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The Day's After

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 The day after we moved in was Rita's birthday. I was determined to try to make it better. This is the view from my apartment window on Saturday morning, Nov 1, 2025. Ignoring my cancer for the day, I had a plan.  I was going to pick Rita up at Noon and we were going to have fun.  Damit! ... (more to come later)

The Move

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It was an agressive plan.  I thought it had to be.  A Celebration of life party on Oct 25th, the moving truck ariving on the 28th. Drive the four hours to Lancaster. Unload on the 29th. Get the cat on the 30th  I have stage four cancer.  She has Alzheimer's. I'm her primary caregiver.  We needed to implemepent our plan B. Our third plan B. To make matters more difficult, my cancer was acting out. My belly hurt, my hip hurt, and the surgery on my scalp hurt. I took an oxycodone for pain, and a Promethazine for nausa.  Of course, I also took two Stimulant to head of constipation. I was drugged. I also taken too much of the 'anti-atigation' medician that hospice gave me.  I had forgoten they said take only 1/2 the dose printed on the label.  I took too much. At the party I felt like I was drunk.  I remember very little of it.   Jen and Jesse left that afternoon after saying they would be back to help on the loading day.  That, as...