Wed Thurs and Fri .... rollerbladed, curled and hiked and got my picc cleaned.  All good gentle exercise to keep me healthy as I can get.  I have met a lot of nice new people at the curling club.  Lots of survivors with encouraging words which is nice.  Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather.  The 10km walk today was lovely in this great weather.  Have a good weekend all.

Wish all our rainy days are like today.  Nice and sunny with a little breeze which made it a beautiful day to roller blade by the Ottawa River.  Did 4 ends for fun with the ladies league this morning.  Met a lot of people.  Met one other lady who is also on chemo so we compared notes.  She too only has one treatment left.  Think I will soak in the tub with the jets tonight to get rid of some of the pain in my legs.  All good....

I survived my first 8 end game that I have played in a long time.  My Thurs night league is right after work so they rarely get in 6 ends but no more.  We did one game in a bonspiel last year I think but all in all a lot of exercise.  We had only 3 players on our team so got to throw 3 rocks  each end.  24 deep knee bends and sliding... and Lots... lots...lots of sweeping.  Tomorrow morning we are just doing a social with only 4 ends so I am going roller blading after ward.  Hopefully this will get me in shape for the Radiation.

Mom has been busy making more chemo hats.

JimBob installed the back splash for me today.  He said that I should go back to work so that I don't create too many more jobs for him.  Below are two pictures of the Before this is the After.

Before the back splash was put on..

Before Back Splash on this side

Finished the first of 5 shawls for the nurses.  I started with this one that has teal in it which is the colour for  Ovarian Cancer which most of the patients seem to have.

This is the shawl.  I got the pattern from a lady who made them for the Krafty Bonspiel that we went to in Navan this year.  I contacted her through the organizer who happened to be Sara's Aunt.  What a small world.

Sparky feeling a little better today.  He sits on the back of my chair like a cat so that he can see out the front window and still be near me.

Roller bladed yesterday from Andrew Hayden Park to the Look out past Britannia Beach and back.  It was lovely to be out and about.  The pain is awful when I am just sitting around so doing things is good.  Went to the open house at the curling club last night and met up with a lot of people who hadn't seen me over the summer.  A lot of double takes but when I started talking they recognized me.  Kinda fun.  Took two tylenol and my Gabopentin to get to sleep.... it worked.  Got about 8 hours straight of sleep which was a drugged sleep but I slept..... Had two pieces of toast with boiled eggs and back in pain again....  Going for my pedicure this afternoon so hopefully my calves and feet will be better after that.... Still have to find a way to write those off as medical expenses.

Finished the book so will take it back today after getting my picc cleaned.  Just wanted to capture a couple of things from it before I give it back.
"A survivor is a triumphant person who lives with, after or in spite of a diagnosis or traumatic event.  Survivors refuse to assume the identity of their adversity.  They are not imprisoned by the constructs of a label.  Instead, survivors use their brush with mortality as a catalyst for creating a better self.  We transform our experience in order to further evolve spiritually, emotionally, physically, and mentally.  Our reality challenges us to go deeper.
Survivors cultivate an essence that will never be victim to a word.

1.  Get real
2.  Eat smart
3.  Shake your boody
4.  Live like you mean it
5.  Educate yourself
6.  Go quietly inward yet speak up
7.  Get involved
8.  Don't sweat the small stuff
9.  Focus on healing vs. curing
10.  Plan for a long future BUT live in the moment"

OK now I can take the book back after roller blading of course... need to get out after two days laying down.  My legs don't hurt right now so I am off.

Have I said lately how much I love my swing.  We had a great day together yesterday.  Nice little breeze.  Much nicer than lying in bed all day inside.  Glad the bad day was yesterday since it is very rainy today so bed it would have been.  If I could get some sleep, I am sure I would be ok.  I didn't take the hot flash pills right after chemo and while I was taking the steroids so sleep was impossible.  Not sure if I could have taken them or not but I do not like taking too many things at once.  Tonight I should be back to regular meds and no more pain killers that wipe me out but don't let me sleep.  At least I got to read most of my book yesterday.   Back to rest....