Thursday day 2 of 100

Well I received my stem cells Tuesday which is considered day 0 so this is day day 2 and I continue to feel good and we will see what the future holds.  My memory of today was mostly naps so I would guess that my stamina is down which is normal when your hemoglobin is low.  I got a transfusion this morning of platelets to keep from bleeding to death if I get a cut or other ailments.  I will know the results of the transplant in 7 to 10 days but should expect early results by day 6 which should see and increase of white blood cells.  It is now 10:00 PM and I should have started this much earlier but I will continue on and when I am complete I will take another walk.  Which is pathetic because at best I make about two laps and I start limping from an old back injuries other wise I would need to do 17 laps how would I find the time with nothing else to do.

 

Tonight we will start on the big room which was to be 20  ft by 20 ft with a 6 by 20 porch now if you have been keeping track the 6 ft from the 2 room we will call the first cottage will now become 26 ft so were on the move.  Dad and I went up with the forms and they were set up with out much memory of that task we had the task complete and finely one of the naebores came over and was determined to show Dad how to square a set of forms we were only 10 inches out of  square and it was more then he could stand and that was how I learned that the diagonal measurement needs to be the same in both directions this was a handy thing to know.  even though most of the rest of the  cottage was not square we started with a square form.  We built the forms using lumber which Dad got from Eaton's when they closed the blade division also factory stools which is all that is left of the first cottage build project.  When I say we built the forms I mean we set 2X6's two inches into the ground and leveled the dirt in side so we would have a 4" floor.  and no we did not dig down for what allot of people call footings.  Well that's all and look forward to the cement phase.

 

Please keep us in your prayers and may God continue to bless us all. 

Wednesday day 1

It is now Wednesday morning and I want to get my blog done while I am awake.  I got my stem cells Tuesday which gave me an unusual feeling of almost ready to pass out or a dizzy feeling which was caused by a brain freeze because the stem cell are very cold when they are put in.  My flavor is creamed corn the good news is I can't taste it or smell it.  When you get your stem cells back your body gives off an Oder which can be creamed corn, garlic, tomatoes, and fish so things are working well and my blood work continues to be where it needs to be.  I seemed be tired all day yesterday so I slept through the day and most of the night but overall I do not feel bad just kind of disconnected. 

 

Please continue to keep us in your prayers and may God continue to bless us all.

Monday at long last

Today I got the last chemo I should need and it is the strongest you can get I think I believe them because it came in a glass bottle it must be to powerful it would eat through plastic but your body must be as strong as glass.  I still feel fine but was told today the worst effects will come in 2 days that was not from a nurse but a person that had a Bone Morrow Transplant so I think the staff was trying to hide that fact but I have chewed ice all day until my teeth wont stand it any more which is to help prevent mouth sours which happens allot with this part of the treatment.  It looks like everything is in order and I will get my stem cells in the morning even though my blood has not went down that much.  It has started and will continue to drop for a bit.  Tonight Sharen and I had Becky, Paul, Bill and Helen here for a visit and that was nice a night and I continue to feel good we will see in the morning.

 

I want to thank everyone for there prayers and please continue to help bring me through this.  May God continue to bless us all. 

Saturday with 1 more day of easy chemo

Well today is Saturday and as the title says I have one more day of easy chemo then they will hit me with the  hard stuff.  My fever continues to be around 101 degrees  so I am getting allot more tests to make sure it isn't an infection some where in my body.  I got to listen to one of my Travus McGee novels and it was a good thing that I was very familiar with that book because I fell asleep twice while I was listening to it and had to rewind to a known place.  I know how exciting this must be but as I said I am trying to just record the process.  So Sunday I will get the last two easy chemo's and Minda they will hit me with the worst of the worst chemo.  But we will see the effects Monday and Tuesday I will get my stem cells back and this could work. 

 

The next phase was to build a small front porch which is around 6 by 10 and put right next to the bathroom so we got the other side of the roof and 3 big screens 2 on the front and one on the side and Dad completed the siding so if you stood in the  front now it looks like a normal house that is only 6 feet deep but again when you stood in the front and looked it was a nice looking cottage so now we have a 2 room cottage that is 6 ft by 20 ft also neighbors seemed distant for some reason I think they haven't seen a Robertson building project before.

 

Please continue to keep us in your prayers and Tom, Sue, Hank and Dave my old fry buddies. May God continue to bless us/ 

Friday but really Sat.

