What a lovely Easter weekend it has been! The yard is all tidied up. The lawn chairs are out on the back patio, barbecue has been cleaned and serviced, and the compost grinder repaired and back in action. Today (Monday) I even dug up a couple of flower beds and took all my seedlings off the windowsills and put them in their little plastic greenhouse. The 14-day forecase promises that it isn't going to freeze solid. Today was a balmy +20.
The only thing that puts a damper on the emergence of spring is Lew's inability to fully enjoy it. He is simply feeling rotten. He continues to lose weight, is getting shakier by the day, and has no energy or strength to do anything. Other than going out to play bridge, and cooking simple meals, he pretty much only watches TV. It's a good thing we've had the Masters and the Men's Curling to watch!
Tomorrow he sees the cardiologist and we're hoping he gets booked for a thyroid scan this week as well. Now that we've narrowed the problems down to angina and overactive thyroid, we're anxious to get the scan done and treatment started. We're still planning to travel this summer, and want him to be on the upswing so he can enjoy the holiday.
He's terribly frustrated at not being able to putter around in the shop or the yard. Even after he starts feeling better, it is going to take a couple of months to get back to normal. I think he is secretly glad that I am pretty independent and am able to take on the "man" things that he can't do at the moment.
My mom is doing really well after having her knee replacement, and is walking better than she has for the last couple of years. My Aunt is doing great for 92, and I've been trying to convince her it's warm enough to go outside and walk around her building. They were both over for dinner on Friday evening and enjoyed the season's first barbecued steak and some real homecooking.
Otherwise we had a very quiet weekend. It has been nice to have a phone visit with Betty, and a couple more with Carolyn. It helps us keep up with what is happening with Lew's family. Hope everyone is doing well. Will try to keep the blog updated as Lew's medical saga continues.
Cheers,
Phyllis and Lew
I wish I could lose weight at the rate he is doing for about a month! But I don't want all the other nasty symptoms along with it. I'm looking forward to some serious gardening to get some muscles going here.
2 comments:
Dear Lewis and Phyllis...Although we've not met, I feel I know the both of you via Gary and Carolyn and your wonderful blog. In case the name doesn't ring a bell, we were down south with G&C this winter and have known them since military days in Halifax in the early 70s. I am sorry to learn of your problems Lewis (Carolyn called this morning, and I realized I had not checked your blog recently). I just wanted you to know that we are thinking about you and wish you a speedy recovery. Ken and Helen Kirkwood
Hello Kirkwoods,
We hear good things from G&C about you as well! Certainly we hope that one day soon we'll get the chance to meet you, too. Thank you for your concerns regarding Lew. He had his thyroid scan on Wednesday, and the doctor didn't want to see him right away, so I think that's good news--no big ugly growth on the thyroid or anything. We're hoping that tomorrow we will get to see his family doctor and FINALLY get to the treatment! We're pretty anxious, since we only have a month before vacation and we want all the medical stuff to be settled. Meanwhile, we are enjoying some much-awaited sunny weather. I actually got out and planted my onions and garlic today. Lew managed to spend about an hour in the garage sorting through junk. Even if he does that every day it will take at least two weeks before we've looked in every box and bag! Two pack rats together is not a good thing.
Again, thanks for your response to our blog. Take care and I'm sure we'll hear from you again.
Phyllis and Lewis
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