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cheekyNow Playing: Day 2856-Next GP Chapter... Turning Lemons Into Lemonade :)
HAPPY SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN!
BOO!!
Talking about a perfect night for some tricks and treats!
A most beautiful fall day for some fun in the country!
YEE~HAW
It might not had been the most ideal start of the morning. Pain, nausea and even more painful vomiting. However, no way is this gal going to let that interfere with our very first Halloween celebration here in the country! Nope.
Actually...our very first and our very last celebration of Halloween. We never got to celebrate Halloween last year due to it falling on the week we were moving into our little hidden lemon gem of a find! Hahahahaha! Yes, we can FINALLY laugh now! We are actually back on schedule with the remaining indoor and outdoor projects in order to finally realize this great house flip! It has literally been an official year of repairing, repainting and redecorating one room at a time.
Country Coastal 
Chic!
Thank goodness things took a lot longer than we actually had anticipated to finish our great house flip. There has already been several houses, all within the same area, that have either sold or just went up on the market. Close call on waiting until next year, early spring, for reselling our home here in the country. So...for now it's all about having a bit of fun!
The ole saying is true! They most definitely do everything much, MUCH bigger here in the country! Over 150+ young and a bit older trick or treater's that greeted us this evening! A lot more than what we used to have back in the city. It was nice to actually have the chance to meet many of our neighbors who live along the wooded hillside. Even those, much like ourselves, who are in process of flipping their own home and reselling to move further out in the country. Our goal destination, final move, still remains out 
west in Nevada. But if the good Lord does not see it fit, due to my health. Then we will move forward with our back up plans. Another home, but lots more land, further out in the country.
Peace & Quiet....Ahhhhh....
Our very first, and our very last Halloween here in our little, lazy, river town, could had not went more perfect! Isn't it crazy, how when things are just meant to be, everything will go as planned. Right down to the very first and very last Halloween SPOOKTACULAR minute! Of course...I got to celebrate it with my hubby and that folks doesn't get any better than that! We had so much fun! Far too many smiles and more than enough laughter! Far too many selfies and candy to pass around for the ghosts, goblins, oh-so-sweet and even the most scariest of trick or treater's in their best Halloween attire! They most definitely do it 'right' here in the country!
This evening was just meant to be. Me and my honey having the most fun celebrating a SPOOKTACTULAR HALLOWEEN!
Tomorrow it's an early wake up call. The very first day of November. A decision that led to my medical port procedure. Till then...
Here's wishing you and yours a very HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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Why not grab your walking, running or riding shoes while grabbing a few Halloween trick or treats helping to raise International Gastroparesis Awareness with the Gastroparesis Awareness Campaign
WOO~HOO!
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Not only was it one of the nicest weekends yet for both of us. In such a very long time. But we also got to enjoy some at-home Halloween festivities, even a bit of rice krispy making! Eric's tummy is going to be mighty full of some serious snap-crackle-pop over the next few days, possibly over the next week. It really all depends on how fast he inhales the entire tray of rice krispy treats...HA! 
It was so very nice, spending lots of quality time together as a little family. I wouldn't trade time like this for the world!
LOVE
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Not only do we not have to worry about throwing away a rotting pumpkin a few weeks after Halloween. But we can as well enjoy our super country chic pumpkin through out the next holiday season, Thanksgiving! I have to admit...this pumpkin turned out magnificent! 
Not only was it super fun using my creative side to create a 0ne-of-a-kind pumpkin masterpiece worth saving and sharing! But I did so using left over material and other fabrics from other projects that we did over the summer. Waste not, want not and nothing went to waste! 
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Sure! Why not? Look what arrived in the mail today from our insurance company. Third try was a charm for my doctors when it came down to forcing our insurance company to cover one final option, experimental oncology treatment. Isn't it crazy, how once again, life happens. This time...delivered via mail. 
Did this change my mind in the least bit to possibly reverse my decision? Not in the least bit! No way, no how, no more experimental treatments for this gal. Let life lead me the way to happiness through out the remainder of my journey. No more toxic torture oncology treatments. No way, no how.
