Reducing clutter

I did not post to the blog yesterday because a few minutes after we got home from the BMT clinic with brief stops at the Post Office, bank and a grocery store Alan Glaser arrived from Elko to pick up Nevada topographic maps that I had promised to give to him. He plans to leave them in his pickup truck while he continues his journey by airplane. We imediately started removing the maps and a considerable pile of U.S.G.S. publications that I also gave to him and then he insisted on taking Emma and me to dinner. So I never had time to sit down at the computer until after he had printed out his boarding pass (for a flight to Baltimore) and left for the airport this morning. I thought we had made a real dent in the basement clutter, but Emma told me today that she can hardly see the difference. Reducing clutter has become a big issue with my extended family; they are pressuring me to consider moving into a much smaller house or even into a senior citizen housing complex, which I intend to continue resisting.

The session at the clinic yesterday was marked by it's slow progression. Emma had insisted on acompanying me because of my general ill health last week and had to cancel a 12:30 appointment due to the slowness at the clinic. Yesterday was Day One of this 3rd cycle and I had Abby, the PA on duty, check me out. She said my breathing was almost normal and I had to tell her about the visit to Dr. Kuo's office last Wednesday and the antibiotics, the last of which I took yesterday afternoon. Abby told me that my bloodwork looked good, the kidney function in particular was good, but the hemoglobin was low enough that they could give me a shot of Procrit, which stimulates red blood cell development and which she thought I needed; another cause of delay. I felt quite good yesterday (and today) and was confident that I could drive myself to the clinic, but could not persuade Emma.