1. Great news! Nurse Jenn messaged me this afternoon and the transplant pros are happy with the stability of my lab results. Nurse Jenn didn't mention the one thing I was concerned about so I am no longer concerned. She pointed out, however, that my Calcium level has gone up and recommended I cut back on high calcium food and drinks. I snack through the day a lot on almonds. I'll moderate. Likewise, I'll drink fewer lattes in a day and experiment with making espresso drinks with less milk. That'll be fun. I'll cut a bunch of celery and carrot sticks to snack on in place of so many high calcium almonds.
2. I sorted through my paper files today and unloaded a lot of papers I no longer need or want. I almost finished this project and don't have too far to go. It was interesting, as I threw them away, to look back on blood draw reports from when I lived in Eugene and Greenbelt, to look at the pre-transplant reports from the Univ of Maryland when I was listed there, and to be reminded of how much better and easier things are in my medical insurance life since I turned sixty-five and enrolled in Medicare. (I'd forgotten that when I enrolled in the transplant program at Sacred Heart, my medical insurance provider, pre-Medicare, denied coverage of a transplant. Good thing I didn't have that surgery before 12-27-2018!)
3. In the spirit of "if it looks fun, buy it" at Trader Joe's, I bought cans of eggplant combined with tomato and onion. Being the superb cook that she is, Debbie imagined that this product, usually an accompaniment to crackers or bread, would taste great with pasta.
So, tonight, she cooked ground beef, added the eggplant/tomato/onion combo, and some canned tomatoes to the beef and served it over penne pasta.
Awesome.
I love to cook, but on those occasions, even after a full day of work, that Debbie says she'd like to fix dinner, it's always terrific and tonight she more than succeeded at making a great meal.
I'm moved to quote the great Emerson, Lake and Palmer song, but sub "was" for "is".
Ooh, what a lucky man he is.
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