Misfitmorgan's Journal - That Summer Dust

[greybeard]

My

She is also worried she wont be able to work while on chemo...again the side effects for the other two drugs are the same as chemo.

Depends on what kind of work I suppose. My brother never missed work on chemo or radiation, tho there were days he just went in and didn't really do much. He's a working supervisor for a school district's transportation dept, meaning he spends about 1/2 his day as a mechanic and the other half shuffling paper. He also drove a school bus every morning and every afternoon.

He did have to be careful when under a bus that he didn't tear his pump line out of the port but I guess he knew what he was doing.
One thing his oncologist told him and I've heard it from others. "Keep your weight up!"
They don't want them losing a lot of weight with cancer.

 

[CntryBoy777]

You certainly are in our Prayers @greybeard and your Brother too!!

 

[norseofcourse]

Prayers for your mom, you and your family. I'm glad she's talking to other people and considering some treatment. Having a positive attitude about it makes a big difference. May you all have the strength you need to get through this.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Thank you everyone for your prayers and support.

My

Depends on what kind of work I suppose. My brother never missed work on chemo or radiation, tho there were days he just went in and didn't really do much. He's a working supervisor for a school district's transportation dept, meaning he spends about 1/2 his day as a mechanic and the other half shuffling paper. He also drove a school bus every morning and every afternoon.

He did have to be careful when under a bus that he didn't tear his pump line out of the port but I guess he knew what he was doing.
One thing his oncologist told him and I've heard it from others. "Keep your weight up!"
They don't want them losing a lot of weight with cancer.

She is just really worried, you know. I'm sure she will be alright at work on her off weeks, her chemo schedule will be i treatment every 3 weeks for 6 treatments so it is no where near as intense as others i have heard.

We got our new hereford piggies home! Apprently this breeder gives the entire litter the same girl or boy name lol. The Gilts are Ms Spritz 1-2 and 1-3 (from a litter of 6, sows first farrow) and the boar is named backfire 3-3 (from a litter of 8, 3rd farrow). Not huge litters but these pigs will be show quality and registered so you dont need huge litters because they are sold at a higher price point.

Also @Baymule i completely forgot your pictures....i will try to get some after the monsoon subsides and we can possibly clean our barn.

On that note...our barn has not been cleaned since the end of january....it's soooooo bad. We have not been able to get any equipment moving any distance because the muck is to deep, even the tractor won't go thru it. We tried to wheelbarrow the barn clean but even then we could only do it on days when the ground was frozen which wasnt many and when we did get a big storm dump of snow....the ground underneath wasnt frozen. So far the ground hasnt been dry enough yet to use any heavy equipment...loading out Al the pig made literally foot deep trenches in our driveway and that was a light trailer. Saturday night it was finally dry enough we could back our truck up to the barn to unload the herefords, plan was to clean the barn sunday...you know what happened there.

The new shears arrived. Waiting on the rest of my goodies to get here.

 

[CntryBoy777]

....and we all wonder "Why" we get so far Behind on that "To Do" list, as it continues to Grow and we get Farther behind. I've been so far behind for so long now, I just keep Waving at it as it passes by....Again and Again....

 

[Baymule]

SO TRUE!!



Ya'll make me glad that I have this sand and not real dirt. I might gripe about the sand, but i'd gripe more about the mud!

 

[misfitmorgan]

....and we all wonder "Why" we get so far Behind on that "To Do" list, as it continues to Grow and we get Farther behind. I've been so far behind for so long now, I just keep Waving at it as it passes by....Again and Again....

i don't wonder why i know why.....clearly my body has different interests then my brain...such as sleep, rest, food, etc.

SO TRUE!!



Ya'll make me glad that I have this sand and not real dirt. I might gripe about the sand, but i'd gripe more about the mud!

The place we lived before this was sand and i hated it!!! Honestly i think i will take my mud still, i cant stand sand everywhere and it seemed to get everywhere. At least with mud it is generally for a limited amount of time each year.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Forgot to update.

We went last night and picked up our 4 new ewe lambs....they were not pleased but i'm sure they will settle in. They ended up being bigger then i had planned on so had a snug ride home. We will go in approx 1 month to pick up our new ram lamb, the current owner wants to make sure he is going to grow and fill out well because we are paying a fairly high price for him.

The suffolk ram lamb from our sheep is doing well, hopefully he will go to him new home soon. The little white ram lamb is also doing great and getting friendly.

 

[samssimonsays]

Congrats on the new additions!

 

[misfitmorgan]

Congrats on the new additions!

Thank you!

Also @Baymule its not my piglets but i found pics of part of the pedigree. The first pic is the sire of my piggies and the second pic is the sire's sire.

I will add more pics as i find them. That second boar is name Jesse and he is from an AI with shaffer's gold rush(Hickory). On the dam's side they AI'ed with a pig named frostbite which was Grand Champion Hereford Boar at the 2011 Indiana State Fair. The pedigree goes back farther but i can't remember the other name atm lol.

All the pigs mentioned came from/were bred by Magie Wonder Acres Hereford Hogs in Greenville, Ohio.