SheriM - Too Stubborn to Stop Dreamin' - SURPRISE!!!

I know farms are huge out there, we had just a homstead so around 15 acres near Nipawin (I know exactly where you are, I've been up that area a few times while driving :D ). Farms in Ontario are rarely larger than 300 acres, occasionally you'll find someone who owns 700 but it's unlikely. We live on a homstead here too, 8.6 acres, but the original farm was 1500 acres and included 8 houses at one point.

The farmer behind us has a large farm at 250 acres.
 
You wanna talk huge? Some grain farmers out here farm 100 quarters. That's 16,000 acres!!! :ep

Of course, they are also the same people who own or lease 5 or 6 brand new combines at several hundred thousand dollars a piece and have 2 or 3 semi trailer trucks sitting around their yard, etc. It's big business at that point and so far from what I want to do it's ridiculous.
 
Hahaha I know! .. Our neighbour in Zenon had an immense place, brand new 80,000 truck, and the like. When his sons turned 16 he bought them both customized F-250s! AND THEY DIDNT EVEN HAVE THEIR LICENCES. They used to drive into town and get wasted at the bar LOL
 
Our new neighbors up the road stopped by this afternoon with a little friend...a black miniature horse that had shown up at their place. They first saw him about a week ago but couldn't catch him. Today, he was standing in their yard with a look that said, "okay, I give up. Help me." They have no pens or fencing, so they brought him here (walked him the whole way in the rain, too, about a mile). He's now hanging out in a pen beside my junior bucks. He's obviously been well handled and is friendly. He was also obviously very lonely. The moment he saw the goats, he whinnied at them and dragged me over to the fence. Poor guy!

We put an ad on the radio but if no one claims him, I know the neighbors would be happy to give him a home. Their children were quite excited by the idea.
 
What a roller coaster this week has been! It started on Monday when I went to see my family doctor about a sore spot under my left arm. I was really worried it might be a sign the cancer had spread, but that is also right where my PICC line is, so I also thought it could be something to do with that.

Turns out it was the PICC line, which is a blessing, I suppose, considering the alternative, but it's still going to be a challenge. Due to the PICC line, I've developed a blood clot, so now I'm on two different types of blood thinners, including one that I have to inject into my stomach area, like insulin.

At the same time we were dealing with all this nonsense, the PICC line decided to stop working. I don't know if it was directly related to the clot or not, but at one point they were making rumblings about having to remove the PICC line and I flat out told them that if they did, I would be stopping the chemo. I don't have any good veins left in my left arm so starting an IV is a nightmare. They cannot use my right arm for anything, not even blood pressure, because I had the lymph nodes removed from that side two years ago.

So, I ended up going to Regina, three hours away, on Wednesday and they got the PICC line going again. I'll have to continue the blood thinners for a while yet, but once they're happy with how they're working, it will be only the oral one. I can't wait for that because the injectable stuff stings! :(

On a happier note, I made a stew today, using my own vegetables. It's not even done yet and it's positively the best stew I've ever made. Homegrown peas, carrots and potatoes. Yum!!
 
Oh Sheri, what a pain in the neck. So glad you don't have to have the abdominal injections, though.
 
Sheri, I had no idea you had cancer! .. My dad was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma Multiforme Brain Tumour about 11 years ago, had a bunch of chemo, and beat the odds. He was told he had 6 months to a year to live initially, and here he is 11 years later.

He even made a website... He is a weird one I tell ya!

http://btstory.info/

My riding coach and long time friend has Deep Vein Thrombosis and was given blood thinners for a flight to Ontario... she arrived here hemorraging out of everywhere, and had to have a Vitamin K shot to counteract the bloodthinners here in Ontario. Yikes I say!
 
Oh, I forgot.. About a year ago my dads tumour was downgraded but the neuro-onc said that if the tumour should come back with a vengence the treatment plan would have been no different than with the original glioblastoma diagnosis 11 years ago.
 
lupinfarm said:
Sheri, I had no idea you had cancer! .. My dad was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma Multiforme Brain Tumour about 11 years ago, had a bunch of chemo, and beat the odds. He was told he had 6 months to a year to live initially, and here he is 11 years later.

He even made a website... He is a weird one I tell ya!

http://btstory.info/

My riding coach and long time friend has Deep Vein Thrombosis and was given blood thinners for a flight to Ontario... she arrived here hemorraging out of everywhere, and had to have a Vitamin K shot to counteract the bloodthinners here in Ontario. Yikes I say!
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Yes, I'm in the middle of my second battle with breast cancer. The first was two years ago. The chemo then fried all the veins in my left arm, so I insisted on the PICC line this time. Despite the problems now with the DVT, I'm still glad I had it put in. The chemo and weekly blood work have been a breeze compared to last time. While they're trying to get the DVT under control, I have to had blood work every two days, so I'm even more glad I've got the PICC, but then, if I didn't have the PICC, I wouldn't have gotten the DVT. How's that for a conundrum? :D

I'm so glad to hear your father beat the odds. That type of tumor a far bigger battle than I've had.
 
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