Just got in. everything is fine, no polyps, no sign of cancer. Just the ulcerations lower, so the plan is to take the new pills which are helping very much. Today i'm feelinfg lousy but i think i just way over did it yesterday, cooking cleaning socisalizing. spa-ing. then i didn't sleep thinking about what i still wanted/needed to do b4 i come back south yowzah. Be back in my Lover's arms Monday evening.

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this was what I made the hat and leg warmers from.

How ingenius eh?

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Got My Mojo Back
My creative mojo that is. Friday was a bust, the sedation wacked me out. Saturday I laid low. Sunday I attended a workshop for making my own chemical free bath salts, lip balm and hand cream. It was fun learning new skills. Its cold here in Kingston and I wanted to knit a pair of leg warmers but I know I couldn't get them done while here. I'm already working on several UFO's (unfinished objects).So I picked up a 100% wool sweater at a thrift store and this morning I made a pair of leg warmers and a hat to match. It was the first day in a while where I have felt really terrific. Maybe because I'm relieved Friday had no surprises and perhaps the new medication is taking hold. After I was satisfied with the leg warmers and hat, I warped the loom Mackenzie left for me to use. And I've made a good start on a scarf for gift giving. I've been enjoying a Boston Legal marathon.

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Babe, your not the only one who can make artisan bread!!! Light wheat rolled with smoked dried tomatoes & pesto, brushed on the outside with olive oil & sprinkled with a touch of Romano cheese. It tasted sooooo good. Now I wonder what I could do next!!!!!!

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10:30am just received a call from Jennifer, who is back home after her colonoscope. She does have Ulcerative Colitis & they took some samples, but the good news is they found no polyps. she is scheduled to see the specialist & get the results on the 19th, & hopes to be back on Close Knit before Thanksgiving. We would like to thank everyone for their best wishes & prayers.

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Wed Nov 3.
Yes I'm here in chilly Kinston and thought I would do an up date. Al who is on the boat down in sunny Florida survived dog sitting (Pete & Pokey went to California for a wedding) and he thinks Miss B is missing the boys. She's such a hussy.
I really don't follow politics much at home or the USA, But the Americans I have met while traveling south are very passionate about their politics. I gather from the internet that the democrats took a beating in yesterdays vote.. Along this journey Americans have constantly asked (badgered) me about what I thought of our health care as they fear socialized health care. I proudly admit to being liberal minded. Here is the best description I can offer of our health care taken from the blog of the Yarnharlot.
"This is a country with Universal Health Care, which means that no matter what goes wrong with me or my children, we'll be cared for by the best person for the job, not the best person we can afford. Sure, it's a triage system which means that if we're not very sick we'll have to wait, while sicker people go first, but the fact that the only thing that can move you to the front of the line is your need, not your money? "
I returned to Kingston for a specialists appt. that I had last Friday. I waited 6 weeks for that appt. This Friday, already, I get a colonoscopy. Oh yay. I'm asking people to not tell me their horror stories but I understand the preparation is worse than the procedure. I started the clean out process yesterday. Tomorrow is clear fluids, ones you can see through. My daughters aren't buying into my logic that I can see through beer and chardonnay. So I'd say socialized health care works, its all I know. And it doesn't cost me anything.
Thurs. Nov. 4
Its 6:47 pm and I'm well into clean out. Its not fun. The last bit of clean out drugs is taken at 10 this pm this evening. Sleeping last night was interrupted from the first drugs for clean out. I'm feeling lethargic but I'm unsure if its lack of food or the dreary damp cold and darkness here in K-town. I managed to attend the monthly Stroke Survivor group this morning. It was great to see every one and get caught up. Once I can sufficiently be more than 10 feet away from the toilet I'm going to watch a movie with Kiley. Julie & Julia. I have to be at HDH by 7:30Friday in the a.m. I hope I'm so clean it is a fast and uneventful procedure. You are intravenously sedated so my sister will be picking me up. I'm trying to plan what I might like to eat afterwards, if I'm not too groggy. I'm thinking something blandish but comforting. Maybe just a baked loaded potato. I shall report again.

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