May Catch Up

I have to admit that I have been hot and heavy into my EMT studies. I have finished all my practical and written assignments for the class. I have two and a half more weeks of classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays and a 3 day, all day weekend that includes some fun stuff on helicopters and extrication work, and my practical and written final exams. I am just trying to put an hour or two of study time each day so I am prepared for my finals and then for the National Registry exam soon afterwards.

I have been working out with my new jump rope from Tim. It is Husker red and it is the only one that I have found that I like as much as the 25 year old rope I keep breaking back from my karate days.

At any given time, I am blessed with wildlife in my yard. The deer and this lone turkey likes to eat the bird seed from the bird feeder.

I was able to talk to my sarcoma specialist at the Mayo Clinic today via zoom. It was good to hear that the Mayo Clinic oncology radiologist agreed with the local radiologist and I am still stable. The oncology department held grand rounds for cases today and mine was brought up. They couldn’t believe I had been on my treatment for over three years already. They wanted to know when my doctor would try something different. I am pleasantly a “boring” cancer patient and I am happy to stay that way. My doctor doesn’t want to change anything until I can’t stand the side effects anymore or until there is 20% growth. So I will have scans again in November and see him again then. We covered that in about 3 minutes. He asked about my fascination with elephants, talked about the differences between nursing and being an EMT, and about my Joe. I can’t tell you how blessed I am that God put this doctor in my life back in March of 2020. He has been a wonderful man to get to know and he treats me like a person rather than a disease, and I really appreciate that.

Here is a photo dump of the last few months on my good camera. It varies from elk near our house to bluebonnets in Texas, to the northern lights up here, to Tim’s visit, to winter and spring photos in Glacier National Park.