Subj : Getting Tired [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Thu Jul 17 2025 14:17:17 Hi Dave, RH> Always good to get some input from someone who has gone thru the same RH> thing. It's not an identical experience but will give you a first hand RH> idea of what to expect. You had radiation light; I had the big guns. RH> (G) DD> I dunno. That machine I was subjected to was pretty big and had lots DD> of moveable arms and attachments. Rather like being in the midst of a DD> ballet as it twirled and the devices on the ends of the arms retreated DD> or came near. Yes, but you only had what, 5 treatments? I had 35. Same sort of machines but the total amount of radiation is quite different. DD> 8<----- XXXXX ----->8 RH> Steve was rolling my portable (somewhat smaller than the home unit but RH> still fair sized) oxygen concentrator and his roller bag with the CPAP RH> bag on top of the latter. I had my roller bag, purse and (a couple of RH> times,) the lap top. Normally my load would have been lighter but I'm RH> still regaining strength in the left arm. BTW, Southwest has different RH> snacks now, an oat and strawberry mini muffin, Ritz crackers & cheese, RH> Oreo cookies, Maui onion pretzel twists and almonds. DD> My portable O2 unit is in an over-the-shoulder carrier aboutn the size DD> of a mid-sized ladies purse. Guessing at the weight I'd say 8 to 10 DD> pounds. You get the O2 in bursts; mine is a continuous flow. The unit is about half the size of my home unit but still takes up a good amount of space. We filled one overhead bin with our 2 roller bags, the concentrator, Steve's CPAP machine and the battery for the concentrator. Steve sometimes had his laptop as his personal item; other times it was in his roller bag. DD> And, as convenient as that is I still go, live and in-person to hand DD> pick my fresh produce and/or meats. DD> Now days, though, I use the "driveable" shopping carts. A great DD> convenience especially in a Big Box store. RH> I used them when I had my knee replacement and when I broke my left RH> foot. Handy, but my dad never let my mom use it--didn't trust her RH> driving. (G) DD> He wasn't spry enough toduck out of the way? Bv)= Partly that, especially as he was usually in front of her. For a while she would hang on to the buggy, pushing it, but when that got to be too much, he'd sit her up front on a bench (local store, everybody knew them) and he'd take the ride 'em cart. DD> 8<----- EDIT ----->8 RH> Sounds good. We stopped for supper at a chain seafood place in Raleigh RH> (first choice, non chain, was closed) last night; I brought about half DD> I've not been to a Dead Lobster in years. If I'm doing "serious" DD> seafood out - I generally hit up Chesapeake Seafood House. DD> chesapeakeseafoodhouse.com RH> This was not RL; it was called The Mayflower. We'd been there before, a RH> few times, but found much better seafood elsewhere. Even RL is better. DD> Eeeeeewwwwww ... the Lob is sorta the McDonalds of chain seafood. If DD> they can't match or better that how do they stay in business. Our most DD> popular seafood place is in an old gas station with a "cook shack" out DD> front. If you want to "dine-in" there is a picnic table between the DD> shack and street. That's the way to get it. Our favorite casual place is the seafood restaurant at the NC State Farmer's Market. You get a heaping full styrofoam box with hush puppies and a side, usually enough for 2 meals or two people splitting the box. My favorite is a combo of shrimp and scallops; it's heavy on the shrimp but the scallops are the bigger ones and sweet! DD> Locally caught fish from Lake Springfield, Sangamon and Illnois Rivers DD> are offered for sale .... dressed and ready for you to take home and DD> cook. Or cooked (deep-fry) out front. DD> www.cartersfishmarket.com Sounds like a place worthy of our patronage. (G) --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Get shopping while the gettin' is good!!! --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .