Odds and Ends

LT asked what part of the costs we are responsible for...we've met our deductible for the year ($5500), between Handyman getting bitten by the cat (ours), #3 falling into the coffee table two days before her birthday and my biopsy/mammos back in September, that put us over the top. In fact, we got a reimbursement check for my post-op medications last week ($73). So, those bills I detailed yesterday are being paid at 100%. After the first of the year, it'll be back on us until we reach $5500.

I actually like this set-up a lot. I used my health savings account to pay for my massage the other day and we use it for dental too. Those are tax-free dollars.

I've gotten some good recommendations regarding chemo (TAKE THE MAXIMUM DOSE OF ANTI-NAUSEA MEDS!) and regarding nutrition during chemo. I got a generous gift card to William-Sonoma from a good friend of my mom's, whom I have never met! I've gotten cards from a mother of a friend, cards from out of state, cards from cousins I haven't seen in years, a card from my college roommate. It is a delight to receive so many. I got two freezer meals from a friend last night.

A friend in Texas has already wacked off her hair in support, and donated it to a wig maker for cancer patients. (Locks of Love makes wigs for children.) She's also making me some hats! Yippee! She says I'll be helping her reduce her yarn stash.

I'll be getting my hair dramatically shortened today and then into some sort of boy-cut in a couple of weeks. My friend AC, (who will be showing her dog at WESTMINSTER in Feb.) keeps cutting my hair for free, because I have promised her daughter 2 million free riding lessons next summer. It is great to have a friend who's a hairdresser!

I'm going to sign up for netflicks this morning, since I keep having to write checks to the library for my late fees. Pathetic, I know. My it's nice that all the library ladies recognize me!

The 4H leader was shocked to see me last night. She didn't think I'd be up and around yet. I told her I've been up and around for weeks--ask my kids. We saw some funny t-shirts in a horse catalog. One said: If Momma's on her horse's back, she ain't on yours. (They want that one.) I want the one that says "Thank God I'm not a twin!" (For #1) There was also one that said "Horsework before Housework" (definitely me).