacted me by e-mail last night. She has her class meeting on Wednesday and wanted me to go with her. I e-mailed her in return and told her that was the day of my surgery. So when I recover, I will try to meet her for lunch somewhere....perhaps at the newly redecorated Pizza Hut in Cherryvale. 

I have no idea what the recovery for these surgeries is like. I know I am expected to come home the next day so surely it can't be too bad.

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I finally downloaded some photos I took while I was in Florida in December. This is the front porch where I sat and read a good deal of the time. See the wicker chair? Scott brought that down from the Lanai upstairs.

This is Chloe, Ginger's dog. She liked to come out with me and sun herself too. I only got a back photo of here here.

This part of the front of their house...showing the plantings there and the palm trees.

This is the front of the house and here you see Chloe too.

This is Eddy, Ginger's little cat. Both her animals were rescue animals. She loves these animals and they absolutely worship Ginger.

This is another view of the house from the street. Every day I took a long walk and I took my camera with me.

I thought I had some photos of the inside of the house too. But evidently I no longer have those.

I heard from Gay again. She said she woke up this morning with the realization that the 18th was the day of my surgery and so before she even read my e-mail she knew that reunion meeting wasn't going to work.

She had had the surgery though...years ago...so she was able to give me some idea of what the recovery was like then. It didn't sound too bad. But in those days, it wasn't an overnight stay in the hospital. I am glad to be going home the next day. there are too many infections from the hospital anymore and antibiotics are more and more resistant.

I contacted Phyllis F. and Bob and if we can get out to El Pueblito by being careful of the ice, we will all three have lunch there today.

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We did eat there and afterward I took them home and went home myself to wait for the Martin Luther King service.

I attended the service and wrote a write up for it for the newspapers. I sent Judy the story I wrote but have not heard from her about it yet.  I will not send it in until I hear from her.

When I got home, Bob came over and we watched the news and then 60 Minutes.

After he left I took my bath and lay with Missy on the sofa until I simply could not stay awake.  Even without church it was a big day.

Saturday and Breakfast Out

Even though it's nasty outside, we intend to go to breakfast at Eggberts this morning. I will drive. My car should not have ice on the windshield.  It sets under a carport. Bob's is out in the open.

I slept well again last night. That's a good thing. I have had about 4 days of good sleep now.

I probably won't go anywhere else today. The weather is too nasty. I will just read my book. The apartment is clean and the laundry is done so there's nothing else to do. I guess I could gather up the things I want to put in the rummage sale in March at the senior center.

I still have that "network threat" on my desktop computer. It says my router is not configured correctly and it says the network threat is in an e-mail from Fed X.  I have never opened their attachment but evidently I don't need to to have their "network threat" invade my computer. I ran smart scan on Avast and nothing else was discovered.

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The drive to Eggbert's for breakfast was not too bad. It is barely freezing so far.  I drove slowly so I would not skid. Mostly men were in there for breakfast. I was the only woman except for the waitresses.

I will read this afternoon. ...so more later.

I read most of the afternoon and soaked some beans for Monday. Bob came over for a little while. He was going to the bank to get some money. When he left I went to Country Mart and bought some ham pieces to put in them and some cornbread mix.

I guess I will go back to my book.

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I finished my book! It was very interesting! It's amazing how little black history we got in school back in the 50's. This was the book, "Hidden Figures" and was about the black women mathematicians who worked on the math needed to design planes during World War II and their experiences during the civil rights movement and during the space program. It;s also a movie right now. I wish I could see it.. Coffeyville has no movie theater. The nearest one is in Independence Kansas twelve miles away and there is one in Bartlesville Oklahoma forty miles away too.

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Bob didn't come over this evening. It was just too nasty to get out. I took my bath and Missy and I lay on the sofa and watched TV until I simply couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. 

I went to bed shortly after 8:00. That may be a mistake.

Friday and Anticipating an Ice Storm

In about an hour we will see if we actually get the freezing rain.

I slept fairly well last night considering the cut on my finger. Luckily it's on my left hand. I have left the band aid on it. It bled so profusely last night I hesitate to disturb it.

I have nothing planned for the day but exercise class and then only if we miss the freezing rain. I still have my new book to read if we do get it.

I guess I'll get ready for the day and get back to this later...after breakfast.

So, more later....

I don't believe the freezing rain has started yet. It's still dark out so I am not sure.

I have had my breakfast and fed Missy. I am still smarting from my injury from her claw last night. Much as her attack hurt my finger, it hurt my feelings worse.  I have not been friendly with her yet this morning. I know most she doesn't know what is wrong.

I got the crossword puzzle done and it is beginning to get light out. Soon I will be able to see if we are getting the freezing rain.

I got another warning from Avast that I have some problems in my network. One of my e-mails that I considered troubling continues to set it off and I didn't even open the attachment. It is supposedly from Fed X about a problem delivering a package.  I ran smart scan on my virus protection from Avast and it was blocked but evidently not deleted.

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We have had some freezing rain but not a lot so far. Bob came for lunch and I invited Marilyn R. too. She brought cookies to eat with our pudding for dessert. We had a good visit. 

I read all afternoon since the weather was cold and damp.

Bob came back at 5:15 to watch the news here and to watch Brooks and Shields on PBS as they analyze the news.  He left at 7:00 and I took my bath and Missy and I watched TV on the sofa until 9:00 when we went to bed.

Thursday and a Very Busy Day

I slept pretty well last night. I woke up once but managed to get back to sleep. When I got up and got around, I stripped my bed and cleaned the house. After two loads of laundry were done, I vacuumed the carpets and dusted and washed the bathroom and kitchen floors.

I took my plastic bags up to Genesis and also stopped by Stan's office and made a payment on my hearing aid. 