I am going to mark this day even though I am late doing my Blog so I will do 2 blogs in one day to get caught up.  Sharen got here at 7:00 am and this was the first day that I had a small fever around 100 which causes a head ache but not like a hangover.  I got to watch a little Fox news and some of the today show to help me remember how wonderful my life is I stopped on one of my channel rounds on Jerry Springer and Sharen Jumped over the bed and took control of the remote control that move kind of reminded me of one of the movies with Cathey Bates so II am learning to be much more humble just to keep alive.through the procedure.

 

Now back to the cottage project If you remember we had set the forms up in our living room during the winter and we moved the form up to the lot toward the end of summer lay ed the form where the bathroom was going to be and filled the form with cement which was hand mixed and as it turns out could have been the best floor in the cottage.  I was not sure weather the next phase started that summer or the next year but it is my story so lets say it was the next summer first thing and this is my story.  So the bathroom was completed the first of the next summer which means we built a room that was 6 X10 with a slanted roof and Asbestos siding so it kind of looked like the cornor of a normal building but  not very convincing.  Before this project is  complete you will understand what a free style Carpenter is which is what my Day was.  I think that at that time most of our neabors were reading there contracts and were very concerned with the final out come.

 

I continue to thank you for all your prayers and may God continue to bless us all.

Thursday and new drugs

Today we got a new mix of drugs which runs 2 hours in the morning at 10:00AM and 2 hours at 10:00 PM  I am in the middle of the last treatment for today.  I understand I will have 3 more days of this treatment the effects will be cumulative and can catch up at the end so we will see and I will spill my guts if there is any effects.  Sharen has gone for the day and we continue to be thank full for the MC Masters for the loan of there house for her to stay at night.  Other parts of the day seem to run together as the same but I am getting some work caught up that I was unable to get done before I left.

 

And now the continued cottage story and just remember that I would never exaggerate anything in this journal.  Not that I had to tell you that but I wanted to be clear.  I left the story at how the lots were formed and how we ended up owning it.  Now the first year the lot set and during the winter Dad started planing the first stage of the cottage and that phase was the bathroom so we built the forms and set them up in the living room and the bathroom was to be 6 ft by 10 ft and in the spring we went up in the 55 dodge station wagon with the first step to drive a well so I am not sure why we would go to the lot without water for drinking.  Or with a sledge hammer to drive the well which broke the cap off the first pipe that we tryed to drive.  Now it was off to the hardware store to try to find another solution to the driving problem and they turned us over to the person with the well driver and they with out a second thought loaned it to us, and they continue to be nice people.  We got ready to go back to the lot and our car would not start but the same person jumped our car and we were off or on our way back to the lot.  So the well driving started in Ernest and with in 4 or 5 hours the well was complete at 22 ft and continues to work to this day but I still will not drink the water.  The next segment will cover the bathroom part of the cottage.

 

Please continue to Keep Sharen, Me, Sue, Tom, Dave and Hank in your prayers and may God continue to Bless us.

Wednesday day 3

Well today was the second day of treatment and I was promised I would feel like I had a hangover I am still waiting so it looks like that was a rumor.  The next 4 treatments they say should not have any side effects so should have a few more good days.  Paul and Becky showed up and what a nice visit was had. Not sure what else is to be said about this hospital the main thing is they take very good care of you and I continue to meet interesting and caring people and most of them will take a few minutes just to talk and find out who you are which is nice or maybe I have got to the point where I just keep talking and assume they are lessening I will have to ask Sharen what she thinks.  

 

I think it's is time to tell the story of our cottage and how it became the cottage.  When you mention a cottage the first thing people imagine is this wonderful log lodge on the shore of a lake well that isn't at all like our cottage we had as kids.  The first hint of us having a cottage was when Mom and Dad were trying to decide between a pool or a cottage as a place to go for vacations etc. but some how Dad found an ad for lake lots up around Six Lakes,  In the fifty's a so called land developer purchased a large hill next to a marsh or precious wet land.  The next step was to carefully push the hill into the precious wet land and mark them off in even lots and then the Robertson family drove up and looked at the nice lake and nice dry lots and agreed to pay $400 I am not sure about the price that part is a weak memory this will  be continued in the future.

 

Please keep us in your prayers and may God continue to bless us all.

