Terri and Lucy
Member Since 2009
I haven't been here in a long time. Between work and school and my own recovery, I just don't have the time or the energy. But I do think of you all and send positive vibes on a regular basis.
Lucy and I celebrated our 20-year anniversary together in January. I wasn't sure she was going to make it much beyond then, but she's an amazing old girl and fought her way back from goodness only knows what was going on. She has been having these spells of goodness-knows-what every 3-4 months since last summer. It could be pancreatitis or it could be something else. Her vet and I decided that we will not be doing any more testing to determine the cause of any medical problems. Lucy just gets too upset and stressed from it all. So her palliative care, when the bad times roll around, is antibiotics and fluids. I have pain meds on hand too, just in case. So far, that combination seems to do the trick. She went out and took a tour of the garden this afternoon, and gave me the evil eye tonight when I got too loud over a basketball game. On the 5P scale, she's doing great as of today.
On a day-to-day basis, her BGs run in the 120s. They're pretty much a flat line so that when they start going up, I know a bad spell is coming. Fluids help a lot. She gets 100cc every other night. She's so funny--she can tell when she's gotten the full amount and starts walking away.
As for me, I think the chemo brain is just about gone. I took a graduate class last semester to push myself mentally and it really helped. I have an exercise prescription from the Center for Cancer Survivorship that is physically hard, but also makes me feel healthy which is a great feeling. It's one of those feelings you don't know about until you lose it.
Hope you are all well. I saw the update on Gandalf and see that Sheila is still here helping others. It's funny but with the other problems Lucy has as a senior, diabetes is really the easiest one to deal with.
Take care!
Lucy and I celebrated our 20-year anniversary together in January. I wasn't sure she was going to make it much beyond then, but she's an amazing old girl and fought her way back from goodness only knows what was going on. She has been having these spells of goodness-knows-what every 3-4 months since last summer. It could be pancreatitis or it could be something else. Her vet and I decided that we will not be doing any more testing to determine the cause of any medical problems. Lucy just gets too upset and stressed from it all. So her palliative care, when the bad times roll around, is antibiotics and fluids. I have pain meds on hand too, just in case. So far, that combination seems to do the trick. She went out and took a tour of the garden this afternoon, and gave me the evil eye tonight when I got too loud over a basketball game. On the 5P scale, she's doing great as of today.
On a day-to-day basis, her BGs run in the 120s. They're pretty much a flat line so that when they start going up, I know a bad spell is coming. Fluids help a lot. She gets 100cc every other night. She's so funny--she can tell when she's gotten the full amount and starts walking away.
As for me, I think the chemo brain is just about gone. I took a graduate class last semester to push myself mentally and it really helped. I have an exercise prescription from the Center for Cancer Survivorship that is physically hard, but also makes me feel healthy which is a great feeling. It's one of those feelings you don't know about until you lose it.
Hope you are all well. I saw the update on Gandalf and see that Sheila is still here helping others. It's funny but with the other problems Lucy has as a senior, diabetes is really the easiest one to deal with.
Take care!
