Finals, certificates, woodwork etc
January 27th, 2008 | Published in Crohn's Disease, General updates
Ben just took his first semester finals and the second semester has begun. His overall results for his first semester at high school were straight As. I think Esther also has straight As.
Esther has arranged the theme music from Bewitched and is rehearsing it with two friends (keyboard, violin and flute) for a school chamber concert in a few weeks. The concert at which she’ll receive her honorable mention certificate is tonight. We found out there was one winner and two honorable mentions for the piece she played, so she was in the top 3. (For this competition they gave just a few choices of pieces you could play) We got her judges’ comments back: she got 2 91s and a 97 out of 100.
Ben is in a band with a few friends. They practise regularly but we don’t know what they are playing or when they might perform (yes we have asked). Ben has recently mentioned they might have a performance coming up.
We recently had the basement rewired (and the falling-down ceiling fixed) partly so Steve could upgrade his woodworking equipment. He’s bought some new stuff and is very happy with it. Part of what he’s bought is powerful sawdust collecting equipment - we’re both very happy with that since I spread out laundry close to where he is cutting up and sanding wood. Laundry doing has been upgraded too since we just got a new washer and dryer. (It still doesn’t do itself though)
I think I have mentioned being diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease a few months ago. I’m having a test on Tuesday which I’m not looking forward to although it probably won’t be that bad. They already know I have had symptoms in one part of me…they want to check another area. Which means I have to drink Barium and be X-rayed a lot.
I went to see a new doctor at the beginning of January who increased one medication and restarted another since I was still having symptoms. That was three weeks ago - I’m doing a lot better than I was then. I’m avoiding a lot of foods without really knowing how much difference that makes. Over time I hope I can figure out which particular foods are problems for me - if there are particular foods which are.
