My leukemia's back.

[3goodeggs]

My gramma was such fun. We'd sit on her back porch drinking rootbeer floats, playing gin rummy and she would tell me of her childhood. I loved that.

 

[N F C]

Sounds like a perfect afternoon.

 

[3goodeggs]

She was the perfect grandma.

 

[N F C]

I was lucky enough to have one of those too, good memories for sure.

 

[Blooie]

When my time on this Earthly Realm is through, I want Jamie, Little Diane, Evan, Katie and Kendra to begin sentences with, "Hey, remember when Gramma........"

 

[LittleLakePhil]

My kids didn't have that luxury so I just had too be a better dad.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

I'm up for a rootbeer float though!!

 

[donrae]

I'm starting to feel I may be hard to please

First, I'm on here griping because the doctors don't pay enough attention to me.

Now, I'm going to gripe about what he did when he did pay attention....does that make me too picky? If so, one word will make many of you understand......

Prednisone

Yep, he started me on prednisone again. I've been off for soo long, and my family was blessed that I wasn't home while I was on it before. 50mg a day, seems like a lot. It's supposed to bring my elevated liver function tests back down, while also helping with the graft vs host in my mouth and also helping my lungs.

Funny story---my doctor has a slight accent. I usually have no problem understanding him, but over the phone I sometimes have problems anyway. He was saying he talked to the University docs, and what I heard was "He wants to start with one make a cake, but I think half a make a cake is enough".

Okay, prednisone increases your appetite, but we're now making cakes? I told him I didn't understand what he was saying and he enunciated slowly "He wants to start with one milligram per kilogram, but I think half a milligram per kilogram is enough".....Ohhhhh, a mg per kg.....not make a cake. I get it now.....


Went to the livestock auction today. Last month it was Cream Legbar cockerels, this month it was Polish. Mostly silver laced and white crested black. Some frizzled, cute little guys. They brought a dollar each. I think I'd rather butcher them, personally.
Probably a good thing we can't have pigs here. They had a good 2dozen weaners going for around $70-80 each. I could have loaded half a dozen in the back of the van

 

[Blooie]

Yep! When we had custody of two of our grandkids years ago Ken was back on Prednisone for his sarcoidois. He had an appointment at the VA one day and since it's across the mountains he'd be gone most of the day. Little Diane told me she hoped the doctor would let Grampa stop taking the "crabby pills." So I know exactly what you mean!

Make a cake?

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Prednisone sucks at the same time it's a blessing. Any time you can not be on it is good. I was on it heavy for a few years after my transplant. It makes me a total butt head and yes makes me eat. But the worst is what it did to my joints.
It destroyed my joints. So be careful. I just had too retire my job as a mechanic because I had progressed through the years from Vicodin to morphine for pain. The transplant left my kidneys not functioning properly so I cannot take NSAIDS wish would be better.
I still have to take prednisone for bad asthma and copd (and I don't smoke).
I don't tell you this to scare you just beware these things can happen. But when I can't breathe prednisone is a Godsend. .....either way it was worth it...if you ever met my kids you'd agree.....take care...thinking about you..., Phil