Joan on the Road...of Life

Hello! Can I rewind this year? It seems like one thing or another keeps me in a state of stress and I just haven't wanted to write. My apologies to you my readers. It worries me when bloggers I read seem to drop off the face of the earth. But we haven't...at least not yet :)

Both Jim and I have had a cold and cough since the second week of December. Mine is disappearing. Jim, having two lung surgeries, has had a harder time getting rid of the cough. Sometimes it just drives me crazy!! The onco Doc says it's lasting because his lungs are irritated. On the very bright side the surgeries are done and he has no doctor appointments for a month!! Neither do I. Jeez...it's been more that a year since we've had a month free from appointments. Guess that calls for celebration ...not stress.

My sister who lived in Florida is critically ill. Her daughter has been with her and they have now traveled to Arizona where daughter lives. This is truly amazing. Sister was helped by hospice to fly cross country and relocate. I am in awe of her toughness and am so impressed with the support she received from hospice. We hope to go visit her in Tucson next week.

We've had 2 major computer disasters resulting in "wipe and go" as the guys say. Yikes! This involves Jim sitting at the computer muttering and cursing to himself. Very stressful! No wonder he can't get rid of his cough. Then last night my email program went berserk and ultimately I lost everything...old messages, contacts, email folders. Oh well! In the entire scope of things it's not the end of the world. I"ll just have to wait for peope to email me and then I'll have their addresses.

I got a notice from my Part D Prescription plan that one of the drugs I take (post cancer for 5 years) is increasing in price to $200 a month! Yikes! very stressful. My doctor tells me it will become generic this spring and then it will only be $4. Does this all make sense? Hopefully, it will be generic soon!

Today is a dark, gloomy, stormy, windy, rainy day. In fact the whole week is predicted to be this way. Maybe that's why I'm motivated to write. "It was a dark and stormy night...."

Wherever you are, I hope all is well in your world. Mine has to get better soon.