What a cool day Saturday was Sharen and I went to the cottage which was a little cold but with all the electric heaters running not to bad. Two sets of kids showed up the Sonja and Jessica groups with kids they always have fun together and are close enough to fight with each other. As with any trip to the cottage we always start with a trip to the lumber yard this time to get the new floor for the completed bathroom, found out they don't make delivery's on Saturday (I would if times were slow). So off to project number two which was to drill through the floor for water entrance that meant a trip to the Six Lakes Hardware store to rent big hammer drill (could have been 8 to 10 inches of cement). And so this is how it works Jessie ran the drill Garett ran the big vacuum I stood and watched and wrote the check for the drill where would I be without son in laws.
Cancer is not what you would expect in my case I guess, I have never had physical systems so I guess no pain involved. With the first chemo I would have a day of feeling tired OK I will say it my mind was not sharp if it ever is I would find myself just staring and not working. But that was not a bad deal one day every three weeks. The second chemo which was administered in the hospital could have been water no effect what so ever but very nice nurses and staff oh and it acted like fertilizer on the nodes. So on to chemo number 3 that was the stuff that you could not touch cold things or let the cold weather touch your skin how do they come up with these effects of course that stuff didn't work much better then the second. Dr. Bailey continued to consult with Dr. Levine (Ann Arbor doc.) and decided to complete the node job with radiation which was all set to go when my vision went out of alignment and indicated brain involvement. With out a hitch Dr. Watson who is the radiologist and a wonderful Dr. just added my brain fry to the list and the plans are to start my BMT the 20th of April. So far there isn't any side effects that I can notice and toward the end I am supposed to be tired so I am practicing by taking a nap when I get home from work. I wanted to get this down because I have had cancer for one year now and I had found out for sure last year Good Friday so one year and still alive and kicking but not as high.
Thank everyone for your prayers I think that makes the difference and I can tell Gods hands are in this but not sure why. May God continue to bless us.
So are you at the cottage this morning or at home?
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for what it's worth, none of us kick as high anymore. that might not be a cancer thing, ralphie.
ReplyDeletei loved visiting your cottage last summer. it was perfect.
still sending our prayers and good thoughts your way.
Saturday was not a cool day, or even a chilly day, it was FREEZING with one INCH of snow!! The kids were asking why it was snowing since they knew that the first day of spring was Friday. Fortunately mom has sweaters and blankets--two shirts, one down vest one wool sweater, long johns, pants and a blanket came in handy because the heaters only worked if you were standing an inch away from it. Though by the time we left it was fifty, no snow, and the kids were complaining about being too hot--whiners :)
ReplyDeleteJust a note for future reference the barn blocking the beautiful lake view is a full bubble off of level, down from a quarter bubble last summer.
Dad, on a more interesting note, I was watching a video on cancer for my biology lab next week and the lecturer made mention about the cancer cells having evolved to out compete/survive all other cells; yours have evolved so far to survive all radiation--cancer sucks, down with evolution!