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Oct. 9th, 2015 11:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckI managed one of the calls I needed to make today. I've still got the afternoon for the other, so hopefully, I'll manage it. I called the radiation oncology nurses and asked several questions. The most pressing was whether or not it mattered that I'm taking antibiotics. It doesn't, so that's all good.
The other call I need to make is to the American Cancer Society number for arranging transportation. I've got a few people who are going to be able to help out sometimes, but there will be days when none of those folks can. During the first two or three weeks of treatment, I'm pretty sure I could manage the bus. Maybe. The fact that I haven't ridden the bus since March makes the prospect pretty thoroughly terrifying, and I'm not sure that I'll be up to doing it once I get far enough into treatment to be tired.
Scott's planning to ask for two hours off on Tuesday so that he can come with me to the first appointment. I definitely prefer that to the bus since, when the appointment finishes, it'll be a time when the bus through there is packed.
Cordelia expressed some worry last night about me being tired when I do radiation. She thinks I need to sleep more now in order to help deal with that. I pointed out that I'm at home alone a lot and can just sleep when I need to. I think she's worried about more than that but that this is how she expresses it.
I'm over the cold I caught from Cordelia, but she's still fairly sick. She coughs pretty much all night. I've suggested she sleep propped up, but she says she can't. She's taking cough syrup at night, and that seems to help a little. We don't have a working humidifier, and she's said she doesn't want one anyway.
I just ordered her a new backpack. The zipper on the old one is staring to come apart. This will be the third backpack of her school career. The first one died some time during fourth grade, I think, so the current one is 2-3 years old. Of course, the last year and a half, she's been carrying a lot more stuff back and forth, so that's likely harder on the backpack.
Last week, our broom broke while our cleaning lady was using it. I asked Scott to pick up a new one, but he couldn't that day, and we both forgot about it. When she came yesterday, she was at a loss as to what to do. I think she managed to find a largish hand brush/broom. I felt terrible about that. Scott bought a new broom on his way home from work yesterday, but she'd been gone for half an hour by the time he got home.
We absolutely have to cook tonight as we finished off the leftovers last night. I think that will be on me. I should probably brine the chicken now so that it has a few hours to soak.
Scott is scheduled to work Sunday this weekend. I'm really looking forward to the end of October when he'll be more likely to get a two day weekend.
I need to follow up on the UM Credit Union application. They sent me an email Monday, and I've been too distracted to deal with it. I think all I need to do is to log in and to put some money in the accounts. I'm glad I remembered that now. I can do that as soon as I post here.
The other call I need to make is to the American Cancer Society number for arranging transportation. I've got a few people who are going to be able to help out sometimes, but there will be days when none of those folks can. During the first two or three weeks of treatment, I'm pretty sure I could manage the bus. Maybe. The fact that I haven't ridden the bus since March makes the prospect pretty thoroughly terrifying, and I'm not sure that I'll be up to doing it once I get far enough into treatment to be tired.
Scott's planning to ask for two hours off on Tuesday so that he can come with me to the first appointment. I definitely prefer that to the bus since, when the appointment finishes, it'll be a time when the bus through there is packed.
Cordelia expressed some worry last night about me being tired when I do radiation. She thinks I need to sleep more now in order to help deal with that. I pointed out that I'm at home alone a lot and can just sleep when I need to. I think she's worried about more than that but that this is how she expresses it.
I'm over the cold I caught from Cordelia, but she's still fairly sick. She coughs pretty much all night. I've suggested she sleep propped up, but she says she can't. She's taking cough syrup at night, and that seems to help a little. We don't have a working humidifier, and she's said she doesn't want one anyway.
I just ordered her a new backpack. The zipper on the old one is staring to come apart. This will be the third backpack of her school career. The first one died some time during fourth grade, I think, so the current one is 2-3 years old. Of course, the last year and a half, she's been carrying a lot more stuff back and forth, so that's likely harder on the backpack.
Last week, our broom broke while our cleaning lady was using it. I asked Scott to pick up a new one, but he couldn't that day, and we both forgot about it. When she came yesterday, she was at a loss as to what to do. I think she managed to find a largish hand brush/broom. I felt terrible about that. Scott bought a new broom on his way home from work yesterday, but she'd been gone for half an hour by the time he got home.
We absolutely have to cook tonight as we finished off the leftovers last night. I think that will be on me. I should probably brine the chicken now so that it has a few hours to soak.
Scott is scheduled to work Sunday this weekend. I'm really looking forward to the end of October when he'll be more likely to get a two day weekend.
I need to follow up on the UM Credit Union application. They sent me an email Monday, and I've been too distracted to deal with it. I think all I need to do is to log in and to put some money in the accounts. I'm glad I remembered that now. I can do that as soon as I post here.
