Shoulder Pain

Thursday January 28, 1993

After taking Tylenol every 4 hours through the night for the pain in my right shoulder I awake surprisingly rested. I feel pretty good otherwise also. In the afternoon I go get the car washed and go to the bank. At home I make some spaghetti sauce. It tastes OK but I only have a little.

At 6:00 our friends start to arrive. By 6:30 all 8 of us are ready to load into 2 cars and drive to Moorpark to see the melodrama. We enjoy the melodrama from 7-10 p.m. My shoulder is aching all night even though I took a pain pill. I'm exhausted when we get home at 10:30.

I'm wondering if she asked Dr. Semrad yesterday about the reason for her shoulder pain. My dad's second wife died of cancer a few years ago and her first symptom was shoulder pain. I was told by a nurse friend that is frequently the first symptom of cancer. Perhaps because that joint is close to a major lymph node?

Living Trust

Thursday November 5, 1992

A new pain and a hard knot near my belly button, a tumor? Later in the day the pain is gone but the knot remains. I think I feel a little better today.

Frank calls from the senior center to say he can get free tickets for the Moorpark Melodrama tonight. I hope I'll feel good enough to go.

I go to the dentist to have my teeth cleaned. Later Frank and I go to get some papers notarized. My will and papers are all in order now.

We have an early dinner and go to the melodrama. It's good fun. My bowels are angry; I spend a lot of time in the bathroom.

We stop for dessert on the way home.

Nothing like having a terminal illness to spur anyone to have their will or living trust drawn up! Ric and I have been talking about it for 20 years, but still have not had our living trust drawn up. I suppose most of us think that if we don't talk about dying, it won't happen.

Glad Mom got to have a fun night out, although it sounds like she missed alot of the play. What a strange feeling that must have been to feel the tumors growing in her belly. Suddenly her cancer is becoming very real.