Friday, March 27, 2020

Travel Plans

Today March 27, I was going to write an update on my health issues and discovered this which was written in February and never published. So I post it today, with a short update at the end.

We don't have any travel plans. Everything is on hold until I complete my chemo treatments, which will be probably sometime this summer.

I am a world-class procrastinator. We wanted a new Lazy Daze, another mid-bath, this time in red. We should have ordered one five years ago. I never could pull the trigger.

We got on the waitlist last March. They sent us the order package around Christmas. Delivery would be this summer. I had the order package on the table since it arrived. I kept trying to figure out a way that I could clean the old one up, get to Montclair, and bring the new one home to do some mods and then we would be ready to travel.

Considering that I have not felt like cleaning KoKo up from the last trip. I just could not figure out how to do it plus all that would need to be done to the new one while continuing the chemo. Just a bridge too far. I called Todd this week and let him know I was not a buyer.

I have had some good weeks since July, but I have also had some setbacks due to infections. I should know by the summer if remission is possible. Then it's just a question of how long I might stay in remission.

I am holding out the possibility that we might be able to go to Utah in the Fall. After modifying the Jeep, I now realize that Utah is of the very few places I can use its capabilities. There is nothing this side of this country that offers the Jeep a challenge or scenery. The crowds in Moab will start to dissipate in late September and the weather may well be comfortable in St. George in November.

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March 27 - The last sentence about crowds in Moab was written before the virus hit the world. Who knows if the virus will pass by then.

Anywho, my hemoglobin level has made it to the bottom rung of low normal. I feel better than I have in years. OTOH, my platelets and white count remain critically low. Just great with the virus raging. I will be taking a reduced dosage of the drug and see what happens. Still being able to do chores, work in the yard, exercise etc. sure as hell beats laying in bed and the recliner.