it's hard to imagine that we are on our 60th day of treatment.. and 64 days ago none of this was even a thought.. i mean, mom knew something was wrong because of the blood tests.. but not this.. we couldn't have imagined this... so here we are.. making bathroom dinners, taking way too many horse pills, and trying to convince mom that potASSium is good for her.. she now calls it asshole juice. nice, eh?
so mom had a really good day today.. we moved very slowly, didn't rush around this morning and ended up taking our day trip to wegmans. they must have been running some great one day sales (which we could never find..) because i think about 75% of the population of buffalo was in that particular wegmans, and the other 25% were out for their mid-afternoon saturday drives.. not annoying at all to dad...
we got an interesting shopping cart with half of a bench attached so we could push mom and the cart around at the same time.. in theory, this was a great idea, but because of the volume of traffic in each aisle looking for the great sales.. it was kind of a fun experience.... we had to try to occupy aisles that only like 1 other person was in and then run to the other aisles looking for stuff... which mom didn't like because she wanted to see what brands were on sale.. anyways.. three hours later, we checked out and were on our way home. it was a fun day out.. mom was happy to be in a grocery store looking for bargains!
she took a power nap when we got home and then we went to the fitness center where she rode the exercise bike for 51/2 minutes! pretty good for her first try.. tomorrow she said she's doing 8.
we just finished our bathroom dinner... pan seared pork chops on our double burner, rice cooker mashed potatoes (might be the best ever mom said..) steamed corn and cinnamon applesauce. everything came out delicious and mom was so excited she ate everything off her plate, asked for a teaspoon more potatoes and applesauce (i accidently gave her a tablespoon and that put her over the edge)! then immediately fell asleep again! she's resting comfortably, trying not to think about her potASSium she has to take and hoping maybe we'll forget, i'm sure.
tomorrow we are going to work on some thank you notes.. (i know you don't believe me... ) we did get a couple out.. i figure you'll all have them by next year.. what's the thank you note etiquette when your sick? do you get an extra couple months, i mean, i think you get a year for wedding thank you's so sick thank you's should be at least 2 years!!
that's all for now. have a good night!
love.
Hi Rita, Dave and gang, I take 40 meq of potassium (love how you write it!) a day and have had to for a couple of years. I have managed to find that they do make smaller capsules of 10 meq each ( of which I have to take 4) but they do go down a lot easier then the other pills. I know the liquid is horrendous so if you are better with smaller capsules, maybe that would help. I know you take more then me, but it is the best I have! We continue to keep you in our thoughts and prayers........Love Barbara
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