Lungs for Mandy

After months of heavy searching Creagle has located her first bunny! It was my most proud yet sad moment!

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Well, spring break was nice even though I didn’t go anywhere exotic. It was nice just to relax and enjoy the pleasant weather. I had two dermatologist appointments. One to remove the cancer from my scalp. The second one was to burn a few pre-cancerous spots from my hands and neck. Yeah it looks real attractive, but I a dealing with it even though it really sucks!!! I’m contemplating buying a few long-sleeve wet suit tops and some SPF clothing. That will at least protect my arms, shoulders and neck — I’ll wrap my head and face with an Ace bandage and I’ll be off!

Today I went back to the gym after a VERY long time away. I felt so ashamed for paying for the membership and not participating in almost a month. I have vowed to go at least three times a week because I just feel better when I get moving. The new gym schedule reflects several new yoga and pilates classes and I am looking forward to attending them The Yoga instructor is a really sweet older woman who seems to enjoy teaching. 

Well I hope you are doing well and hopefully spring has sprung wherever you are.

Be well!

Amanda

Creagle and I just returned from the park. I just have to reiterate how wonderful it is to watch Creagle enjoy herself. We started with feeding the ducks. I always take a huge amount of leftover bread and other things for the birds. The duck’s Saturday lunch included very old biscuits, several stale biscuits and popcorn. Well, Miss Creagle thought it was her place to eat the bag of duck goodies before I handed it out. She had her head neck deep in the bag eating what ever she could reach. What a piggy! With what was left I fed the ducks and Creagle in the same fashion. It kept her occupied while I finished feeding the ducks was left. By the way, Creagle likes old biscuits. She holds them in between her paws and chews them like a bone.. The funny thing is that she will never eat bread at home if. Hey, whatever makes her happy?We moved on through the park. She has become so devoted to me that she rarely runs off. Notice the rarely part. She always listens as long as rabbits are not involved. Anyway, I just drop her lease and she follows her nose. Today she came upon two geese. They were huge and ready to attack, they saw her and she saw them. They squawked and headed towards she thought it was safe to lie down and look for me to protect her. I quickly grabbed her leash and we moved on without incident. We decided to take a break and people watch which she now also enjoys. Creagle got really concerned when a little girl fell of her bike and started crying. She was looking at me and then at the child as if she wanted me to do something. I tried to make her understand that it was okay, but she was real uneasy.  

Finally, I took her to the off-leash dog area for doggie socialization. I don’t think she is ever really going to enjoy herself with other dogs. She’s okay with them, but she never wants to really be around them. She wants to be top dog ALL OF THE TIME! Anyway I decided not get a membership to the dog-park because Creagle doesn’t even enjoy herself and you pay yearly. I wish the dog park would have existed when I lived here with Sosa because he would have had a blast. It’s a huge area with plenty of big dogs for wrestling.

Creagle is now laying on the bed sleeping and snoring VERY loud! I think she had plenty of entertainment today!

Hello there. Happy Saturday!

I don’t know about you but last week was a really long week and I’m thrilled that it’s the weekend. Additionally, it is the weekend prior to spring break. I can hardly wait to get to Mexico for a much needed get-away. Yeah right, I wish I were heading out of town instead next will be filled with doctor’s appointments and other procedures that I need to have completed. Nothing too major except the removal of more skin cancer :(   Tuesday and Thursday will include cutting, burning and freezing the sun sins of my past. It’s hard to believe that the damage to my skin has only occured in the last four years..? I remember being told how sun sensitive my skin would  become after beginning immune-suppressants, I never really thought it would be such a huge ordeal. Obviously, I wasn’t pro-active enough with the sunscreen. I followed my prior experiences with the sun rather than listening to the doctors. Before my surgery I could sit in the sun and bake without getting sunburned. I never wore sunscreen because I never needed it. Well, in the summer of 2004 I should have bathed in sunscreen every-time I went outside. Instead I would put it on sparsely once or twice a day while at the beach. Big Mistake! Again I thought I would be okay-I was wrong. I would never change the fun times I spent at the beach and the ocean I just wish I would have been smarter so I wouldn’t have the skin of a 70 year old that has to have constant removals. Ah what can you do? I’m still not willing to listen to the doctors 100% and stay indoors instead I’ll invest in Sun protecting clothing and apply sunscreen ten times a day if I have to. Life is too short to stay inside watching the world go by; I decided on transplantation to live!