Cate's Diary

This week is now officially GOOD NEWS WEEK! We saw the Urologist this morning & he is not concerned. My LH has an enlarged Prostrate, but it seems that it is "normal' for his age. He wants to see him again in December, after having a more specific blood test, I think to confirm that there's no need to worry. We both came away absolutely confident that there is no Cancer. We started this week feeling like it was a very daunting & scary week, with the potential for disaster, but now feel confident that we are on the right path. Phew!

We also had eye tests. I will spare you the obvious jokes about being checked both ends. G's eyes have not deteriorated at all & his eyesight is really good. My left eye has, much more than my right & I need new glasses. I also have cataracts in the middle of both, which will require surgery in the next 4-5 years. I knew all that, without the tests. I think I am so much more in tune with my body than I ever was when I was younger.

My dinner is ready, so I had better get going. I feel pretty good & am much relieved!
Love to all xoxo Cate
 
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Hooray on all the great news!!! Congrats!

Especially the health related stuff. I was going to make a joke about how that stuff can be a "real pain in the ass" but decided I wouldn't. Wait, I guess I just did. :D
 
Ha ha Vee. I guess you did! We are both so relieved that the week is over. It was mentally & physically exhausting!
Jess- I sent a Jasper on MFP a message. Hope it's you! :D

Very tired this morning & can't think of much to say. I slept in my chair for hours last night & then slept another 8 hours in bed, so I must have been really tired! My LH(lovely husband) was not so lovely earlier last night & threw a slight hissy fit at me, when I wasn't fussing over him about something. I missed the cues apparently! I wish he would just tell me what he wants me to do sometimes, instead of almost always having to try to work it out. He also has an aversion to just giving a yes or no answer. No-one is perfect I know, but if he had said "could you give me a hand putting on this bandaid please" I would have done so. Simple. ....The words "such a pain" & "so grumpy" were said by him, when I hadn't felt even faintly grumpy. I sure did feel it afterwards though. I think he probably felt contrite. Well, I hope he did. It's very childish ranting & raving.

I sound a little churlish, but I won't delete that last paragraph. Things aren't always rosy, but I am happy with my life. We often wise-crack the "for better or for worse" saying to one another. Mostly it's for better!

On a good note. It was noticed at golf that I had lost weight. :D which had me thinking that it had also been noticed that i had gained it :blush5:

Anyhow I had better go, before I delete all of this & start over!
Bye for now xo Cate

 
my mfp name is jasperaki81.
Wel done for the compiment!I think of that too,you know that the gain is also noticed!!!!!But how nice the feeling when you know your body is looking great!
 
I just sent you a friend request Jess. I don't know if I would say my body is looking great :blush5: but it is not looking awful! I feel so much better for losing that 3.5kg, but still have at least 4 to go until I really feel slim again! I must push myself to do it!!!

After my second night of well over 8 hrs sleep I am feeling much better. It is raining here so we will not be getting out & getting wood. It's a great excuse for catching up on some paperwork that needs doing, phone calls that need to be made, ironing that needs to be done & maybe even some book reading(but probably not.)

I'm having lunch with a friend tomorrow, that I used to work with. She & I have become friends in the last few years. She used to be a teachers aide when our boys were at Primary school, then we worked together & then we started playing golf together. We keep saying we must catch up for lunch so this time we actually organised it. I have never been one for having "girlfriends" really. I'm not even sure why not. I was so used to keeping my private thoughts private. Losing weight has helped me gain the confidence to think that people might want to be friends with the real me- the one I let them see now. I'm not afraid to voice my opinion any more. There are lots of women whom I get on with well enough, but I don't seem to get on the same wavelength with. My sister & I are very similar & share just about everything.

It's the 1st day of Spring, which makes me want to sing! I'll spare you though :D
Love to all xoxo Cate
 
On your LH and compliment:

Wow good news again!

On your minor marital disharmony:

Everyone has little spats now and again. My wife sometimes forgets that I'm perfect and accuses me of grumpiness or wrongdoing.

On name (letter) mix ups:

Q and V are both letters you hate to get in scrabble, but you can score big if you can just find a way to make them work.
 
That's great that you had good news on the health front with your hubbie.
And I don't think a marriage would be a great one if you couldn't use the full spectrum of emotions sometimes. It's not always 'fun' but it makes us human and you wouldn't want to be trying to fake happy all the time with each other.

I'm also someone who doesn't have a lot of girlfriends. In fact, I just went camping with friends and I was the ONLY girl there, which isn't unusual for me to hang out with a group of friends and be the only girl. I just get on better with men and also tend to keep a lot of my true/uncomfortable feelings and such to myself, but it is nice sometimes when you feel you NEED to tell someone that you have a girlfriend to tell.
 
I do love this forum! I don't think most people are honest enough with their feelings, but we tend to cut the crap & say what we feel & I think that's a good thing. I fitted way too much into my day & feel quite exhausted. There have been lots of stresses lately which have added up. I come in here & you make me feel good. I won't get a chance to get back until tomorrow night. I warn you now, it could be "drunk posting." Long story. Playing golf with one of the women who is probably the hardest to get along with & then a meeting afterwards & being picked up late by my husband, who is playing golf in town with our lawyer. I am NOT driving at all, which is unusual !
 
Got a splitting headache last night at eightball, had Asthma when I went to bed & woke up with both & a bit of a sore throat & have stayed at home. I am just going to take it easy. My eyes are sore too & I think I'll be asleep again soon. I have to be careful not to feel really down when I get sick. It's easy to confuse the 2. I just feel really tired! It was such a struggle even getting out of bed. The thought (& reality) of having a day at home on my own is lovely!
 
