"...he thinks there's a slight chance of it being cancer."

Friday, April 12, 1991

     I didn't get a nap yesterday til after Guy came home and took Chief for a walk.  I just dozed on the couch but it seemed to help.  And it's really weird but I slept pretty good last night.  I remember waking up once & looking at the clock but I don't remember what time it was.  I didn't get up to go to the bathroom.  I think I just popped my fingers or something & went back to sleep.  I don't remember hearing Guy's alarm or him in the bathroom but I woke up sometime while he was downstairs and went to the bathroom.  Then I was thirsty & called down for him to bring me some milk.  I had some Cheerios too.  Then I read after he left.  It was about 6:45 before I got sleepy but then I didn't wake up til 9:45.  So I guess I got plenty of rest last night.  I feel pretty good but it is a little hard breathing sometimes.  The weather's cooler again so that should help some.

     Yesterday Guy went for another checkup for that knot in his arm.  The medicine they gave him last month didn't seem to make any difference.  They did a couple of X-rays but nothing showed up.  So they said it's a fatty deposit that's hardened and there's nothing to be done about it.  He had told them that sometimes his whole arm aches & they said if it keeps bothering him they could send him to orthopedics for them to check his joints.  He doesn't think it's that and he thinks there's a slight chance of it being cancer.  I think it would've shown up on the X-rays if it was that.  Maybe it is a hardened fatty deposit and with its location it's pressing on a nerve or tendon or something.  I guess it'll have to get a lot worse before they'll do anything else about it.

     I called Ann Prescott yesterday and told her I'll be induced on the 19th if I don't go in before that.  That's the day of the next Expectant Arms meeting.

     Seems like every afternoon I get a lot of BH's but they're not getting any more regular or stronger.