Not Kazi TOO!!

Not fair. One in my wee family (me) needing more testing re lumps in the you know what's.
Now Kazi has had an abnormal result too with a recent pap test. She's nervous, who wouldn't be? She doesn't have a date yet for whatever they do next so she's anxiously glued to her phone. Hope she doesn't have to wait too long. My next lineup of tests is mid-January.

As if she didn't have enough to worry about entering into her 4th week of new job training. She's doing well though, she texted me a photo this morning of her most recent test and she got 62/62 correct!

Of course for stress I head out to the forest. Experts say that even looking at photos of nature can ease stress so here goes - if you have any stressors these days (with Christmas around the corner who doesn't?!) then have a look-see...                                 

Textures

Look at that sky!!

Madonna

The Nightmare before Christmas!

Spring is upon us - my maple trees are in bud too! :(

So relieved to know that Satan loves me hahaha! 

And yous too!

 10 9 8 7 6 5.....

 ....4 3 2 1 blast-off!

This one didn't get away...

you're welcome...

Cats and Kilally

I just uploaded my latest set of photos from my camera to my laptop and I noticed that there are some very definite themes! Scenes of nature or scenes of Lily and Luna snuggling together like the very cozy and cute creatures that they are....sorta...guess I'll concentrate on the kitties for this post.

Here's Lily on her own...soaking up what heat is left once I turn the heating pad off...

 Here's Lunaburger on her own..."hey, I want some of that heat too!"

Looks like a romantic moment... except they're sisters...

and Luna is twice as big as Lily...

 Luna tries to smooth Lily's ruffled feathers with a good lickin'...

That's kinda nice... for a second or two...

Lily's really not sure about this... "I'm getting squeezed out!"

 Lily's eyes are narrowing..."get offa my heating pad!"

"Ohhhhh c'mon" says Luna - "I did lick you afterall..."

 "Well...let me think about it..."

 "I'll give you a couple of licks but then you gotta go..."

Whap! The claws are coming out! Lily gets

bapped on the nose...

A few more baps and Luna it taken care of - "see ya sucker!"

Shortly thereafter Lily follows me to the dining room and

Luna absorbs the rest of the heat. 

Learning to share is hard and makes even sisters grumpy! 

Thongs....oops...THINGS... going on around here...

 Although my favourite season is spring there is still beauty to be found in the colder seasons.

Especially if the sun is shining as it was last Friday - I don't think I've seen the sun since then - 

COME BACK!!

I wasn't through with you yet!

Hungry baby birds?

A reindeer?

Had my mammogram followup meeting on Monday and learned I have a tiny mass

in each breast. Chance of it being cancerous

 is 1-2%. I can handle that. 

Looking at things logically (which is what I try do) my mother and one of my older sisters both had a number of benign cysts removed so I feel it's safe to assume I'll be the same.

  

It's hard to tell but things were really mucky in

Kilally Meadows on Friday and I need to whack all the dried mud

off of my boots after this post.

  

The next two are my favourites - the camera focussed 

on the twigs and not on the sparkly river.

 Pretty cool!

 There's the river!

The nearby pond had a thin crust of ice - 

  

- I love the way it looks! 

Something alien about it...

closer...

Another creature in the woods.

So I will wait somewhat patiently for my next set of x-rays and

ultra sound which happen in mid-January. 

I had my splinted finger x-rayed on Monday - better safe

than sorry. No news yet,

Too bad there's nothing exciting going on in the next six weeks 

to take my mind off of thongs! 

🎄🎅🎉

Typing while wearing this splint is a challenge - I have so many typos. 

My Pocket Health

For those of you who live in Canada the website for accessing x-rays etc is
www.mypockethealth.com. Yes, this is a new service and I just found out about it when I went for my mammogram. The technician gave me a piece of paper with the info on it but I didn't sign up til I found out that the mammogram was abnormal. Then I thought I want to see what an abnormal result looks like and signed up on the website.

You need to create a login - user name and password and pay a ONE TIME $5.00 fee. Within about two minutes I was looking at my x-rays and reading the results and recommendations. I have a doctor's appointment on Nov. 26 and they have set up an app't for more tests and an ultrasound at a nearby hospital in mid-January.

I am concentrating on this bit of info:
"Most women will not need further testing beyond a special mammogram or ultrasound to find out their breast change is benign or a harmless variation of normal breast tissue."

I don't find I am dwelling on this "abnormal result" in fact, whenever it does come to mind it makes me think of "Young Frankenstein"!

Yuck yuck yuck!!

If it wasn't for bad luck...

.......I'd have no luck at all!

This is what happens when you try to play volleyball like an 18 year old! The ball was being drilled over the net and I thought I could jump up and tip the ball right back to the other side!

Ummmm...NO! NO to the jumping and NO to the tipping. YES to excruciating pain like I've only felt once before...two years ago when I did the same bloody thing!

Most of the swelling is gone, and the colour is sort of getting back to normal. 

As long as it is in the splint there's no pain. But it is stiff as a board right now and I don't look forward to discarding the splint and starting physio exercises. Right now it doesn't bend...at all.

 On the bright side Kazi gets to do the dishes and take out the garbage.  I did some batch cooking last week and also had several kinds of frozen leftovers so the food situation is OK for now. 
Wow, it's like a rainbow of colours!
                                     

I really miss playing v-ball and ball hockey! I've had to replace my sports with riding my stationary bike and walking at Kilally Meadows, which is great as I haven't been to Kilally since September.

 It's still there :) The sun came out for awhile and it was +4c so I ended up good and sweaty.

It was very enjoyable and I'll go back soon. I forgot how being out in the forest can help with depression.

Wish I could get Kazi to come with me - she would benefit from some forest bathing!

Still some green leaves to be found!

And the ducks were enjoying Meander Creek.

And finally...I haven't posted any photos of Luna and Lily for a long time so here they are...

Winter naps are the best, especially when the heating pad is still warm!

Luna is just yawning but she looks ferocious!

They both love this cozy spot and there have been a few tousles! 

That's the news for now. I have a few errands to do in the neighbourhood so I'll walk and get some fresh air and exercise.