Pain is here.  Came last night around 11 so out came the drugs.  Stayed up most of the night reading and resting.  Took my drugs on time this round so no nausea so far.  Lots of olympics still to watch to keep me entertained when I am awake.  Hopefully this will only last the regular 24 hours.

Went to the annual pig roast today that we always go to.  Nice to see people even if we only see them once a year.  Most of them are farmers so loved the rain that we got today.  They have a gym at their house so we  just had the meal in there and kept going back and forth outside in between rain showers.  I surprised a lot of people who didn't know about me yet but my hair gave me away...even though they thought that it was real since they know I change a lot and hadn't seen me in a year.  We played along for awhile but then finally told them what was going on.   Got to have fun right... nice to know that they thought that it was my real hair though.  Off to rest for tomorrow to get ready for yucky Tues..  Hope all are having a nice weekend.

Awesome seats that we got to watch the show at the Highland Games in Maxville

Mass Bands were great.  Nice to see about a thousand people playing the same song.

Weird guy dressed as a flag of Scotland.

Without knowing it we both wore our dresses that we bought in Bancroft so we looked like the bobsey twins.  It was a great day.  It reminded us of our drum corps days.  Now we just have to find some drum corp competitions to go and see.

Relaxing waiting for the needle!

Needle in setting the times and speed for the saline first step.

Relaxing with my book and coffee waiting for the benadryl bag next which puts me to sleep.

This is what it is like when I get my chemo.  It is just a regular ward hospital room with four beds  and two lazyboy type chairs.  Read the next post to get info on how the day went.

5 of this weeks hats and 3 from last week all went today with the new group of ladies I was with today.  It was fun to watch them try them on and have fun while the chemo was dripping into our arms.  It is nice to see our work being appreciated.  Of all of the other hats from the previous two pictures, there were only 4 left that I could find that were ours.  They go fast so I am glad that I can make them fast.
Oh yeah... my chemo went well today... Half way done YEAH!!!!.  Got it in the right hand this time since the two veins in my left hand that we used are no good any more.  Today she gave me saline the whole time even when the chemo was going in to dilute it so that it doesn't burn that vein.  It is a good big one on the side so hopefully we will be able to use it again.  If it doesn't hurt by the time I see the doctor on the 17th then I won't have to get one of those things directly into my heart.... if it burns eventually then I am stuck with that for the last three.  I have been avoiding it so that I can swim but by the 24th maybe it will be too cold out to swim any way... not likely but we just play it by ear.  Now off to relax since that benadryl sure does a number on me.  Take care all.

Thanks to my sister's help I have lots of hats to donate again tomorrow.  Seven of them are preemie hats.  My chemo treatments are on the maternity ward so we can drop them off for them as well.  I made two others that we are keeping so it was a good three week's worth of work including the yoga bag that I made as well.  The sun hats at the back were fun to make.  I hope someone likes them.  The orange one is funky!  Off to rest up some more for tomorrow.  Cold is still doing well so maybe I will take more drugs too.

Some say Osprey and some say American Bald Eagle for the birds that we saw.  Who cares... beautiful majestic birds whatever they were.
Got my blood work done today.... just a little paper work problem but the needle was a breeze.  Went to the lab in the building beside the Riverside hospital.  Once they could read the requisition... the mechanics were a breeze.  Had to go to the doctors office to get the req straitened out so found out there that I can take whatever I want for this stupid cold that I am developing and it will not stop the chemo on Friday which was in the back of my mind.  All good again.  Taking the drugs to wipe out the cold now so time to go nappy.  Good night all