I'd e-mail you some chicken soup but I'm pretty sure it would spill on it's way across the Pacific.

Get well soon!!!
 
Thanks Vee. I got some benefit from that virtual chicken soup! It's nice to get well wishes. I ate when I didn't feel like it & then felt better & am having soup tonight-not chicken though :( I have spent most of the day reading & dozing. I'm reading a James Lee Burke book called Wayfaring Stranger. He's a good writer, but I don't think I'll read any more of his. I could have done with a more uplifting book! They're a bit bleak.
The heavy head is coming back as the sun is setting. I'll try to get the book finished before my LH gets back from golf. I did get some paperwork done during the day. We got some very sound financial advice(re MIL's inheritance, when it comes) & I needed to do a few things. It looks like we might have a reasonably comfortable retirement after all & not have too many financial worries if we don't give too much money away to the boys. It's a relief. My LH has decided to stay working part-time. We may have to get another car, or at least upgrade to a bigger one. We really need something a bit higher off the ground & a bit bigger than my little Rio. We can't fit much in it, like golf clubs or rubbish to take to the tip etc I'm thinking a Subaru Forester(AWD) or a Jeep. I like Jeeps, but they are too expensive I think. I won't rush into anything, that's for sure. Anyhow my brain can't get around much today & I'm lucky I got anything done.
Bye for now, xo Cate
 
Hope you continue to feel better, Cate! The Subaru Forester looks nice! I'm also in need of a bigger car. My car is really similar to a Rio, and with two growing kids I know I'm going to have to get a bigger car soon.... or start tying them to the roof. lol.
 
Thanks Jen. The headache has gone & I'm feeling a bit better. I think I had been "perfumed" rather than a cold. It's hard to know sometimes. I'm allergic to most synthetic fragrance & it's almost impossible to avoid. The woman I had lunch with on Tuesday forgot. I found a table with an open window so that the breeze would blow the chemicals away, & I didn't really notice at the time, but I didn't feel well that afternoon & evening. It befuddles my brain!

My LH has an appointment this morning to see our doctor re his blood sugar & blood pressure. Hopefully more good news! I think he'll need to go on BP medication, but hopefully he's not diabetic or pre-diabetic. He only takes one tablet for cholesterol & hates the thought of more medication. Medication is way better than dying!

OK. I had better skedaddle.
 
I didn't realise that I hadn't posted in my diary today. I am feeling much better, thanks Mystic- I still have a bit of a sore throat, but that's it. We treated our sheep this morning- drenched them, de-sexed the "boys" etc. We have 7 lambs & 6 of them are "boys"! Our older son came up & helped us. It went well. We have very little experience with doing that sort of stuff. It was fun actually. We then went out & got more wood- saw 2 Wedge-tailed Eagles & a Grey Goshawk & all in all, had a really good day! We both feel that we achieved quite a bit today. Life has been quite complicated this year, but we keep ticking off boxes. All is good. Will need some extra strength this week-end as our younger son is coming up for Fathers' Day. We're going down to our OS's house for dinner tomorrow night & then all having lunch up here on Sunday. I love him so much, but will be so relieved when he starts feeling better about his life. I can't live his life for him or be his psychologist. We will go visit him much more often when he moves into his house at the end of this month( & so will his brother) & will help him settle in. We will be able to spend some money on him now, which will be nice. Our OS keeps telling us that his brother will get there! I hope he's right!
 
Today is simply gorgeous! The birds are singing madly, there's hardly a cloud in the sky....*sigh* Spring...I LOVE it!! :D (1-17oC)
 
To my knowledge, desexing means to castrate, is that right? Do you do that all yourself? Is it like cows where it's done sans anaesthetic/sedation?
What is drenching?
Though I have ridden horses almost my whole life, I've never been part of the ranch/farm world like a western rider might so I have no idea how that works.
 
De-sexing(castrating) is mostly done the same way as you do the lambs tails, with rubber rings. Drenching is squirting a dose of worming medicine into their mouths. I have never had anything to do with it before, but my husband & son both have helped friends out so knew what to do. I was dubious about the whole thing, but the lambs have not seemed even faintly bothered either during or since the procedure, so I feel better about it all. Sheep suffer cruelly from fly-strike if you don't crop their tails. We were gentle & kind as we did it & the lambs nestled in for a cuddle & didn't even flinch. We have them in a paddock nearby & check them regularly & they all look very healthy. You see sheep all the time, that people have as grass munchers & they do nothing to actually care for them. Ours are spoiled. They have 50 acres of grass & shelter & get hand fed every day.

We had a lovely Fathers' Day week-end with both our sons & our grand-kids. We got to spend lots of time together & hopefully our YS has gone back to Hobart with a little bit more mental strength. He is still suffering from depression and is having lots of trouble working through this time. In only 3 weeks we will be down there with him & will help him move back into his house. I didn't feel very well over the w/e & I think my cold has now turned into a chest infection. I have been struggling for breath & my voice has almost disappeared. G has gone off to work for the 1st time in a month & we have to go into Launceston tonight to his sister's place for a surprise 60th for his other sister. We won't stay long at all. I'm staying put during the day & doing very little.

I thought I should have been taking some Echinacea, garlic horseradish etc as I started to feel sick, but this morning I looked closely at my vitamins & saw I was already taking it. There goes that idea then. I think most of the things I am taking are a waste of money. I might try cutting them down again & see how I go.

I feel tired & unwell so had better not share my grumbling any more.
Ate too much over the week-end. Today is another day. I only have 4.5 weeks to go before we go to Darwin, so had better concentrate on being extra good! Bye for now, xo Cate

 
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