Got H1N1 flu shot when I had blood drawn

Monday wasn't a good day. A right click with my mouse helped overwrite a 26-page file I had been working on for months. Fortunately I had last year's version and a hard copy of what the file included. In a bummed out mood, I drove thru pouring rain and dark to get to Weinberg OPC to have my blood drawn. Luckily the H1N1 flu shot was available (I qualify in the impaired immune system category) so I got the vaccine. Combination of work, BCBS crap and shot kept me from sleeping last night so am operating on 2 hours' sleep. Received my 25-year pin at work today. As of Oct. 25, I have worked at USNA 25 years. Too bad I gapped from '86-99 or I'd have 38 years of federal service. Oh, well, at least I'm vested and have health insurance into retirement. Finished re-creating the lost file pages. Amazingly I think the new ones look better that the original s. It was a lot of work. Ugh. I hate when computers (and I hiccup). Thanksgiving will be at M&A's with a ham I'm par-boiling then baking while M, A and Dylan do the rest. A blessed holiday to all.

CA125 inching down

Had Avastin #5 Nov. 12. My CA125 measured 44.5 which is down 2.4 points from Oct. 22 but still higher than the "normal" range of 0-35. But down is good. My magnesium level was once again 1.5 which meant I didn't need to get mag by IV this treatment. That saves time. Nurse Franca put lines in both lumens of my port in case I needed mag in one line, but only needed to have the Avastin. Thus, I wrapped up everything and was on my way home by 2 p.m. Yeah!

On the way home stopped by the framers to help JoAnne pick out matting and framing for my mother's photograph which was taken by my grandfather in 1906 when my mom was 4 years old. Wearing a middie dress and stockings, Mom's holding a beautiful porcelin-faced doll whose dress and bonnet my grandfather tinted blue. The portrait will be hung in my back bedroom which I hope to use as a guest bedroom. I had Hugh paint the back bedroom a light blue to coordinate with the doll. Slowly Dylan and I are getting the house purged of basement excess and trying to put things back together. Megan is supposed to come and help decide what photos/art are hung where.

CA125 going down with Avastin

Forgot to mention that my CA125 went down 12 points to 46.9 (normal is between zero and 35) last time I went for my Avastin treatment Oct. 22. With good results from CT scan and CA125 I should be feeling good, right? Wrong. I have been hurting. My right knee was giving me a lot of pain and from the knee on down to my ankle was aching all the time. I popped Naproxen (muscle relaxer) and Tylenol with codeine (for pain) but felt like an old lady when I tried to get up from a sitting position. Even dug out my step-mom's uncle's cane.

Monday I went to Weinberg to have my blood drawn for labs (to keep tabs on how the Avastin is working on my blood). Nurse Karin asked me if I had an Ibuprofen. I had some at home but not with me. She gave me a 400mg Ibuprofen and by the time I got home, I felt much better. Last Ibuprofen I had prescribed from Dr. Im was in 2007 so e-mailed Nurse Terri for a new prescription for 800mg pills. Took one before I went to bed and slept like a baby. Yes, an old baby with creaky joints, but not waking numerous times thru the night to find a comfortable position! Yeah. Won't be running any marathons or running up and down stairs, but can walk more comfortably.