Sep 25 - Yerks - I'm radioactive!!

Sheesh. I had my PET scan yesterday. I thought it was to check to see if I'm a suitable owner for a dog or cat but it seems it's a Positron Electro Tomograph or something...They called to say it had been postponed from 10am (reasonable) to 7pm (late!) because they had to fly in the nucleur material to inject from Montreal. Trust me to get the expensive goods. I had to fast 6 hrs then they inject 6mm of sugar based nuclear goo, leave it an hour, then see where it goes in my body. Cancer cells will soak up more, they love that sugar, wouldn't you know it! First they tested my glucose level: 4.2 (4-6 is good) so it was all systems go. After blowing a couple of veins - that's the way it goes will all blood tests now, the chemo has ruined my veins - they found one that would take the heat. It was painless and I just lay there inert for an hour, going off to my place in the sun, waves lapping, landing by helicopter on a secluded beach and sitting under a palm tree. Ahhhhhhh imagination is great.
So today I'm radiactive for about 24 hours. Mustn't approach children or pregnant women closer than 6 feet. Drink lots and pee all day. Great. I have board meetings today and all day tomorrow so hopefully I won't be glowing in the dark by then.

Sep 20 Nephew Simon & Julia here

We are really enjoying the second coming of nephew Simon Bandy, Liz's eldest son, who visited here in 1992! He and partner Julia are having a great time with us, enjoying Calgary and the mountains. We had a historic dinner with these two train buffs in Lord Strathcona's private Dining Car at Lake Louise (see photo.) The food was superb but the 3 huge freight trains passing and stopping right outside the window made it even better! This may be closing for good except for private parties so we felt honoured to be there. They didn't do a regal wave to the colonials out of the cow-catcher balcony at the back of the train! But it felt like we should. They are a fit pair, off cycling around the Glenmore Reservoir today. Tomorrow they will take our car west and spend a few days in Vancouver. We had stunning mountain views for two days with temps of 22-24, but today a more normal weather system's arrived, so we could see snow in the mountains overnight this week.

Sep 10 - Celebrating

Another 41st wedding anniversary celebration at our fav restaurant La Chaumiere. Two handsome dudes with the small ladies. Then a visit to my GP, after which she confirmed good results from the MRI on my "wee sleekit courin timrous left breastie" (credit to Rabbie Burns Tae a moose...) We had lovely weather to finish Ted's Mum's trip Wednesday, with a stroll and lunch at Reader Rock Garden, a beautiful historic house and garden right downtown.

Sep 7 - 41st Wedding Anniversary

Another year of wedded bliss! We celebrated with a weekend in the mountains with Ted's mum Mary Foster, who has been coming here for almost 40 years. She enjoyed visiting some favourite places like Emerald Lake, Crowfood Glacier and Peyto Lake (seen here). With lunch at Deer Lodge for the first time, where the flowers amazed. Also a return to the Post Hotel for a great dinner (photo). And a walk at Chateau Lake Louise. We could have wished for better weather but did see some sun.

Sep 4 - Summer is fading fast!

We have Ted's 88-year-old mum Mary visiting from England and although we have seen a lot of sun, it's obvious from the trees along our boulevard that summer is fading fast. We will head to the mountains this weekend to see the new Joni Mitchell batte at Banff Centre and celebrate our 41st wedding anniversary. Mary is making her first trip in 3 years so enjoying being back in Calgary. We had had some nice one-day jaunts around Calgary and to nearby towns and lunches with friends. Labour Day we had richard, Raul and Elvira over for lunch. I am still good at lunches but fade fast in the evenings.
My MRI instead of mammorgram would rate slightly higher than having a root canal job done. I had a headache for two days but hopefully it's a better check than mammograms, which didn't do anything for me in the past.