Now we really are home.  We started the day as usual– I’m at the computer shortly after 5:30 while my sweetie goes into the kitchen to prepare breakfast.  Today I’m not supposed to stick to a very low-carb diet, so instead of toast with my scrambled egg+white I had a little bit of broccoli (left over from last night’s supper).  That worked fine.

I didn’t sleep all that well last night, so I definitely missed the “Boost” that I normally drink mid-morning.  I had some cheese, but it isn’t very convenient to eat cheese without bread or crackers, so I didn’t have much (i.e. not enough).  No sugar means it’s a little hard to get quick energy.

I wanted to pick up the sheepskin coat I left to be cleaned and repaired in December.  My sweetie came with us.  I had thought to wear the coat (as an easy way of carrying it) and carrying fleece, but rain was forecast, and I didn’t want to get the coat dirty right away.  But that meant contriving a carrying arrangement, because I didn’t know what to expect from the shop.  As it happens, they were all prepared.  They’d done a magnificent job on the coat and I was delighted.

I’d originally thought of spending a couple of hours in the office, but I was too tired and too hungry.  We stopped in briefly, but left after just a few minutes. In the elevator we ran into a neighbor that I like a lot.  I thought that she’d heard about the diagnosis (because she’s on a committee with me, and I told the committee), but I guess she wasn’t there at the time.  I was complaining about the low carb diet, and she asked why, and it came as a shock to her, and I felt very sorry about that.  She sent me a lovely note in email, and I sent her a note with the blog address.  It’s hard to tell who knows and who doesn’t, and I don’t want to appear to folks who do know as if I’m trying to hide what’s going on.  (‘Tis a puzzlement.)

I immediately took another piece of cheese and a small slice of the ripe avocado my sweetie had found for me, and I put a couple of eggs on to cook hard.  Somewhat to my surprise, I completely finished my lunch:  the two eggs, more avocado, some olives, and a little mayonnaise chopped into a salad.  (Two eggs– wow!)

Then I read the paper and took a nap for a while.  It wasn’t until about four o’clock that I was ready to get back to the computer.  But now I do feel a bit peppier.  At least the scan is pretty early tomorrow, and I’ll bring a bottle of Boost with me so I can eat something afterward.

One day at a time.  Happy Thanksiving.