Prayers for Healing and Love

I went through and photographed all of the supplements and vitamins that I take on a daily basis. Now I have to write all of this information down in a format that can be easily read, and make sure I take the papers with me to my cancer care meeting tomorrow. I have no intention of not taking my vitamins and supplements, but I also know it is essential that the care team know what I am taking in case there would be anything that would clash with medications they will prescribe. I doubt there would be a conflict, but it's better to be prepared. 

I'm going to fill out a form similar to this for 
all of the different medications and supplements 
that I take. I take very few actual prescription 
medications, but a lot of vitamins and supplements. 
I took photos of the labels of each one yesterday 
so that I could get a listing made. 

For some reason DH took it into his head yesterday to drag me in for some "cleaning of the craft room". Now, I'll be the first to admit that it needs a serious cleaning and that the things that we ended up putting into the trash yesterday probably could have had those things tossed years ago, but we're just at that point where sentimentality has to go "bye-bye" because we simply can't keep everything. That's impossible. We need to cull this house down, and since we're both pack rats in our own ways, it's hard to get things tossed, even when necessary. But we did accomplish some things, so I was grateful for that. Then we relaxed by watching football and an episode of "Sherlock" just for fun. 

Last night's football game was boring, so we decided to 
watch an episode of "Sherlock" instead - always a winner! 

Tomorrow morning, very early, I'll do my swim and I'll tell my gym buddies about my diagnosis., because I'll be missing often and I'm usually as regular as clockwork. If they don't know about my cancer diagnosis, they'll worry more than they should/would. There will be good reasons for me to not be at the pool sometimes over the next few months, and I want them to not worry if I am missing a day here and there. We have the swimmers contact list that we got together a month or so ago. That will also be a help. I don't want to worry anyone unnecessarily, but I also know that some of my possible treatments may have me staying isolated as much as possible. I'll know more after tomorrow's meeting with my care team at the hospital. 

There are a lot of photos out there, I grabbed this one 
off Instagram. The before and after photos like this 
one - same place, just a few hours later - totally numbing. 
The level of destruction is so massive! 

And of course, there's California. The photos of LA are showing complete devastation - certainly not like the Los Angeles I drove through and around when I was acquiring beading products for the shop. I look at the photos and wonder if old contacts of mine have businesses that will still be able to operate. They might have product, their warehouses might have survived, but will there be phone lines? Will there be delivery trucks who can pick up and deliver products? What about simple mail delivery? How many substations were destroyed? How much mail ended up in ashes. What about hospitals and care centers? It's such a huge area that got burned to the ground. So rather than focus on personal problems today, turn your thoughts to those affected by the fires of California. There will be so many homeless people as a result of this blaze, and getting help to those who need it will be extremely difficult. 

With prayers for healing and love, I leave you today. I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini/