Tuesday, December 31, 2019

12-31-2019

Last post for this year.

   I had another infusion of KeyTruda today. The next one is in three weeks and I will meet the new doctor...again. She will be the third Chemo doctor since I've been going there. I am considering that one will be my last one, the bone pain it causes is intense at times. It is different than joint pain, a different ache.

 So this next year, God willing, I want a garden. It has been two years since I have had one and we are getting low on the food we put back. Greenbeans are longer than that, it has been about 2011 or 2012 the last time we grew them and we are getting low on them. Plus I want to know I still can and I know there is a way, I just have to find it.

   This could also be the last year we raise cattle. Our catch and load system isn't cutting it, beef prices are too low (except in the stores), and I'm not sure how long I can do it. The last calves we sold went for .80 to 1.20 per lb, in the store they are 4.50 to 8.00 per lb, and ours really are grass-fed.
Middlemen and grocery stores are the ones making money while Farmers get starved out.

I am shocked at just how much lung use I have lost and apparently dead lung tissue stays dead. I will have to relearn to use what I have left, but I can do it.

Happy New Year