Thanks for the warm welcome. 🙂 Yeah, the bone mets have caused me a lot of pain. Luckily, with palliative care, I got that under control and barely have any pain most of the time. Didn’t even feel much when I apparently fractured a vertebrae and a couple of ribs a few months ago.  There’s a fantasy series called Alliance with 2 books out. First one’s just called Alliance, 2nd is Alliance: Dawn. A collection of short stories based on my nightmares called Sweet Endless Terror. More Than Meets the Eye is my memoir. (A ton has happened since I put that out, might write another one.) Finally, a cookbook, called My Mother’s Treasure Trove of Recipes, based on the recipes my mom collected over the years in a huge binder. That one was kind of an homage to her. There are recipes that have been passed down the generations in it. My pen name is R C MacDonald, if anyone’s interested.  That’s awesome! One of our cats is a tortoiseshell, named Rosie, and has claimed me as hers. She’s very protective and stays around me all the time. She’s become very talkative lately, as well. The other’s older, named Tasha, and is a Turkish Van. She’s more my parent’s cat, but she does try to get close to me too. I think they both know what’s going on with me. They try to comfort and help me in their own ways.   Feels like my shoulder’s taking forever to heal, but I have made a lot of progress. At some point, I hope to start physical therapy. Right now I just keep doing the exercises my orthopedist gave me.  ... View more