Ninasusan

Happiness gently landed on my shoulders

June 2015

  • To: Jasper County Iowa 911…I thought about you guys

    As an explanation to those of you who have chosen not to work in the emergency services business i.e. 911,EMS, Police, Fire, Nurses, you are lucky that you do not have to really get to know the humans that are actually not quite at the top of the food chain.  I’m talking about the people… Read more

  • Very Inspiring Blogger Award

    Thank you to LifeasIinterpret@wordpress.com for nominating Ninasusan.com for the “Very Inspiring Blogger Award”. It’s an honor to be nominated by a blog who writes the most touching and beautiful posts about life. I highly recommend you pay Life as I interpret it a visit! Here are the copy/pasted rules for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award – Thank… Read more

  • Poop

    I have “never discussed” what used to be a “never discussed” subject as much as I have in the last 3 months. When I was diagnosed with diverticulitis, the doctor told me that the way to avoid this in the future is to not get constipated. I must say I can count on one hand… Read more

  • Tim Russert’s memorial service

    Originally posted on Ninasusan: I never shared a cup of coffee with him – that he knew about, anyway – from the “big box” he never talked?AT me, we discussed politics together….I always thought him to be a really nice guy.? I already told you about his conversation with Carl about the Miami Dolphins and… Read more

  • Who knew this would creep up on me….

    Today I’m easily irritated.  Not feeling overly great…Just below mid-sternum I have a muscle that causes me great pain when I do some things.  I have no idea what those some things are going to be.  And if I continue doing those things for 1/2 second I get a pulling, tearing type pain that pisses… Read more

  • Drugs in Dementialand (and Why Bighead Has a Bit More Pep As of Late)

    Originally posted on When Dementia Knocks: In late 2008, my husband and I adopted an English mastiff from our local shelter. At the time, he was already a senior citizen at the age of six. Mastiffs only live about seven to nine years, so I feel very fortunate to say Karl is still with us… Read more

  • If only we were all the same so we would know what to expect?

    I remember the exact feeling I had when I heard the words…and we found an 8cm mass on your left kidney which we believe is malignant.  He and Jenny were in the room but I was sitting cross legged on the exam table and I saw and I heard white noise.  I’m not sure if my… Read more

  • Total Reality Check…and not a pretty picture included in this post…..

    I’m a member of a kidney cancer survivor group on Facebook.  It is a very supportive, non dramatic place to connect, ask questions and feel not totally alone in your disease.  Between the group and what I learned about living with cancer from my friend, Tracy, I decided to go ahead and put my recent kidney… Read more

  • ….and now there are two

    Before I share my Alfred Hitchcock fear, I must share this picture of Katy and Adam.  Riding horses on her birthday.  She is so darn cute! So…yesterday…the cats set up guard on the dining room table….a baby bluejay found his wings and made it over to the back of the front porch rocker. Mama or… Read more

  • Deadheading petunias…..

    Note to Gramma gardeners…when you are letting the two year old help you deadhead petunias, do not turn your head… Because before you know it, the marigolds get it too. and then they are bald.  When I turned around to see the shredded marigold blooms on the ground, all I could do was laugh out… Read more