No Results Yet

Still waiting for results from Doug's kidney biopsy. Waiting for the other shoe to fall. I understand the myeloma doc and the nephrologist need to talk to each other, and thus the delay in finding out anything.  So we are trying to be patient. Trying but not succeeding all the time. I'll give it until Tuesday and then will start pestering.
We are trying to keep busy. Doug has been tinkering in his garage workshop, inventing projects. I have been trying new recipes, reading, going for walks. Our hikes together are a thing of the past - Doug is having pain in his left hip - the one that had radiation treatments. He can walk to the corner mailbox but not around the block on most days.

I don't intend to be complaining. We both are counting our blessings and we have so much to be thankful for. I need to write more things in my gratitude journal.

The other day we got a bill from the Denver hospital for $36,000. The date corresponded with Doug's bone marrow biopsy. A phone call to the financial office told us it was an error. For some unknown reason they were not showing our supplemental policy; they corrected their information. The $36,000 was a Medicare co-pay for the bone marrow biopsy. The kidney biopsy cost will be even higher with the radiology guidance. The costs of battling myeloma (or any other cancer) are so high, with procedures and astronomical charges for new chemo drugs. I'm sure glad we have good insurance!

Doug is going with me this afternoon to take a meal to dear friends. Doing something for someone else is good medicine.

Love to all.

"One act of thanksgiving, when things go wrong with us, is worth a thousand thanks when things are agreeable to our inclinations."     St. John of Avila