But it's an approved (by insurance even!) treatment, so fingers crossed for positive results!

Oh, absolutely! You're daily in my thoughts and prayers. Thank you for the update.

Well, I made it to Auckland despite somehow being given someone else’s boarding pass and none of us noticing until I was at the gate! Luckily she was going the same place, and my bag made it. Hope hers did too, since apparently the check in person “canceled” one of her bags when I said I only had one, not two!

Meanwhile my travel companion is flying back to the US, but there is a security incident on another flight and all the runways are closed and they have to deplane. Yikes! Crossing fingers for her she still makes her connection!

I'm not sure if I mentioned on there that my current treatment for the radiation damage to my bladder is hyperbaric chamber treatments.

Not fun, but I have known people who had good results.

Good to see so many pixels that have been missed!

Yikes, meara. I hope all the travel snafus resolve.

Why Monday, why? Already 3 practices with stupid issues, before 7:30 AM here!

A JZ sighting! Woohoo! Big love to you, friend <3

Today is our 15th wedding anniversary. Every year on this date, it makes me sadmad. That we had to wait 13 years into our relationship to legally get married. That it was merely a formality with no fanfare or celebration. Not that either of us wanted some big wedding, but it sucks to watch every friend and family member get showered with well-wishes and gifts on their engagement/wedding when we got...very little. That our rights still feel very much on the line in the precarious state our nation (shit, the world) is currently in. In short, yay?

Epic I hope that the treatment helps your bladder.

And i too have very complicated feelings about God and religion but hearing the sermon yesterday...it just felt really good and I enjoyed it and I started watching another but had to pause it but I want to go back.

A lot of my issues with God and Christianity and I was trying to say something about that and it just gets tangled.

I hope this makes sense-- JZ you are a kind, compassionate, generous and loving person (and so many other things) and I know that you would be that way no matter if you were a Christian or not but I also know that I see your love for God and God's love shine through in you. "By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

Glam congrats on your anniversary.

Thanks, askye.

Also, I still win because I get to do life with my badass, hot, funny, talented, cool, best friend of all time.

You are both awesome and badass together you Fight Crime...I mean y'all are extra awesome tiger and that should totally be celebrated.

JZ! So good to see you on the board, even if it's while meara-ing after the fact! Get in a comforting proxy snuggle with the Guinea pigs for me.

And Nilly! And Epic! Good to see so many familiar pixels.

A home health care PT is coming over today to evaluate Tim's progress. IMO, he's doing great. He hasn't even been home a week yet, and he's walking pretty steadily around the house without a walker, although towards the end of the day he's slower and uses a counter/table/wall to make sure he keeps his balance. Transferring in and out of bed is much easier, although I still help a little with that. I'll be curious to see what the PT thinks.

Then later today we have a home health aide coming over to talk about her visiting 3 times a week to help Tim shower, since that's really challenging for me.

Recovery from this back surgery is much more complicated than recover from the heart surgery and the lung surgery put together. Neither one of us expected that. But he's making steady progress, so it'll be less complicated and less challenging as he continues to recover and get stronger.

Also, grocery delivery is AWESOME.