I will be taking most of Bruce's remaining ashes to Iowa on June 16th for scattering on the 18th. I will also take some of Zeke's (our Welsh terrier who I had to put to sleep). I have had a Red Oak tree planted in the Maxwell City Park near the Veterans Memorial. There will also be a large rock there as well that will be ingraved with his name & a short message. I have decided that will be where I scatter a share of his & Zeke's ashes. I am going to save the remaining ashes for my sons to scatter with mine when I die...to be sure we find each other again. So far I remain cancer free and am no longer receiving any chemo as I had a bad reaction while on maintenance chemo. I did have an MRI to be sure the very severe headaches that I had were not due to a brain metatasis...it was clear. I now wear a hearing aid in my left ear...I'm not sure if the hearing loss is due to the chemo or not. I also havc a lot of pain daily in my lt & rt navicular (scaphoid) bones of my hands. The left is a lot worse then the right & often pain keeps me from getting to sleep & awakens me most mornings. I have tried naprosyn & ibuprofen but each upset my stomach so when the pain is not letting me sleep I take a Tylenol with hydrocodone which I had left over from when I was hospitalized for the headaches. I got a prescription for 20 with no refills & I only take one when nothing else works...I've had them since 2/16/2016 & haven't needed them for a headache yet but am down to 4 due to the pain in my left thumb. I'm planning on seeing about getting xrays to see how bad they really are...but I have days when it's not bad & keep putting off calling my medical provider. I also have chronic right shoulder pain since slipping & falling when I walked into the house from the swimming pool...I even wiped my feet on the rug but still slipped on the tile & hurt my shoulder when I tried to catch myself. Today is the best I've felt in a long time but I also haven't done any work lately...like gardening or moving dirt. I would have done gardening today but it rained so I decided I would blog instead. I still think of about Bruce everyday...especially when I see my grandson, Aiken Bruce. He looks so much like Bruce, has his white blond hair but not as curly. He has his daddy's eye color...of course Brannon looks just like Bruce as well except he has red curly hair so Aiken looks just like both of them. Well, I guess I don't have anything left to write about...which for the most part is good.
