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Cripple

2010-10-12T03:48:00.000-07:00

I now walker, care & bat seat. I does but strenuous having seat on bed to put on clothes

I am going down
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Walker

2010-09-23T04:03:00.000-07:00

Today is 09/23/10 & I am to call Hospice for a walker.

My balance is getting worse & I do not another nasty fall.

Parking lot ain't soft

2010-09-21T01:33:00.000-07:00

Fell in the parking lot & lying there for (35) minutes because Night Mgr is an idiot. I banged up left knee, right foreman, & several bruises. She kept calling the Hospice # but the low battery light was on. The Mgr has another cordless phone + a cell phone. Guess Mgr didn't know. The Hospice operator wasted to know who keep hanging up.

Finally another resident got her phone & called in to Hospice. I am sure if I had a heart attack, I would be dead.

The Night Mgr is (85) years old, hard of hearing. Unless she is in her living room, you have to keep banging on door & ringing her door bell.

She panicked when anything goes wrong. Going to talk Memphis Supervisor next time from Memphis.

Still here

2010-09-01T01:58:00.000-07:00

Well, it is Sept 1, 2010 & I m still here.

Our country is a mess & we are heading for a 2nd recession.

Trip-08/10/2010

2010-08-11T02:44:00.000-07:00

Marilyn drove me to Cousin Jack's condo to return the 5-n-1 music player.
It helps when I can get out for a while.

Marilyn is a very nice, classy lady who refuses to take any money for her help.
Jerrine needs a lot of help on her computer, at least (3) hours.
Her printer wouldn't print, took me (2) minutes to figure why--needs color cartridge.

Hot

2010-08-07T01:53:00.000-07:00

Weather in Humboldt, TN is like the rest of Midsouth, way too hot.
Maybe there is something to this Global Warming.

Still here 08/04/2010

2010-08-04T01:17:00.000-07:00

Woke up Sunday 1:30 a.m. with a sore throat. Usually I take a Sucrets then (2) hours later take another & that takes of it.

Lo & behold the Sucrets were outdated by (2) years but they still worked Bought newer ones.

117 heat index for (2) days.

Nurse gives me a mini-exam every week, so far so good.

Hanging on

2010-07-31T07:34:00.000-07:00

Today is July 31, 2010 & I am still here.
Every week my Nurse checks me over & says I am doing fine.
Need to gain weight so taking bodybuilding protein power.

Final Days-05/30/10

2010-05-30T06:26:00.000-07:00

According to the Doc I have only about (3) weeks to live but I'm trying to prove him wrong.
Jim Lawrence

5 to 6 months

2010-02-17T03:28:00.000-08:00

Finished (22) radiation treatments (3) weeks ago. Yesterday had chest x-ray & head scan & both of the tumors are the same size as before.
Not going to take chemo for just an extra (6) weeks. Body will not take it.
Doctor has authorized hospice-in-home.
My scalp has finally quit itching, can now sleep in bed as I have quit coughing.
My BP, oxygen is good, no pain anywhere.
Just have to get my appetite back as I am still losing weight.
Have paid for immediate burial next to my parents.
Would like to have an iPhone just to play around with.
Thanks for being my friends.

Funeral-02/04/2010

2010-02-06T04:11:00.000-08:00

Pre-paid gravesite services with Medina Funeral Home.

01/28/2010

2010-01-29T06:45:00.000-08:00

Thank goodness the treatments are over.

Probably got (2) more weeks before scalp quit itching, swelling in feet goes down, & hopefully get my appetite back.

Went to Podiatrist about trimming toenails & fungus on left big toe.

Blood pressure--01/25/10

2010-01-27T04:55:00.000-08:00

BP pressure was 82/62 & Dr. says I am dehydrated.
BP back to normal the next day after drinking all day & night.

Dry,hacking cough will not let me sleep in bed & the (2) hours in the recliner is not good. Got to talk to Dr today.

(3) more of hell--01/22/210

2010-01-24T07:29:00.000-08:00

our 1953 Humboldt High School has mini-reunion last night & it went very well.

Some classmates cannot believe I did everything all but myself. But I did.

(4) more to go--01/21/2010

2010-01-22T02:15:00.000-08:00

Just a few more treatments but my itching head will probably last another (2) weeks.

Finally got my family Doctor to give me a sleeping aid as (4) hours is enough.

01/20/10--(5) to go

2010-01-21T03:11:00.000-08:00

Five more treatments to go, wait (2) weeks & get a scan.

Scalp is still itching like crazy & started the coughing phase.

1/15/10 treatment

2010-01-16T04:45:00.000-08:00

Have to use anti-itch medicine on bald scalp.

More treatments--01/14/10

2010-01-15T02:22:00.000-08:00

Another day !! My bald head has started to itch.

Halfway thru--01/13/10

2010-01-14T02:57:00.000-08:00

Just (10) more treatments then decision time on chemo.

Had head shaved--just can't stand hair all over place.

Have some medicine to stop itching.

When I get off the van at 2:30 p.m. I am completely bushed out. But I still have to keep my apt clean.

(11) more radiation left--01/12/10

2010-01-13T03:24:00.000-08:00

Halfway thru the radiation treatments.

Doctor says I may last (5) or (6) months if I do not use chemo. Right now I don't want this. My body won't take the abuse.

Have check into Hospice at Home.

