Ouch, that kinda hurt

 Well it didn't feel good but the eruologist took the kidney stent out Friday. 

So now I've got to wait and see how long it takes for all the dust from the kidney stones to clear out.

I still do not have a lot of energy but I'm still plugging along doing what I can.

So Yesterday Sherry and I was out and running around and from the I can tell the energy level is coming along but it has been a slow process.

Oh I don't remember if I mention it or not Sherry our daughter had been down from West Virginia for the passed month to help Nancy with everything until I feel like I can handle it.

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I'm still here

 Sometimes life gets in the way of the things that you do not plan on having and so it has with me.

Nancy and I always see the doctor or in our case was our care provider Jeff the that is a PA and is good as what he does but, in this case, an honest mistake?

He did the blood work on me and also wanted a PSA which showed blood in my urine.  This is a no-no for men.  I told him I used to have kidney stone that I passed every two years when I was younger that I haven't had in twenty years, but he wanted me to see a urologist about some spots on my kidneys.

Naturally that would raise some concern.

So after a few weeks with the urologist, he said it was not cancer, but I had three or four large kidney stones that I would not be able to pass until he did the shock wave and broke them up.

Wednesday was the day that he did the and he also said he was able to break all of them  having to do it in one sessions.

In the middle of all that Nancy and I both came down with the COVID-19.

So it's not been a very happy time around the home place but in all of it we are thankful for the way it has turned out.

Hope I can get busy with my blog once again.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great day.  

 

Happy New Year

                                               

That is my wish for all of you and thanks for sticking with me all these years.

Well, I have to say around the house last night that the old year went out with a bang and likewise the New Year came in, it lasted around thirty minutes of continued fireworks. 

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Anniversary 66

 Yes, Nancy and I are celebrating our 66th anniversary today.   December 31, 1956, a17-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy stared life out together.

There were those that told us we were too young to get married and also said the marriage would not last six months. 

Actually, we went to Sioux City Steak House yesterday to avoid the crowd that would be there this evening. 

Today we will keep our family tradition of making cabbage rolls. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Merry Christmas

 Another year is winding down and we're very thankful for each year that comes and go.

I want to wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas and thank you for sticking with me all these years.

I have been having some medical issues that has had me going to the Doctor more than usual and it looks like going into the new year will be the same.

I hope each and every one of you stay nice and warm thru this cold spell.

Thanks for stopping by and do have a great day.

Mighty good eating.

 Whenever Nancy is feeling somewhat better than usual, she likes to fix me something special.

                                                                    

 This was the case this weekend.

 

One of my favorites a pot of potatoes, smoked sausage and large rigatoni's, with that and all the seasoning is mighty good eating folks.

The special part of was the rigatoni noodles is this was the old fashion extra-large kind which I haven't had in a few years.  I was looking around Publix and what do you know there they were on a shelf.  So now I know where I can buy them.

No, I did not eat the whole pot full.  Whenever Nancy knows I like a certain food she makes enough for us to have for a couple of days or longer.  

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Catching you up a little

 Well folks still doing the doctor things with going and getting checked out.  

First appointment is with the cardiologist Monday just a regular thig to see how everything is going.

Then Tuesday to see the caretaker which is a P A. I don't think there is enough doctors these days because when you go in to see a doctor its usually a physician assistant or a registered nurse, 

Last Tuesday I had to go in for a ultrasound on my bladder and kidneys, so I will see how all that goes.

I'm a little behind getting the Christmas stuff put up so that always takes a little more time as I get older.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

And leftovers

 Nancy and I hope all of you had a very nice and enjoyable Thanksgiving.

                                                                     

It makes no difference if Nancy is feeling good or not, she likes to do up the dinner for Thanksgiving and so it was this Thanksgiving.

We didn't get a turkey because we had ham in the freezer and frig that needed to be eaten.

So, with the ham we had green beans, stove top stuffing with gravy, candied sweet potatoes and a roll.

Which was plenty enough for us since there will be leftovers for the next few days.

I didn't get out of the house for black Friday sales, I made the mistake one time and learn myself a lesson to not do that again.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

 

Happy Thanksgiving

 I did want to say Happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers.   Not only this day but thanks for sticking with me all these years through thick and thin.

I just wish I could make the blog more interesting, but after all it is about what I do and most of the time it is not very much of anything.

                                                               

Tuesday morning Nancy and I hard to go to LabCorp to have blood drawn.  Afterwards Nancy was feeling better than usual, so we went to Susie's restaurant for breakfast.

Then she said since she was out, she wanted to get her haircut.  After that she really surprised me when she agreed to go walk in the James E. Grey Preserve.

"Where did she get all that strength from".  

Of course, she had to rest a few times along the way.

It is always nice to be out and walk here.

We even stopped to sit at the river park along the way back home to enjoy the nice view.

I truly enjoyed this day to be out with my "Sweetheart" this day.

Thanks for stopping by and do have a great and Thankful day. 

   

A few things

Have you noticed the older you get the faster time goes by.

Nancy and I were talking about it the other day or maybe last month? 

You may think something happened a week or two ago when actually it was a month or so.

And if I start into another room, please don't stop me to tell me something because I will forget what I was going to get in the other room!

Yeah, we laugh a lot at the things we often forget.

                                                 

One thing I don't laugh at is some of the breakfasts Nancy has for me when she feels good enough to stand at the stove to get me a special breakfast.  Like the one the other morning, which was an omelet consisting of eggs, bacon, hash browns with vegetables, toast with blackberry jam and topped off with a good cup of coffee.

It may not be healthy to eat all of that, but man 'o' man was it a good way to start the day.

Thanks for stopping by and do have a great day.

                         

Same O Same O

 We have slowed down seeing the doctor's a little but still have a few appointments in December.

I tell you I have never had this many things go wrong that I had to have so many appointments in one year.

Of course, I have not been this old either so maybe that the reason.

Well, the college football season is rolling to an end soon, but the basketball season is just getting started and I like that.

Nancy is about the same with her aches and pains that she has had for too many years.

Nancy and I rode out the hurricane-tropical storm Nicole just a lot of wind and rain.  The rain seems like it was coming sideways hitting the windows.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.