Sunday, windy Sunday
Mar. 16th, 2025 07:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
callistotoni The wind is crazy today. For whatever reason, wind noise is super loud in our bedroom. Here's hoping it dies down by bedtime. Tomorrow is going to be a busy work day so I need a good night's sleep.
The state of me:
- Monday I had a pre-cancerous blemish frozen off. It is acting predictably but nastily. Ow.
- Tuesday I have a check-up to check on my blood pressure / meds. The last time I saw a doctor was when I checked in for that stroke check. My last scheduled blood pressure appointment was the day I had to call 911 for Jeff, so that didn't happen. I'm supposed to be keeping records of my BP, but between work and helping Jeff and home chores, that has not happened. I'm hoping I can get back on track.
- Speaking of Jeff, "getting better" continues very very slowly. I considered trying to go to March Crown and talked to Jeff about it, but Jeff doesn't think he's up to it yet and I have to agree.
Jeff's income has not been enough for him to file taxes these last few years. Jeff's brain really isn't in a place to deal with taxes right now. I'm doing some research into local tax people to help him, but from what I'm reading he shouldn't have to file this year, either. Hope that's true.
More whining: the bills keep coming in for all of Jeff's treatment. I'm not going to take his agency away from him by opening his bills, but it is tough for him to open those bills and deal with them given him sleeping and feeling so crappy. It gets put off day after day. I told him tomorrow has to be the day he opens the unopened bills, and I can be supportive after work. Of course, in the back of my mind is the old adage "you can't get blood out of a turnip". Medical bankruptcy is, of course, and option, but he's not there yet IMHO.
On the plus side, Jeff has finished both radiation and chemo now, and in the last week of March he'll get tested and meet with his oncologist. Crossing all our fingers and toes that he'll get some sort of "cancer dealt with we'll just need to keep monitoring"-sort of diagnosis. He's not clear on whether the hormone treatments need to continue forever. A small plus is he can start decreasing the steroid a little bit now.
- Closing in on finishing my Gibson Girl blouse. I made it out of some dimity fabric from by stash and it's pretty sheer, so if I want to wear it in public I need to wear something under it. Still need to hand-finish the armhole seams and sew on the hook and eye closures and it will be done. Looking forward to being able to check this off my 2025 sewing to-do list.
- The isolation caused by our reality is starting to get to me. This situation is compounded by that fact that neither Jeff nor I can drive after dark now, so meeting up with people after work is a no-go. I've got to figure something out. :-P
- Nothing new on what' we're watching (The Pitt, Harley Quinn, Daredevil, Father Brown, and Murder in Paradise. ) Looking forward to Andor Season 2 and the Thunderbolts movie. I'd go out to see the new Looney Tunes movie, but it's not playing anywhere near us. Guess I'll have to wait to until it starts streaming.
The state of me:
- Monday I had a pre-cancerous blemish frozen off. It is acting predictably but nastily. Ow.
- Tuesday I have a check-up to check on my blood pressure / meds. The last time I saw a doctor was when I checked in for that stroke check. My last scheduled blood pressure appointment was the day I had to call 911 for Jeff, so that didn't happen. I'm supposed to be keeping records of my BP, but between work and helping Jeff and home chores, that has not happened. I'm hoping I can get back on track.
- Speaking of Jeff, "getting better" continues very very slowly. I considered trying to go to March Crown and talked to Jeff about it, but Jeff doesn't think he's up to it yet and I have to agree.
Jeff's income has not been enough for him to file taxes these last few years. Jeff's brain really isn't in a place to deal with taxes right now. I'm doing some research into local tax people to help him, but from what I'm reading he shouldn't have to file this year, either. Hope that's true.
More whining: the bills keep coming in for all of Jeff's treatment. I'm not going to take his agency away from him by opening his bills, but it is tough for him to open those bills and deal with them given him sleeping and feeling so crappy. It gets put off day after day. I told him tomorrow has to be the day he opens the unopened bills, and I can be supportive after work. Of course, in the back of my mind is the old adage "you can't get blood out of a turnip". Medical bankruptcy is, of course, and option, but he's not there yet IMHO.
On the plus side, Jeff has finished both radiation and chemo now, and in the last week of March he'll get tested and meet with his oncologist. Crossing all our fingers and toes that he'll get some sort of "cancer dealt with we'll just need to keep monitoring"-sort of diagnosis. He's not clear on whether the hormone treatments need to continue forever. A small plus is he can start decreasing the steroid a little bit now.
- Closing in on finishing my Gibson Girl blouse. I made it out of some dimity fabric from by stash and it's pretty sheer, so if I want to wear it in public I need to wear something under it. Still need to hand-finish the armhole seams and sew on the hook and eye closures and it will be done. Looking forward to being able to check this off my 2025 sewing to-do list.
- The isolation caused by our reality is starting to get to me. This situation is compounded by that fact that neither Jeff nor I can drive after dark now, so meeting up with people after work is a no-go. I've got to figure something out. :-P
- Nothing new on what' we're watching (The Pitt, Harley Quinn, Daredevil, Father Brown, and Murder in Paradise. ) Looking forward to Andor Season 2 and the Thunderbolts movie. I'd go out to see the new Looney Tunes movie, but it's not playing anywhere near us. Guess I'll have to wait to until it starts streaming.
