Updates on Various - July in These Foolish Things

• My angel, Sam, is gone. He hung in there for days after his hospice said he wouldn’t survive the first night. I was part of a text group that simply exploded with amazing things to say about Sam and I knew the messages were getting back to him. I knew this because his family was on the group text and told us that he got the messages. I feel like he waited a bit as a sort of goodbye to all of us. What an angel. He was loved and he will be missed.

• My scalp itches like a mofo and I feel like I have bugs crawling around up there. I’ve checked and double checked and triple checked for real bugs actually crawling, and there are none. No dandruff (a few flakes of scalp because I’ve been scratching like crazy) and no bumps or redness. I’ve googled it. The google machine says I have a drug problem - ha!! But I have to wonder if maybe this has to do with the medications I take? I’m taking two blood pressure meds and a thyroid med…and a baby aspirin. It’s been itching and itching for about a week now. I’ll ask my docs when I see them this month.

• Thank goodness the poison ivy is gone! But the rash left horribly rough skin patches on my inner arm and legs. I’ve been trying to exfoliate those areas, but the roughness is lingering.

• Speaking of lingering, Chuckles sent me a text today. Apparently, he’s writing a story about me. Here’s the text he sent: We were gathered at our small dog meet-up, talking about athletic shoes we all wore. Upon her arrival, she exclaimed with a radiant smile, “Forget those dull sneakers. I tie bows on my toes. You never know when Mr. Right might come along!”
  So I began to write about this fun event and the joyful, chaotic, definitely memorable morning coffee that followed. Thanks to her for starring in my latest story! What to make of this? What do I even say back?!

• The 5-day fast was broken yesterday at the Farmer’s Market where I drank some delicious fruit-infused water and got peaches and blueberries to make cobbler muffins (recipe courtesy of one of my cancer friends on Instagram). The fast went as well as I expected it would, again. This is my fourth time on the Prolon Fast, so I knew what would happen - my mental clarity shot way up again and my body weight went down. Five pounds seems to be the typical amount I lose on this 5-day fast, and that’s what happened this time. I always feel really good when I finish this program. So many people hate or have mixed emotions about this fast (check out all of the reviews on TikTok), but have you seen the scientific results from Gwyneth Paltrow’s scientific study on the fast? She shaved 1.7 YEARS off her biological age by doing this exact program one time. The first time I watched that show, I was not a believer. But that was also before I was diagnosed with cancer and tried the damn thing. I am 100% sold.

• OK. I need to get rolling. Heading to Mom and Dad’s today to celebrate the 4th. I’ll check out their renovation project (lots of things happening there!) and we’ll go to lunch. I told you my brother and his family are moving into their original house, right? They’ll be there today. Anyway. Need to make a big ol’ latte for the road, pack my blueberry peach cobbler muffins and go! Hope all are having a fantastic 4th of July weekend (even though this country doesn’t deserve a birthday celebration this year)!

GS