What Cancer Cannot Do And A Walk Along The Beach

 Hello and welcome.  Today I have a couple of cards to share that I've made over the week but first, an update on me. I was told Wednesday by my pulmonary doc that I'm officially considered "long haul" COVID. I'm still very short of breath, coughing like crazy (pulled something in my chest Tuesday night), running a low grade fever off & on and coughing up some really gross, thick milky yellow garbage. Yuck! Doctors don't want me to go on any more antibiotics at this point since I've been in them too much & I'm starting to not respond to them anymore. I'm still taking a bunch of pills ( and vitamins recommended to me by my doctors to help combat the COVID) as well as Dupixent shots every two weeks to help the asthma. Thank you Lord for patient assistance programs! Those Dupixent shots are around $5000 each!! I'm also restarting the nebulizer meds 4x's a day plus adding an inhaled steroid twice daily in the nebulizer. Also have regular inhalers plus a steroid inhaler to help combat the trouble breathing. Downside-I'm gaining more weight again plus getting puffy like my late mother in law would complain about. The last couple days I've been losing my voice from coughing so much. Hubby and I have noticed lately my memory seems to be affected. When I asked the doc about it she said unfortunately in some long haul patients they're seeing this. She suggested I do everything I can to keep my brain engaged- reading, talking, etc. I told her I do read quite often & color/card make. She said all that is great. She also went over my last breathing test and said my lung function has decreased & wants to schedule me for a more in depth lung function test so we have a better idea how bad it is. My sense of smell is coming back slowly still so that's good.  My energy level still stinks though.  This COVID stuff has aggravated my migraines & put me in a fibromyalgia flare. The worst part of the visit, our pulmonary doc (hubby sees the same one) is relocating to the Bay Area the end of August, so we have to find a new one. There's only one other pulmonologist locally and there's no way he can handle the whole county. My husband's diabetic doc has recommended one at the Fresno UCSF clinic. The doctor is the head of pulmonology at Fresno's Community Regional Medical Center & she says is top notch. So we're going to see if our primary can refer us there.  Now on to my cards.

First up is a card made using using a NBUS Peonies stencil from Picket Fence Studios along with their blending brushes.  I started out by blending Stampin Up regal rose, pretty in pink, certainly celery and garden green inks on a Hammermill white panel before layering it.  I then stamped the What Cancer Cannot Do from The Cottage Stamper (now closed) that I've had for some time and never used in memento tuxedo black ink on vellum card stock.  After trimming, I added it to the layered panel using brads before adding the who thing to a regal rose card.

Challenges entered:

 

Stay Crafty With Hero April - Blend It Up (blended my background )

Word Art Wednesday Wk 541 to 542 - Anything Goes Uplifting

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #37 - Use Your NBUS 

Cards 4 Galz #171 - Think Pink 

Splitcoaststampers F4A635 - Pink Background 

 

Second up is a card made using  SheepSki Designs

digital image Breezy Beach Walk.   After printing the image onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Arts pencils before stippling Tim Holtz mowed lawn, broken china, tumbled glass and brushed corduroy distress inks then layered it before adding to my card panel.  Since I didn't have any matching brads, I made my own by using a really small hole punch and a Marta Stewart 2-way glue pen.  The final touch was waterfall ice stickles to highlight the ocean.

Challenges entered: 

 

SheepSki Designs Facebook Challenge - Anything Goes 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 17 - Anything Goes Coloring 

Digi Choosday Wk 17 - Anything Goes 

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes 

Outlawz Festive Friday Apr 29 to May 12 - Scenery/Outdoors Theme 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend!

 

What Cancer Cannot Do card

Stamps: The Cottage Stamper 

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, Garden Green

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Vellum; Stampin Up

Accessories: PFS Peonies Stencils, PFS Blending Brushes, Brads

Beach Scene card

Stamps: SheepSki Designs

Ink: Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Brushed Corduroy

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Pencils, Ice Stickles, Small Hole Punch, MS 2-Way Glue Pen