Three weeks, two days post-op

I'm slowly getting stronger, but tonight I'm feeling like I have so much more to go. It could be that seasonal allergies are bringing me down, and all of the antihistamines aren't helping me feel energetic. I have one incision that is still sore and not healed. Hopefully that will heal over soon. The doctor's office hasn't called with a pathology report, which I take as a positive sign. This week, I started working from home. I really appreciate that I can do it, because I know I don't have the stamina to deal with my commute. I could only do...

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I finished a knitting project!

Finally, I can show you a knitting project that is finished - because the recipient is me! So I won't be spoiling myself by posting the photos. ;-) This is Megan Goodacre's Montgomery Scarf pattern. A good one for beginners - it has a variety of textures without being complicated. The yarn is Bernat Roving. This project on Ravel...

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The kitty intruder returns

Charlie growled at the back door again tonight. I turned on the backyard light - the intruder was back, standing by the door and looking very friendly. She has a very sweet face, very clean and fluffy fur, and a collar. She's also smaller than Hermione and I just wanted to pick her up and snuggle her. BUT. That's not how things work when you already have three cats. Especially one that is doing his duty as Alpha Cat and telling the intruder to buzz off. So I opened the door a bit and she ran to the back of the yard. I opened the door some more,...

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Keep your religion out of my business

Don't order from @BTTFcom as they stick "Do You Know Jesus?" cards in shipping boxes. Keep your religion out of my business please.— Angela B (@angelamermaid42) September 17, 2013 When I open an eagerly anticipated package, the first thing I want to see is not: So I'm posting about this and have left a note on their Facebook page that I won't be ordering from them in the future. I ordered a Lego set, not a Bib...

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Backyard intruder

I've suspected for a while that animals have been visiting the backyard. There was that one night where Charlie got growly at the back door, and I found flattened grass between a trellis and the fence the next morning. The water in my fairy garden pond keeps disappearing, even after a good rainfall. My pepper plants look nibbled on. There are no peppers. Tonight I was in the backyard playing with the Google Star Maps app on my phone. I felt something soft brush against my left ankle, like a breeze. I continued with the app a little bit, then looked...

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Home again

I spent one night in the hospital and came home last night. I'm sore but okay. Today I re...

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Quick update

Surgery went well. I'm resting...

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Steps for future health

Tomorrow (Sept 3), I'm having laparoscopic surgery. This isn't urgent or life-threatening, it's something that needs to be done sooner than later. Warning - this post is about women's health, what's going on with my health, and discussion of lady parts. I won't get explicitly detailed unless necessary. In the last few years, there has been an alarming increase in cancer amongst the women on my mother's side of the family. In 1986, my mother's identical twin passed away from breast cancer. A few years ago, another of my mother's sisters...

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