Happy Birthday to Me!

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I was being bugged as to what to do for my birthday over the weekend. I never plan much ahead anymore...something seems to come up.

I had chemo on Thursday...no longer a hospital stay...just 1/2 day in the Infusion Room with my old pals again. On Friday, I felt pretty good so I thought it might be safe to plan something for Saturday night. I figured a sports bar to watch a playoff game and hang out would be okay...so I made the calls Friday morning...letting others know. Sunday is the actual day...but all I wanted to do on Sunday was watch playoff games and play cards with my card playing crew.

Hit me like a rock. One minute, I'm dancing around the house...the next...I was doubled over, throwing up and calling Mom...another blockage was taking place. It was 4pm on Friday...I called my nurse and she said not to go to the emergency room and just go straight to Main 5 at the Hospital to be admitted...of course, I couldn't start off my birthday weekend without a visit to see my friends there.

It took a good couple hours but they finally got my pain under control. They basically give me this pain killer which helps me relax all over...and quickly...just getting the orders from the doctor is what took so long...she was delivering a baby. I've never had a baby but I guarantee you the pain has got to be equivalent if not worse than labor. My Aunt Jo has had 5 blocked bowel issues and she agrees that it is worse than child birth.

Once the drugs were administered about once an hour...I finally got to the point by Saturday morning that pain drugs were no longer needed but they wouldn't let me go home until I had held down some liquids and passed gas. Mission accomplished by late afternoon...I was headed back home.

Zoey had spent the night at the Bird's...they brought her home with birthday cupcakes and Mom spent the night with us.

Morning came and I was another year older...I appreciate that...unlike most years, you dread seeing that number go up...I'm thankful that it has this year. Sunday was a beautiful sunny chilly day...spent with Zoey and Mom...then Denny, Dan, Davis and Cookie joined us for dinner,football and cards. We threw cards around until about 10:30pm...awesome game of spades...for Da Broads!

Happy Birthday to Me...here's to seeing many more!