Augi's Birthday

Today is my granddaughter August's 5th birthday. She spent the day at the Hardrock Cafe in Edinburg, Scotland. August and her family have been in Europe for the past 6 months. I know this is a great experience for my daughter Jessica and her family but when I found out they may be going I secretly hoped they would not go (for my own selfish reasons.) I miss them very much. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BEAUTIFUL  LITTLE AUGUST. I love you very much!! My daughter Jessica also had a birthday on July 26th. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SMART AND BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, JESSICA. I love you very much and miss you!

Alot has happened in the last couple of weeks. My brother David and his 3 daughters Sierra, Cheyenne, and Asia came to SD on vacation, (and of course to see me.) Anyway we had a great time. It was great to see them. The girls are all growing up so fast. They keep David jumping. They were here for a few days and then took off for the Grand Canyon. Fun!  The same day they left I left for SLC.  I know, I probably should not of gone but my doctor said it would be ok. Of course I did not tell him I would be packing and moving all my belongings into a storage shed. I got alot done. It was so hot I spent the nights at my brother Billy's house. He has my dog Toby and it was great to see him. He was glad to see me too. While there I went to a BBQ at Lisa and Steve's. I got to visit with my mom, Luanna and her family, Jon and his family, Lisa and her family and Tammy and Bruce. It was good to see everyone. On Sunday I went to Tammy and Bruces for dinner. It was a good weekend, in the beginning. Jon and his son Scotty decided to drive me back to SD and make a vacation out of it.  We took off on Monday night and by the time we hit Vegas we were all pretty tired so we got a room at Buffalo Bills in Primm, NV. We left the next morning at about 9:00. It was already hot outside. We got just outside of Barstow, NV and my transmission went out.  After about 1 1/2 hours in the desert we were towed into Barstow.  The price was outrageous to get the tranny fixed so I paid another outrageous price to be towed to SD. I was glad to be back. The rest of the week was fun for Jon and Scotty. Scotty had never seen the ocean so we went down to La Jolla Cove and saw the seals on the rocks. The next day I dropped them off at Sea World for the day.  They flew home on Thursday. Good times. (by the way, thanks Billy, Jon and Scotty for helping me get moved.
 
I thought I had an appointment with Dr. Liu (chemo) on the 22nd but I found out it was on the 20th so needless to say I had to reschedule on Aug. 3rd. I think I will be getting a ct scan that day and alot of bloodwork needed before chemo. I am not sure when I will start my chemo sessions but it will be soon. I will know on the 3rd. I have been going in every week to have the draining area on my abdomin checked. It is coming right along.  All-in-all I am doing well. My goal is to keep my blog up to date in the future. We will see.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUGUST LEONA SINGLETON!  I LOVE YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSICA LYNN SINGLETON!!!  I LOVE YOU!

my suprise

My sister Tammy has 2 sons who I think the world of. Their names are Colton and Jared. They are buying a Town home in which I rented the basement for about a year. They grew up with my daughter who is also very close with them.  Anyway, I haven't seen them for at least a year and I miss them. Yesterday afternoon to my surprise Colton was here.  I guess he had planned this for a while. It was the best surprise and he made my day. He brought a friend with him and they stayed and visited for a couple hours. It was sooo hot. The kids were all in the pool otherwise I would of invited them to take a dip. The pool looks so refreshing. SD has been veerrrrry hot for the past couple days. Unfortunately, I cannot get in the pool until my incision heals so I just dangle my feet. WHAAAA!  Anyway, I will say it again, Colton made my day! Thanks Colton...you guys have a great time in SD! Luv ya!!!!

MY DOCTOR

OK...OK...OK!  My secret is out thanks to someone who shall remain nameless, but I call her Heather.  The truth is...I love my doctor (surgeon.)  His name is Doctor  Harrison.  My heart flutters every time I see him.  My life is in his hands, literally, so I feel we are soul mates.  When I  am in the waiting room and I see  other women smile at him and talk about how much they like him I want to tell them, "he is mine!"  I will just let these old skanks have there fantasies. I do not know if he is married but I am sure he would leave her if I asked him to, but for now I must be satisfied just to have him take care of my incision...Hhmmmmmm... woops, I find myself drifting off  to another dimension alot lately. My love has the most adorable hump forming on the right side of his back...("what hump"). Some like tight abs and gluts on a man.   For me this doctors "hump" melts my butter.  He is everything a woman could want. 

OK now you all know my secret. I am glad I do not have to hide my feelings anymore. I feel I need to rest now so I am going to take some more Pain Pills and drift back to dream land and dream about the HUMP.
LOL

the fuzz on my head

When I got out of the shower today I dried off my head and looked in the mirror and I have creepy little peach fuzz all over my head. Believe me its creepy looking. You can not see it unless you look close but its there. I would be excited that my hair is growing back but chemo will take care of that, so for right now its peach fuzz for me. I thought you all would like to hear about that. It feels better to worry about peach fuzz than cancer, surgery or stomach injections so bear with me.
I went to the doctor with Heather today(did I mention she is pregnant!...yippeee! Is yippee still a word?)  Anyway the doctor said everything looked good as far as my incision, my breathing, blood pressure, etc.  I will get a ct scan before starting chemo to see what is going on inside.  Another one of those "hurry up and wait" situations. My pocket is still there. The doctor said it may be caused because of me being on Coumadin, but it is not uncommon. She flushed it out and said it should heal soon.  The area around my incision feels like it is burning when anything touches it. Even if my shirt just barely brushes against it. The doctor said that when the incision was made alot of small nerves were damaged. Well they are healing and regenerating which causes discomfort.

I hope you can all tell that I do not have alot to complain about.  This is a good thing!  Thanks you guys for just being there for me!!!

Get Up

Boy, you never realize how much you use your muscles in a certain area until you lose the ability. (Did that make sense?)Anyway my stomach muscles are on the fritz. My incision area is getting better every day but I think any muscles I had before surgery are pretty much shot.  Whataya gonna do??  I need to start concentrating more on my nutrition, breathing and walking.  I gotta get up and go, but slowly. Chemo is coming up soon and I want to be ready.  Linda is in Moab. This is a good thing. She needs some getaway time. Everyone else here went to a movie in the park. Sounds fun. I should of gone. Tomorrow I will walk Ozzy a short walk.  I am writing all this so I will up and do something. Bear with me. Not much else happening. I miss you all.

I am back (kinda)

Hi everyone.  Sorry I have not written anything in a week. I have been pretty much bedridden because of my surgery and maybe a little bit because of pain pills. Thank god for pain pills!  Anyway my recovery is going pretty good. I had a few bad days. Last Wednesday I noticed  ozzing from my incision. (Yuck)  Heather took me into the hospital. My doctor said I had a "pocket" just under my skin that is collecting fluid. He took out my staples, drained the pocket and proceeded to teach Heather how to "pack the pocket" To make a long story short, Heather has to repack my pocket every day.  I could not do it if I was her! Gross! I must say I don't know what I would do without her.
I only had to do the shots in the belly for one week. My INR is 2.3. YEA!  It is still uncomfortable to sit up but I am getting better every day.  I start Chemo soon and if all goes well I should be doing good by September. I miss all of you. Thanks again for all your prayers and well wishes. Luv you guys

I am home

hi everyone!  this will be short. i am hurtin but that is to be expected i guess. hopefully it will be a short recovery. chemo starts in a couple weeks. so far everything is going as planned.,\..yea  i miss you all