Sunday, June 16, 2019

Recovery: Week Five


            An uneventful week as far as recovery goes.  On Friday Cindy had a follow-up appointment with the radiation folks.  They were pleased with the recovery from the radiation related effects, were satisfied that she was eating enough and again encouraged a fulsome diet. 
            Since Cindy was done with stomach tubes and Ensure cartons, the puzzle was what to do with a three week leftover supply and various tubes, gauze and containers.  BioScrip doesn’t take them back so we contributed them to Cornerstones, a local nonprofit providing food, shelter and services to those in need. 
            On Wednesday, we joined a gaggle of other seniors for a Reston Community Center trip to Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay.  Hour and a half ferry ride each way, three hours on the island, a forgettable group lunch.  The attraction is the isolated community, the local accent, economy based on crabs and the islanders’ wistfulness about the parts of the island that sea-level rise has already inundated.