Neuropathy.

Interesting. The Neurology doc says my numb toes could be caused by a copper deficiency. Which could be caused by taking a Zinc supplement for the past few years, when I didn't really need it. Today's lab draw will reveal more...

K Foot Update

Hanging out at Kaiser Ortho. Her feet are better in places and worse in others. Sigh.

A short respite

We saw K's oncologist at his new location on Ogden St. Her WBC is down from abnormally high a few weeks ago, to subnormal. So he told her to lay off the Tasigna for a couple of weeks, wait and see what's up.

Lost weekend

K and I have been fighting cold symptoms since last week. The virus hit with full force yesterday, and we pretty much lost today to coughing and dozing and using up tissue boxes, while watching TV marathons. Neither one of us felt much like getting out of bed to fix anything for the other. This is another one of those many moments where we really miss our Moms.

We got caught by surprise this evening, by a phone call from the Dialysis Center. K had missed her Monday afternoon appointment. We were both feeling so miserable, we completely forgot about it. I hit a new lifetime low while driving her over there - I had to pull over to use a sick bag. Ugh. Gross.

Oh yeah. While driving to pick her up from dialysis just now, I was reminded, by the firework shows all around, that our lost day had special significance. So here's a belated "Happy Independence Day!" to all...