I hope every one had a great Christmas.
Getting together with family just warms my heart!
Garry surprised me with a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1.
Finished shopping and all wrapped.
Baby Jayce (great nephew) turned 2 years old on Dec 3rd.
He's growing up to fast and is the most happy baby.
Erika (niece) has his birthday party today.
While we were at the beach I got a call that my new
glasses were ready at Walmart eye center. I didn't get my
glasses from my eye doctor since they are so expensive.
When I put them on, I had trouble seeing with them,
but I know that your eyes have to adjust to new lens.
Yesterday I wore them all day. My eye balls hurt and
could not focus but I continued to try them. On the way
home I was so fed up with them I just yanked them off.
Garry and I headed to Walmart to make sure the lens
matched with my scrip. Bill (employee) checked my
scrip on my current glasses and the new scrip was double
strength. I could not believe this.
Today I went back to my eye doctor and she admitted
she messed up and felt bad about it. Tonight back to
Walmart with my new scrip and now new lens are ordered.
I have to say that Bill is wonderful and has gone out of
the way to assist me.
If you live near me and wear glasses, I recommend Bill
at the Walmart in Monroe for your next glasses.
(tell him I sent you)
~ Cheryl ~
My family had our Thanksgiving gathering the
Sunday prior. I love seeing everyone together
and eating some good cooking!
Thursday Garry and I headed out to the beach
for our last camping trip of the year.
The campground was packed and so were
the shopping malls !
Today Garry and I worked for several hours
getting the house ready for Christmas.
This year we have a new tree, 6 1/2 foot. Our last one was not
but several years old, but it was really large. Maybe I can find a
new home for it. As you can see, I didn't use ribbon, just
ornaments. Garry likes it this way, I'm not sure if I do.
Mom has nose surgery this afternoon.
Earlier in the year she went to a dermatologist to have a
spot on her nose checked. He said it was just a wart.
This summer it was getting bigger so she went back to her
regular dermatologist and he took a biopsy. This came back
positive for cancer cells. He removed more and the area
closed up and looked great, but that biopsy also came back
positive. This time he referred mom to a dermatologist in
charlotte that did the Mohs surgery.
Dr. El-Gamal was wonderful and had such great bed side
manners. He removed a section and that was tested. It also
came back with cells, so he went in and took more at one
end. We were getting nervous since the nose is just thin.
But thank god this time all was clear.
He then cut more of the skin and pulled it to make a flap to
closed up the hole. I looked over and saw a piece of skin
sticking up and lots of blood. No way was I going to get in
their way to take a picture.
I'm so thankful that mom decided to go forward with this.
Morgan (niece) is going by every day to change the dressing
and puts meds on it. If it leaves a scar, mom's okay with that.
Mohs Surgery
This week we had a little snow.
It was mostly snow flurries, but the ground was
covered the next morning and with temps in the 20s.
Not sure about every one else, but I do not like this time.
Why in the world don't they do 30 mins and leave it at that.
Suppose that's to easy !
Puddles is doing good on his chemo meds. I believe he
has a little more energy. May be we did the right thing by
putting him on it.
This week not much as been going on, work and home.
I had my mammogram and always worry about the
results since my grandma died of breast cancer.
Between now and Christmas mom or I have doctor appts
every week. I have eye, dental and physical exams. While
Mom sees her arthritis doctor and a dermatologist. She
has a place on her nose that the biopsy's have come back
twice with cancer. This doctor in Charlotte will remove
more tissue, test it and continue until all is clear the same
visit. I pray it's not much, since they cant go to deep with
the nose. But like mom said, we do what we have to do.
We bought a new Christmas tree last night. It's not as big
as the one we have and the branches fold up. I'm going to
like that, no more color coding. My old one is a nice tree
so I'm going to try and give it away. Think we will
decorate before we go to the beach Thanksgiving.
Love Christmas decorations!
Hope your week end has been a good one.
~ Cheryl ~
Puddles is doing very well, some days he
acts sick and not feeling good, but that's expected.
We are not able to get his medicine locally since it has to be
mixed. Also our vet said there is a shortage on the Chemo
drug and she may have to call around and find it available.
A compounding pharmacy in Hickory has been making
it for us, but this time they are out and didn't know when
they were going to be able to mix any.
I spoke with our vet and informed her of this so she called
around and found a pharmacy in Arizona that could mix some.
When the pharmacy called me I gave her my information and
credit card number. It was $24 for 30 pills and $35 for Fedx
shipping. Now that shipping $ is crazy, but we don't have a
choice in it. The mixture has to be cold, so it's packed in 2 ice
packs and overnight service. Well, at least we found some.
My sweet bank sure thought they were taking care of me, NOT.
Since I used my credit card in Arizona the fraud dept closed the
card. Why in the world didn't they call or email me to verify the
purchase? ( duhhh ) Glad it was after the meds were shipped.
The next time I will use the shopsafe key! Now we have
to give our mail in pharmacies the new card number.
Puddles : Mom this is so crazy.
Today after lunch, Garry and I took a ride
in the country on the way back home.
Some of the leaves are busting with color.
Jayce (great nephew) came by on Halloween.
He was having a fun night and is growing up to fast!
~ Cheryl ~
Tonight we celebrated Jack's (friend) 75th birthday.
He's such a sweet and caring man.
We have been on vacation this past week at the beach.
With Puddles being sick I waited to late to book a campsite in
the mountains, since the leaves were near peak. So we are
always happy to hit the beach.
It was a nice week, went on another Dolphin cruise (saw nothing)
and saw the Legends Concert (was really good).
The cruise was 3 1/2 hrs and the weather was wonderful.
The deer are on the move.
Last night Garry saw one standing right on the
edge of highway. Sure hope no one hits him.
This guy was watching me, while I was watching him.
He's enjoying the beans, while they last.
Last Sunday one of the girls that works with me daughter was
getting married. She asked if I would take the pictures and I
was glad to help out. Was a little nervous and always worried
that the camera would stop working, it's not something that
you can do a retake on. Lucky for me, every thing went well
and the wedding was beautiful.
Bride's daughter. She is so shy, but did great during the wedding.
