More doctor appointment.....Blue Heron Fledglings, Getting ready to go North

I can't remember a week recently where one or both of us has not had a doctor's appointment.   It was a week ago today that we got back from Cocoa Beach....  We enjoyed our stay, as usual........and before we left, we signed and filed the quick claim deed to transfer ownership...we no longer own the time share at Ocean Landings. I will miss it......



Monday was Memorial Day...........no celebrations...just a normal day.
And being thankful.... remembering those who served, and gave the ultimate sacrifice to our country and our freedom!

God Bless them all.

Tuesday, both of us had appointments with our Primary Doctor.  Rich's was a followup  for his blood work..Everything looked good! Mine was a follow-up for my CPAP - which is required if you want medicare to keep paying for your equipment!  Everything's good there .

Wednesday - I had my follow-up with Dr. Thakkar for my Upper Endoscopy.  Lower Esophagus biopsy shows Barrett's esophagus with moderate chronic inflammation, and confirms presence of focal intestinal metaplasia.... but is negative for dysplasia..  Bottom line we don't know how long I've had it....it is one of those "silent" types..... can become cancerous.

Basically the esophagus, that carries food and saliva from the mouth to the stomach, changes so that some of its lining is replace by a type of tissue similar to the stomach or intestine.



So I am on two different medications, provided a list of  trigger foods to avoid (chocolate, onions, fatty meals, caffeine, mints, tomatoes, citrus, alcohol...)  and I will need to return in one year for another endoscopy.....to make sure there is no change.


 Pretty much on medication forever..... unless it becomes cancerous and the esophagus is removed.


Thursday was my six month visit to the oncologist........... sight in my left eye is getting worse....so I will be scheduled for cataract surgery when we get back from NY.  Additionally - my eyelids continue to droop...and are now starting to get in the way of vision.........so we are talking about lid surgery AFTER the cataract!

Update on our Blue Heron.....The two fledglings are doing well.  One of them flew from the nest  on Wednesday at 56 days old...., and we are still watching to see when the second one does the same.  We see the one, along with his mom in our yard or down by the canal most every day.  Pictures below of the two fledglings,, and of the second one still being fed by its Mom... They always make so much noise and spread their wings when being fed.   Amazing to watch

Trying to use up as much of the food as we can before we leave for NY.    So we used the ground beef with the Hamburger Helper.... the Chicken for Fajitas w/ re fried beans and rice, the Shrimp, and the rest of the Heavy cream for Cajun Shrimp Pasta..... and I had some Butter cream icing to use.....so we made a Butter Pecan cake.....put 1/2 in the freezer.........  Today was hot dogs and potato salad..... and tomorrow will be the last two Turkey pot pies in the freezer!

Monday we'll pick up something, either Chinese take out or Subway....and I'll pick up a small package of ground beef, so we can use the last pizza crust, and the leftover pepperoni...... on Tuesday.  The few veggies, cheeses etc. anything that will spoil........we'll give to the neighbors.   And got a pretty good start.... along with a checklist to get the packing done......

OH... and we can't forget Onyx's Birthday.   Today Onyx is 13 years old...  Dennis put his picture on facebook today.........with this lovely message.

This is the most incredible boy! He's so amazing & the bestest! 

He's a retired school obedience service dog, he was the best big brother & comfort for Shadow & Venus and now the big brother & companion to Zoey. Loves this boy so much!  
Happy birthday Onyx & wish you so many more!