Radiation--1/11/10

2010-01-12T03:10:00.000-08:00

Too cold to get treatment on 01/08/10.

Went to get treatment on brain & lung. Got medicine for skin.

Hair came out by the bunches Sunday so had head shaved on Monday.

Cancer Care gave me $25 to help for travel (van).

01/07/2010 treatment

2010-01-08T03:45:00.000-08:00

I was only tough to hear my Doctor says that you have inoperable cancer.
He was me to finish (16) more radiation treatment, do a CT scan if progress.
If CT progress then he wants me to taking chemo treatments.
I am still hesitate on chemo & sure about the radiation treatment. I body still is so weak so I don't think it will stand chemo.
The cancer cells are in my bloodstream so it could attack another organ.

Jan. 6,2010--Should I quit treatments?

2010-01-07T03:56:00.000-08:00

The Doctor told me that my cancer is not curable. I have taken (7) brain treatments & (4) lung treatments, They are both with same machine.

He suggested finish the treatments (17), do a scan & if it shows Okay then I go to chemo treatment. Right now I do not have any appetite, losing (4) lbs each week.

I don't think my body will stand chemo with all vomiting, all along with the other side effects.Plus I live alone.

I am not sure that I want to finish radiation treatments.

Pay $10 a day for a ride & it is a hassle,

Jan 5th, 2010--new treatment

2010-01-06T03:55:00.000-08:00

Had a radiation of the brain tumor & radiation of the lung tumor, both of under same machine.

Now taking treatments every day.

Another treatment

2010-01-05T01:53:00.000-08:00

another double, brain & lung.
Long time before I remember the cold temps.
Keep losing weight.
Cannot sleep.
Skin messed up.

1st double whammy

2010-01-01T03:29:00.000-08:00

Have my first radiate of the chest & image. They took both in same machine.
My first I am to quit smoking & cannot drive. Walmart is only 200 foot away.
That is rough!!

3rd brain

2009-12-30T02:56:00.000-08:00

Had a 3rd brain radiation.
Not getting help from, no one has mentioned, no smoking mentioned today.

2nd Treatment on brain

2009-12-29T00:45:00.000-08:00

Had my 2nd treatment 12/20/09.
My Dr. Georgiou was off holiday so his Associate had marked up for lung treatment Wednesday.
Don't try how to twice in one day.

My 1st brain treatment--Update

2009-12-23T06:36:00.000-08:00

When I begin I do not hope I will lose my memory.
I took the Gibson County small van--cost $10 roundtrip.
(22) or (20) treatments or Last of January, 2010.
Took 1st Radiation brain treatment Dr. Georgious at Jackson Cancer Center. This Doctor took all of time I took to talk. Took about (20) minutes. Half-way in left head & right head.
Cannot take steroid medicine because of hiccups.

The Good, Bad, and the Ugly

2009-02-23T04:20:00.000-08:00

President's broken promise(bad):
No. 234: Allow five days of public comment before signing bills

To reduce bills rushed through Congress and to the president before the public has the opportunity to review them, Obama "will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days."

Veterans(good):
Allow All Veterans Back into the VA: Reverse the 2003 ban on enrolling modest-income veterans, which has denied care to a million veterans.

Hate crime(bad):
Expand Hate Crimes Statutes: President Obama and Vice President Biden will strengthen federal hate crimes legislation, expand hate crimes protection by passing the Matthew Shepard Act, and reinvigorate enforcement at the Department of Justice's Criminal Section

Privacy(ugly):
Improve Information Sharing and Analysis: Improve our intelligence system by creating a senior position to coordinate domestic intelligence gathering, establishing a grant program to support thousands more state and local level intelligence analysts, and increasing our capacity to share intelligence across all levels of government.

Unions

2009-02-07T02:52:00.000-08:00

President Barack Obama on Friday issued an executive order backing the use of union labor for large-scale federal construction projects.

Senate OKs Stimulus bill, now goes to Conference.

Wake Up

2009-02-03T03:25:00.000-08:00

When are the American people going to Wake Up?? (6) years of Bush & the Republican Congress did everything they could to hurt the middle class & the American people just kept on re-electing them!! If you are one of the voters who keep on re-electing the same old sorry politicians then you have no right to complain.

The USA is heading towards becoming a third-world country, quickly. Have lost millions of good paying American jobs but are allowing millions from other countries to replace them thru all the various VISA programs.

What a shame that this great country is being sold down the drain!!

Bush & Congress had approval ratings of less than 30% & Congress still does. But they could care less about that or about YOU.

President's Promises

2009-02-03T03:22:00.000-08:00

Kept--6
Broken--1
Compromise--1
Stalled--1
In the works--18
Waiting--483

Netvibes link

2009-01-27T05:33:00.001-08:00

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Executive orders

2009-01-23T03:59:00.000-08:00

President Obama to close Gitmo, close CIA secret bases, no more torture.
Closing Gitmo will be a very 'sticky' problem & some members of Congress are outspoken about the forth-coming problems.

Froze salaries of senior staffers making over $100,000.

revoked the Bush administration’s Executive Order 13233 that severely limited access by the public to presidential records.

New man

2009-01-21T08:46:00.000-08:00

Yesterday a new President was sworn in, a Black with (3) Muslim names. What will he do?? What can he do?? Will Congress cooperate??
Keep checking back here as I will attempt to keep up with his actions.