Sure, I know it means less poking and prying. Trying to retrieve blood from a good vein. God knows last attempt at the hospital required having to get someone from the lab to draw from a different vein in my other arm. The nurse needed 10 vials, however, my vein was only able to fill 3. It took a few hours of rest before the lab technician could find a good vein. Ports are great in helping to avoid issues such as this and in helping to administer medication, however, there is also a risk of infection. Last thing this gal needs! 
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d'oh
... that's how I view this blog which has over 2,800+ entries and still going strong! 
I had already decided to sign over rights with my blog to a very reputable publishing company a few years ago. The reason for the delay was in order to make sure that this was the route destined to be taken. I needed to make sure that the vision for this blog is mutual between myself and the publishing company. The right publisher who can carefully dissect this blog and figure out how to best work the chapters into a series of sorts. A long journey about my life. All the ups, downs, ins and outs. Now safely in the hands of those who will be carefully deciding which direction needs to be taken next with this blog. In the meantime...plans are still full steam ahead in launching this blogs new home which is set to happen next month. I am not sure on the exact date, but it will most definitely happen in November. 
Tomorrow is going to be a very long day. I have two back-to-back doctor appointments. Then we have an electrician coming over that has been scheduled by our warranty company. Eric needs to drop off his car down the street for an oil change and issues with the tire monitoring system that needs serviced. Thank goodness for the warranty and realizing that we had a years worth of free oil changes. Two paid oils changes later..
HA! We still have yet to decorate our pumpkin for Halloween as well buy candy for all the trick-or-treaters. There is also a few outdoor projects that need to be finished before winter. Water proofing the outside of the basement wall and filling in settlement cracks where needed. The other minor repairs still left in our great house-flipping project can slowly be finished through out the upcoming winter months. This will at least give Eric something to do while I am resting. It's been tough lately with my health. More bad days...than good. Trying to get the pain under control and non-stop nausea has also been tough. I still need to keep up with daily fluids, but in all reality, I do better just not drinking anything at all. However, I know that is not feasible. 
It has taken me a while to come to a final decision regarding one final experimental treatment. A highly toxic, very long list of side effects, both short term and long term, chemotherapy drug. A non-FDA recommended drug that was given to me as one final option. An opportunity to 'possibly' bide me a bit more time...6-12 months...but without more than a slue worth of side effects. A very high mortality rate than any other treatment that I have received since the great medical mystery was finally solved last spring, May 2016. 
What does this mean for me? It means facing a surreal reality. My journey now means the journey to the end of a very long battle not just for myself, but for our entire little family. 
I am scheduled for my next rescan and labs late next week. This after already rescheduling from this weeks rescan appointment. Needless to say, this gal needed a week break from being poked and pried. My unique, yet rare, medical case is still in the hands of the rare cancer institute. If anything, I can only hope that my medical documentation can help the next patient. Hopefully, there will never be a next patient, #14. If so, at least my medical case documentation will be available for the patient and their team of specialists. It's been hard for my doctors just trying to wrap their brains and medical expertise around a case such as mine that has not only been quite rare, but extremely difficult to manage. I am very grateful and beyond thankful for all of their hard work. Next month, I begin oncology care with a new oncologist located within our area which will help out tremendously when it comes to dealing with the pain. Traveling in the car, for longer than 15 minutes, is now far too long for me. Yet, I am still in the beginning phase with my new pain management doctor. The first round of injections did not work to help manage my pain. It's once again, solely trial and error. That means taking a bit more time, yet still remembering to have the utmost patience. 
Myself and Eric, along with the rest of our little family, took our walk for Gastroparesis Awareness over this past week. When a good day blesses me...I make sure to max out my time, that included walking for Gastroparesis Awareness during our 8th annual worldwide event. 
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DAY!
Needless to say...I spent an entire year, last year, believing I was actually a year older than what it says on my drivers license. And...I be darn! If I didn't do so again this year! GEESH! My oncologists' assistant actually caught my lack of memory regarding my age on the phone yesterday morning. BAH!
Mittens and Big LOVE had plenty of fun with red ribbon, actually even laying across the floor as if cuddled together like the shape of a heart. Beary kitty lounged on the big cat tree in front of the dining room window. While Snoreo took a nice nap with his daddy after running at our local dog park with the rest of his canine friends here in the country. 
Day with your sweets!