Okie Noodling

John read yesterday's entry, laughed, and said that I was getting awfully serious. I told him that sometimes I felt like writing about something a little more than "this is what I did today".

I saw the oncology radiologist yesterday. After a thorough manual exam, he said everything looked and felt good, and told me to come back in a year. Now I'm seeing both the surgeon and the radiologist annually, but on a staggered basis, so I see one of them every six months. It's comforting to know they're keeping a close watch on me.

Beth has done very well since her lumpectomy last week. The sentinel nodes were negative, and she didn't even have any stitches. As she put it, they just used something like Super Glue on the incisions. She'll see the surgeon next week and they'll probably set her up with the beginning radiology appointments. I plan to go with her to those first appointments.

We talked with Ann & Al yesterday. They've made last-minute reservations for a trip on the Delta Queen in August, sailing from Chattanooga to Memphis. They'll come in a couple of days early to visit with us. We may even go along. As of yesterday, the only cabins available were the smallest ones, with bunk beds - and that is definitely not an option. We're on the waiting list, though, for one of the larger ones. Who knows - we make be taking a last minute trip down the Tennessee River.

GPTV showed a program tonight called Okie Noodling. We didn't have a clue about this, so watched it out of curiosity. It is SO funny. Turns out that "noodling" is catching fish with your bare hands - BIG fish, huge catfish - going underwater, sticking your hands in their mouths, and dragging them out. Click here to read about it or watch the program. Don't miss it if it shows up on your PBS station.

No catfish for today's picture - this is a cuttlefish at the Tennessee Aquarium.