My leukemia's back.

[donrae]

Morning friends

I'm glad we're not the only ones that have those one-wreck-after-another days. But at least we can laugh about it---much, much later

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I'm in broody hen heaven! I had Snake set and hatch 4 eggs, then a bantam Cochin and the buff Silkie went broody at the same time (same pen). I let them set air since I had shipped eggs in the incubator. Hatched 8 chicks and thought they would maybe co-mother them. Nope, the Silkie was not at all interested in live babies, she still wants eggs. And, the night before the hatched, the larger bantam hen in that pen flipped a switch and became glued to the nest. Seriously, no flirting with it, nothing. Bam, she's broody in her heart and soul. Since the poor Silkie is the Omega, she got kicked off the nest. I baited a new box for her and she loved it, so I gave her hatcher eggs last night. Also gave the bigger bantam hen eggs, and Snakes' sister Celeste showed up with 7 chicks. So I've got three hens with 19 chicks between them, and two more setting on a dozen eggs between them----does life get any better?

Phil, you just keep finding kiddos to take fishing. You have no idea what a difference you might be making in their world.

When I was younger, a horsie family helped me and hauled my horse to events. My mom was a horse person, but we were so blessedily broke a horse trailer might as well have been a million dollars. Those folks only had a two horse trailer, so sometimes they made two trips to haul my horse. Wonderful, wonderful folks.

I'm off work today, looking forward to a productive day at home. Got the bulk of the garden in, now I just have the pumpkins and some misc to get in the dirt and get a drip line set for.

 

[lazy gardener]

Rachel, you're way ahead of me! Work and other things keep getting in the way of the important stuff: like tending the garden, orchard, building HK mound and tons of other stuff. Medical issues keeping me light duty at home. Totally frustrating. But, praise God! I can still work, and I have a job that allows me to take down time when I need it.

Phil, I have a teen ager that I'd love to have you take fishing. I'll put a stamp on his fore head, and send him right down! I'll even send some clean underwear, so he can stay a couple of weeks. Yes, one never knows what a kind word or kind deed will do to build into the life of an adolescent and change the course of their life for the better.

 

[N F C]

Rachel, you're way ahead of me! Work and other things keep getting in the way of the important stuff: like tending the garden, orchard, building HK mound and tons of other stuff. Medical issues keeping me light duty at home. Totally frustrating. But, praise God! I can still work, and I have a job that allows me to take down time when I need it.

Phil, I have a teen ager that I'd love to have you take fishing. I'll put a stamp on his fore head, and send him right down! I'll even send some clean underwear, so he can stay a couple of weeks. Yes, one never knows what a kind word or kind deed will do to build into the life of an adolescent and change the course of their life for the better.

Very true LG, well said.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Rachel, you're way ahead of me!  Work and other things keep getting in the way of the important stuff:  like tending the garden, orchard, building HK mound and tons of other stuff.  Medical issues keeping me light duty at home.  Totally frustrating.  But, praise God!  I can still work, and I have a job that allows me to take down time when I need it.  

Phil, I have a teen ager that I'd love to have you take fishing.  I'll put a stamp on his fore head, and send him right down!  I'll even send some clean underwear, so he can stay a couple of weeks.  Yes, one never knows what a kind word or kind deed will do to build into the life of an adolescent and change the course of their life for the better.  

Thanks Rachel and LG..... My lifes goal is to make the world a better place one moment at a time.... Sometimes the smallest gesture can have major differences.....

Very true LG, well said.

Hi NFC...... Sorry don't post as much lately but it's summer and life gets real busy for me....
Loving Wyoming?

 

[Outpost JWB]

Summer is crazy busy here too. We have a broody and she is doing her best. She is our one and only Dixie rainbow hen. She is HUGE, so sitting on a mess of eggs is pretty easy for her. We have yet to candle them, and pretty sure DD shoved more under her than the original 6. Better get the incubator fired up. Who knows how many days in between she had KIDS!

2 more days of school. I thought they were going to start going all year. Hubby would really love that! Better get some shut eye. Still fighting sore throat and tongue:/. Good night.

 

[donrae]

Well, I've officially failed yet another try at tapering my immune suppressants

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I need to find another word besides fail. That's a hard one for me, and makes me feel like I've done something wrong or not tried hard enough. This all is hard enough without those feelings!

I'd been feeling like my breathing was slowly, slowly going downhill. My normal walking route was harder to complete in my break time, and I started needing a rest when I got back to work, I was all out of breath. Now, sores in my mouth. Boogers. So, back up on the cyclosporine.

In good news, I finally got off my butt and got a house reserved for us to stay in for my Dad's memorial service. It's a nice vacation rental with a decent amount of space for folks to gather. I"m not saying I was having issues about him passing, but I just could not bring myself to make those arrangements.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Well, I've officially failed yet another try at tapering my immune suppressants  . 

I need to find another word besides fail. That's a hard one for me, and makes me feel like I've done something wrong or not tried hard enough. This all is hard enough without those feelings!

I'd been feeling like my breathing was slowly, slowly going downhill. My normal walking route was harder to complete in my break time, and I started needing a rest when I got back to work, I was all out of breath. Now, sores in my mouth. Boogers. So, back up on the cyclosporine. 

In good news, I finally got off my butt and got a house reserved for us to stay in for my Dad's memorial service. It's a nice vacation rental with a decent amount of space for folks to gather. I"m not saying I was having issues about him passing, but I just could not bring myself to make those arrangements. 

I understand completely hun.....
We just have to face reality.
I'm stuck at 10mg forever.
And although I will try to taper off I might have to face the truth and deal with another failed attempt.....
How you feel otherwise?

 

[Blooie]

I'm with you, Rachel.....saying that you failed just doesn't sound right. You didn't, you know. You just happen to live in a body that's been through the wringer and is trying to tell you what it needs to keep going the way you want it to. So listen already.

I do understand it, though. The lifetime of diuretics I'm now on for my stupid heart have made my requirements for 3x daily self-catheterizations a real challenge. I feel like I have this active body being held captive by a heart and a bladder, and neither one will let me go back to the way I was - the way I still want to be. Concessions. I guess it's all about concessions.

You and Phil are still here. If that ain't a testament to prayer, good medicine, and strong wills and spirits, I don't know what is! And I, for one, am grateful!

 

[hbhoffman]

No stress there! Are you from DR??? Do what you have to do to take care of your husband and children, even to the point of not letting anyone hurl darts of verbal abuse in their direction. Yes, your brother and mother are family. But, your husband and children come first now, and if they can't be treated with respect, distance is appropriate. Will pray that the Holy Spirit will give you words of wisdom.

NFC said it very well.

HI all, LG no not from there but having lived and traveled overseas in the Latin countries, I feel more at home there than here.
Thanks everyone for all the encouragement to be careful. My family does come first. And I will set parameters for staying and look for tell tale signs of needing to leave. After 30 years of working towards a good relationship with my mom, I don't really want to toss it out with the dirty bathwater from one bath so to speak. We both have worked hard to be closer. I am willing to keep trying with parameters.
Now I am going back to read what has been going on....

 

[hbhoffman]

Rachel, How about regressed? Recover? Decline? Miss the boat? Miss? Fizzle? Flop? Flounder? Blunder? Hit bottom? Hit the skids? Would any of those words work?

Keep fishing!