Make My Way One Day At A Time: February 2009

Monday, February 9, 2009

Update #5

I did it!!! The surgery went very well according to my support team" My Family". I was admitted at 6:45 and starting getting prepped for the table, and it wasn't the kitchen table. I had plenty of company that morning. Thank you all for being there I love you all so much. Pastor Wayne stopped by and we prayed for me and the Doctors and all went great thank GOD. According to My Family I spouted off a wee bit, image that??? Nancy misbehaving no way, yep it did happen. Ok so I called the medical folks liars, complaining that I needed pain meds and they went to get them, ye right I knew better they weren't gettin nothing. Carolyn went to make sure they were getting the meds and she ended up on my list of lairs too. I still love her tons. Ripley's believe it or not Chuck was just not his self he was overtaken by aliens he was absolutely great the best male nurse I have ever ha,d I am so glad he was able to hang in there with me, it really made things go so much better. "Sometimes it takes the worst to bring out the best in someone." My quote, I just copyrighted that. He had company while staying overnight with me, Blondie my sister Stacey, OK so she left a few times to shop so what that it was 10:30 at night leave it to her to find a store that is open. She was a big help, love her lots too. OK Stacey was in charge of pain management even if I didn't want her help, we got it anyway sure can't try to tell Stacey no, she just doesn't accept that. She even had a diet coke
2 liter there to keep me hydrated. Flowers from Jackie and Ross were right in front of me they were beautiful. I'm sure that was fox news on the TV most of my stay, would that have been Chuck keepin up on the news?? Stacey entertained herself with magazines. Wish I could have taken pictures of them sleeping on their little cots. I was dressed,make up on and had already walked down the hall at four am then by 9:00sitting on the bed so that I would be discharged when the docs came by. Yep I was out of there, oops my ride happen to be out shopping again, had to call her to come back. I am home and have been since Tuesday the 3rd, I am getting around, looking pretty. I have lots of things to keep me busy, I have drain tubes every where,for now I am numb in my upper half,that wears off and I will feel the pain, hopefully it will be bearable.

I will begin my scraping this week One chapter will be WATCH ME GROW! get it? I am going to be filled will saline over time until reach my size.

I Will only have to have chemo, there were only two nodes involved, no radiation yep eee! The chemo I think will start the first week in March. I ca do this you just watch me.

Mother will be doing physical therapy in yelm, close to home three times a week she hurts more now than when she had surgery. She had a hard time seeing her daughter after surgery. Love my mom that's for sure. Kim took pics yucky pics, I was not looking good. I thank all of you for being here for me, it makes things so much more bearable.

Thank you all,

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Nancy

1924: The Ethics of Friendship

1924: The Ethics of Friendship
It is not enough to make friends; you must know how to keep them. When you make a new friend whose friendship you value and wish to keep, learn his idiosyncracies and respect them. Learn his little peculiarities of manner and bear with him. Force yourself to be conscious always of the fact that while he has faults of which you are aware, you have faults of which he is aware. The ideal friend overlooks these little things and looks only for the big.
Doubt and suspicion are fatal to friendship. A friend worth having is a friend worth trusting. In time of doubt there should be a frank explanation. A true friend will not listen to criticism from others regarding his friend; will never gossip about him; will protect him from slander; will refuse to hear or believe evil of him.
There should be absolute sincerity in friendship. If your friend has done something or said something of which you disapprove, go to him and talk to him about the matter. You are false to your friendship if you talk to others about it.
If you want to correct a friend for some mistake he has made, do so with all the grace and tact you would use in correcting a stranger. No one resents being corrected. It is the manner of the person who makes the correction that is usually resented. Your friend is certainly entitled to as much consideration as you show your acquaintances.
Too many of us feel that we can take liberties with our friends that we would not dare to take with strangers. Handle your friend's book as carefully as you would the book of a new acquaintance, more carefully than you would handle your own. Do not feel that because it is with your friend that you have an engagement that you can be half an hour late. Real friendship is founded on courtesy, kindness, and understanding.