Preparing for the holidays

Now that we know the news is good, I am able to relax a little and enjoy the holiday season.

The website where I used to get my ham has been absorbed by another website, and the price has been raised, so I found a ham on Amazon.

We will be placing that order this week.  It's still crazy expensive, to my way of thinking.... $71 for a freaking ham.

But other websites (including the one mentioned above) have them for $90-140.

I got the holiday cards addressed yesterday, and have composed a letter to insert into those that are going to people who are either not on social media, or who, for whatever reason, need an old school update on what has gone on this past year.

I needed to wait until we got scan results, but now the mailing will be done this coming week.

Today, I'd like to get the floors swept and mopped, and maybe put up some decorations, but the afternoon is going to involve meeting friends for a beer to celebrate my good news, so I am not sure time will allow for those tasks

I have some modest gifts picked out for my sister and brother in law, and need to get something figured out for my brother pretty quickly so that we can get that package shipped next week some time.

I also have to think about what to get for Dave.

It's all good!

OH, and I forgot to mention that the trip to the physical therapy clinic was really aggravating.

We sat there and waited and waited, and no one ever came out for me.  It turned out that the front desk staff had me mixed up with someone else, and they didn't even know I was there, even even though I signed in when I arrived.

Then, the therapist only took measurements and insisted that I had to come back.

SO I have TWO more appointments scheduled for before the end of the year. What a pain in the butt. It's not exactly in a convenient location for us, and I have to save my time off to go to chemo, so the time that I need to go to therapy, I will have to make up by skipping lunches and so on.

And the sleeve I am supposed to get is probably not covered by insurance.

Insurance will pay for fake strap on boobs, but not for something that is medically necessary.

Weird. Dave is working on getting them to approve it, and my lymphedma is not that bad, so I am not being "damaged" by having to continue to wait to get a sleeve.