Day 228--Another Reason to Stay Up Late

Torger has really appreciated having the routine of his weekly radio show with Randy to give some structure to his week and give him something to work on and plan for when he isn't up to anything else. So if you're up between 9-11 on a Saturday night, give 'em a listen at KRFC 88.9 (type in KRFC online and you can listen to them live via the comfort of your own computer from wherever you are on the planet). They play every type of music ever recorded...much of it bad, but much of it quite the opposite of bad. Each show has a theme. Tonight will be a little different from usual because their friend, Kip Williams, is visiting from out of town and will be guest hosting with them. Kip is bringing humorous music...so who knows what to expect. The show is always a little hard to predict since none of them really know what the others will be playing.

Now that we don't have as many daily milestones to watch for, I feel a little funny about listing the post-transplant day at the top of every blog post. But in various doctors' appointments, we still often have to tell them what day Torger's on, so it helps me to keep track. (I'm assuming we stop when we hit a year and start over again, but who knows?) They keep careful watch during the first two years post-transplant, even though the number of weekly appointments has diminished. Torger still goes in to have his blood drawn once a week and sees either Dr. Tse or Dr. Romero here in Fort Collins every couple of weeks. But except when something unusual is going on, like last month's cold, that's about all our medical routine is reduced to now. So we're trying to use the extra time to work on getting to our new "normal" here at home. Life in the hotel and hospital forced us to examine some of our routines, and we discovered we're kinda lazy! So we're making little adjustments...trying to exercise more, reading magazines and newspapers when they come in instead of letting them pile up, eating dinner at the table instead of sprawled around the living room, and actually scheduling things we want to do instead of just planning to get around to them. (In the words of my dear friend, Coleman: "If it's not on the calendar, it doesn't happen!") I think we're being subconciously influenced by all the Dear Abby columns I've read to Torger in the last year. When he was in the hospital, we got in the habit of getting the daily newspaper so I could read him his horoscope (against his will) and Dear Abby (which we both like...probably because it often makes us feel better about ourselves). We've continued this practice over the months, and now it is like I have a little advice columnist living in my head encouraging me to behave. We'll see how long it lasts!