A hot muggy day in Oklahoma.

I am really glad that I have not gotten too excited about the eclipse.  I will just try to enjoy the dimming of the skies and the obvious phenomenon.    One of my grandsons and his wife are going to one of the really big points.   Will be exciting to hear of their experiences.  

Also the  Powerball keeps growing.  I ALWAYS get a ticket to the Powereball in Dick's memory.  I use the "lucky numbers" that he chose for us 25 or so years ago.   Someday they WILL come up.  I will probably be long gone:)

It has been a busy day.  I talked to so many of  my friends and supporters.   I can't begin to tell you how blessed I feel with all the cards, calls, and well wishes that arrive each  day.

Monday I am seeing the Oncologists to determine a plan of chemo and radiation to get rid of this nasty thing that is still remaining in my chest.  I am so blessed, also, to be in a system that is offering care and plans to cure me.   I must be patient.   Not one of my great suites:)   Maybe, as one of my friends said, this is the lesson I must learn:)

Bless all of you.    I am so grateful for your support.

Dia dhuit

Mary

A truly lovely day.

Thanks for all the prayers and good vibes.   My joints don't hurt at all.

I am still, of course, healing and the right side of my ribs and lungs is sore, BUT I can now take a deep breath without a great deal of pain.   Am I lucky, or blessed, or both, or WHAT!!!.

Today was the Lawton Celtic Meeting.  There were five of us.  Patty gave a presentation on Yeats for us.   Boy is he an interesting person and I love his poetry.

Lake Isle of Inisfree

W. B. Yeats, 1865 - 1939

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee;
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping
     slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket
     sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.

I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.

I had phone calls from friends and family.  Barbara Sadler, and Joanne Huehns, who have been  friends since GRADE SCHOOL called today.     Joanne, just as my Celtic friends were leaving.

So a busy day.  

Bless you all and I love you all

Dia dhuit

Mary

My Gosh --- It has been almost a month since I posted!!!!

Guess I have been distracted - Tee Hee

Well,   It has been a busy month with surgery and all.    But I am feeling a little better the past two days.    Did I tell you that my joints don't hurt at all?   The reason that I was going to have the scope of my knee,  the reason they did the pre op and found the stupid (YES STUPID) tumor in my lung, has completely gone away.    Believe me, I am NOT complaining about that part. 

I am working very hard on resting, eating and just trying to build strength.   Next Monday, I see the oncologist to get a plan for chemo/radiation in place.    Tuesday, I see my general practitioner, Dr. Aiku to get her input. and then on Thursday, I will consult again with my surgeon, Dr. Trachte.   So by the end of next week we should have a plan in place for the treatment of the remaining cancer in my lymph glands.   

Dr. Trachte said that I CAN go to London/Wales in early October and the Oncology department knows this so I intend to go on living until I am healed.  Then I will REALLY go on living.   How's that!!!  for a plan.

I'll try to post regularly now.  I need order in my life, and you guys are such a part of that:)

Dia Dhuit

Mary