Saddle up that nightmare and ride...

A friend sent me a message of support and encouragement where she described what I'm going through as a nightmare. Being the horse person that I am, I replied that I was going to saddle her up and give her a real long hard ride. Another horse friend chimed in and said to not let her buck me off, but that my friends would be there to catch me if she did. I love the analogy, so you will see more of me talking about my nightmare.

I have lots of energy today. I know it is the steroids they gave me before my chemo, and that it will last through the weekend, but not much more than that. My arm is bruised from the nurses having to stick me 3 times to get a good vein. OUCH!!! I've been emailing my oncologist's nurse, begging her to plead with him to get me scheduled for a port before my next chemo, on July 1.

I spent much of the morning and early afternoon on the computer, then went outside, walked over to the barn, fed the skinny old mare, and while she was eating, I fed the chickens. By this time the ducks and geese had figured out I was there, so they headed over to be fed. I walked back to their house, with them following, waited till most of them were in the water, then walked around the first pond. It was fun watching them watching me. Every time I stopped. they would head for shore, but if I started to walk again, they stayed in the water, and followed along. I stopped at the far end, and they came up out of the water, and began to graze. Ducks and geese graze differently than large grass eaters. They eat the tops of the grass, the seed heads, so instead of putting their heads down, they stretch their necks up.

After they were busy with that, I went back to check on the old mare, and she wasn't done, so I fed the cats, and fired up the push mower to cut the tall weeds between the barn and the potting table where we feed the cats. By the time that was done, so was she, and I let her back in with the other mares, and returned to the house. I was hot and tired, but it felt good to get out and get some little bit done after sitting in the hospital for the last 9-10 days.