Then I began to work on my crossword puzzle. I did that for awhile until time to start lunch. Bob came over sometime after 11:15 and we ate lunch. now he is working on his checking account online (even though the alarm goes off regularly and he had to remove an adware.) I haven't been able to get rid of all the adware.  Every time I think I have removed it all, it comes back again. Strange...

I just finished cleaning up after lunch. I will send the rest of the taco burgers home with Bob. It will give him something for suppers. We are under a severe weather advisory and he may be stuck at home. It is supposed to begin freezing rain by 6:00 AM tomorrow morning.

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I have been reading. My mail just came and I got a check from one of my classmates....for me....for the work I have done on the newsletter. How nice!

I have begun reading my latest book. Another gift from my friend, Bill.

Bob came by at 5:15 and we had popcorn for a snack. He left at 7:15 and I took my bath and lay on the sofa with Missy.

I was removing matter from her eye and she took a swipe at my left hand with her claw. It cut me like a razor blade and the ring finger on my left hand was laid wide open at the tip. It bled profusely and I ran into the bathroom in terrible pain and  immersed it in cold water. Blood covered the sink. I finally got a band aid on it and then another one. It throbbed for an hour and I finally went to bed.

I bawled her out properly.

Wednesday and My Pre Opt Appointment

This morning at 9:30 I will need to be in Bartlesville at the hospital for my pre opt appointment. I will leave at 8:30 to get there in time. I will miss exercise class. I hope to be able to go to Bingo at the senior center in the afternoon at 1:00.

I slept very well again last night. That's two nights in a row, I have stayed up a little later. Maybe that's why.

We will finish off Bob's vegetable soup for lunch. I also have fruit and cookies for dessert. My ground beef didn't get thawed in the frig.

My surgery is next Tuesday. It's an overnight thing. I will go down on Tuesday and come home on Wednesday. I hope everything goes well. I do not have the greatest confidence in doctors. In the early 2000's I had a failed bunion surgery and I went to a specialist for that. Then doctors were not able to properly diagnose my Bob's cancer until a week before he died in 2010. I had a serious infection on my face four years ago and they misdiagnosed that too.  They called it cellulitis and it was actually Erysipelas. It caused my face to swell up and turn bright red. The infection was close to my brain and could have been even more serious...perhaps even fatal.... if  doctor Eslicker in Bartlesville hadn't finally diagnosed it correctly and prescribed a much stronger antibiotic. As it was, it or the antibiotic caused septic tendinitis. It took a year of exercise to get that cleared up. 

I worked all evening cleaning up Bob's notebook and it still finds many threats. They are adware but they still set off the alarm. Keith may just have to wipe it clean too and we will have to start over. When we get the Dell back I will send him the notebook. Bob will just try to sell it after it is reformatted and Windows 10 re-installed. He wants $100. for it.

It is 7:30 and the program is still finding adware on this notebook. I think getting it cleaned up completely is going to be impossible.

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I went to my appointment and am now all ready for  my surgery on next Wednesday, They did a blood work up and tested my heart.

I got home in time to warm up the vegetable soup for lunch. Then instead of going to Bingo as I had intended, I filled out an application for work for Dennis at Pepsico. It remains to be seen if he gets an interview.

I am still trying to clean up Bob's notebook too.

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Bob came over at 5:15 to watch the news and  a Big Bang Theory episode. After he left I took my bath and got ready for bed and lay with Missy for a couple of hours and watched TV.  We bth went to bed at 9:30.

Tuesday and Hairdo Day

After Karan brings her cake, I will pick up Bob and his cake and go to Independence to deliver our cakes and get my hair done.  Karan had forgotten again. She is very good about appreciating my reminders though.

I slept fairly well last night. I made the mistake of eating a lot of nuts and stuff while I watched the movie. So I ended up taking a couple of Tums before I went to bed. I awoke in the night but did get back to sleep. I got up about 4:30 and dressed and made up my face for the day.

Both Missy and I have had our breakfast. I got some birthday cards in the mail yesterday and some ready to go in the mail for those in our congregation that have January birthdays. I send out birthday cards for the congregation. I think it helps for people to know we appreciate them and love them.

I also packed and sent off Scott's Dell computer to Keith to get it reformatted and ready for Bob. He paid the $20 postage. I meant to send Keith the DVD of my Bob's interview at the Red Cross office after his experience at 9/11 back in 2001.  Red Cross deployed him for three weeks because he had had chaplain training. He worked with grief dogs. Then they sent him back in January of 2002 for another three weeks. KOAM TV out of Pittsburg, Kansas, had recorded that interview and had it archived.

I have been checking out my checking account. It balances so far. I have to watch it closely because I use my bank card to pay for things and then forget to write it down sometimes.  That makes a mess. But it's fine this time.  I get my social security tomorrow. Until then, I must be careful.

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John W., class treasurer, brought by the check to reimburse me for the three ink cartridges I had to buy to put out the newsletter.  I deposited it in my checking account. That will help.

I delivered the cakes with the help of Bob A. and then we went to eat at great China. After that, we took the Tyro road and went out to see the terrible fire damage to Kelly and Melissa's home. It is a total loss.  They are staying with Gene, Melissa's father. He lives nearby.

When I got home, I sent off Scott's Herald and the key to their home. I forgot to give it back to him at the airport.

Now it is 1:00 and I want to read my Reader's Digest.

So, more even later...
I worked on getting Bob's notebook cleaned up and also read my Reader's Digest.

He came over at 5:00 and I was still trying to get all the adware off his notebook. After he left at 7:00, I took my bath and Missy and I lay on the sofa until bedtime. I watched "Pretty Woman" for the zillionith time.

I went to bed at 9:30.