Tuesday day 2

Well Tuesday is about over I need to walk the halls one more time I am trying to do almost a mile a day for some reason someone has measured the hall loop and determined that 17 laps would equal to a mile but I needed an even number so I will shoot for 16 a day, the lure is that someone went 90 laps the rumor is that it could have been Lance Armstrong I am just repeating a rumor.  Today was started with a 4 hour infusion of a chemo I have had before so no effect this time ether but they give you bendril so after about an hour I would be talking and suddenly wake up and finely spent the afternoon sleeping so now I am trying to get caught up.  Sharen moved in the MC Master home today and is feeling OK about it we continue to thank God for meeting the needs as things come up.  So I continue to feel well the stuff I will get in the morning will make me feel like I had a long night drinking and how I would feel in the morning I am not sure why they didn't stop with the feeling you had at the end of the night but it would turn recreational.  So we will move on the the next day.

 

Please continue to pray for us and may God continue to bless us all.

Monday is here at last

Well after all the delays and stuff I am sitting in my new home for 30 or so days.  I have been probed and prodded and am sitting here by myself doing my blog.  The treatment starts in the morning as I said it will be stuff I have had before with no side effects so should not be to bad until Thursday but I will keep you informed with daily up dates or of course Sharen will.  It always amazes me how tired you can get just walking and waiting and the best I can tell that is all I have done today so go figger.

 

Today I had my new port installed in my right arm which isn't as fun as the squid I had in my breast but it seems to be working well so far.  The port was first then we did the blood draws then time for admitting which consisted of getting my vitals checked and then off to the 8th floor with a tour of the woad meet the nurses and put me in a room with a view. 

 

Please Keep Sharen, me, Tom, Sue, Hank, and Dave in your prayers and may God continue to Bless us all.

Sunday in Ann Arbor at last

Well we are in Ann Arbor and ready to start the Bone Morrow transplant in the morning.  I didn't get everything done at work but have turned over to Scott S, Darlene and Scott E. so things could not work out better or they could but this is what we are left with.  Sorry for not writing the last few days but I was working late since I was finely able to drive and so the days were long.  It's been a long time since I left for a long time so it is finely started we spent Saturday getting things ready at the cottage for my long isolation so we put my work station up and worked on connecting my email and stuff it is really good to have a son in law like Garett.  So I should have full communication so I will not feel very isolated.

 

My Monday will start with a added port this time in my arm then more blood out and then off to my new environment for 3 to 4 weeks the process will start Tuesday with the first chemo which is retuction which I have already had with very low effect so I should be fine until Wednesday.

 

Please continue to pray for Sharen and Me, Tom and Sue and Dave and Hank from the fry group and may God continue to bless all.

Wednesday and I still hate computers

So off to work with me driving what a kick at last I can drive again so that was nice.  On my way to work I made a stop at Kline's Bagel for a bagel and Orange juice so that was my small celebration.  Then off to work to get allot complete since I would only have 3 days left before we go to Ann Arbor.  When I got to work my Internet was not working so no email our net work was also not working.  Time to call Att and 1 hour and 30 minuets later he assured me it was my hardware so now time for the big guns so I called Garrett to get some professional help so now the morning was gone and time for my board meeting which went very well for me because I had passed all duties off to other board members so a very good meeting.  Back to work then run Garrett back to his truck then back to work and of course I needed to leave by 4:30 to make it to the visitation.  So a day that I needed very much to complete much work with no results.  So I will work harder tomorrow and catch up.

 

Sense it is Wednesday we met friends at Grove Street cafe which was a very good time and which I suddenly realized would be the last time in 4 months and this is kind of slowly dawning on me.  My life will be completely different for the next 4 months now this is from someone who has never taken more then a week at a time.  I haven't taken any time in the past to think about all this could it turn me into a vacation guy?  Could it drive me insane I guess we will wait and see the results of a long term isolation.

 

I want to thank everybody for all there prayers which have made the difference with my cancer to the point that I have had this for a year and it has been a very good year Sharen and I have more or less have been able to do as we wish with time with Kids and grand kids and trips to the cottage during the summer so as I said a very good year.  Please continue to hold us all up in prayer and may God Bless us all.

Tuesday day of tests

Well no more radiation treatments will be required as the last hits were direct and did the job.  The Cat Scan was OK and the nodes they wanted shrunk have been shrunk so next Monday  I start the BMT which can give me a long term cure.  With the treatments that I have had each time there was hope for success but in the end each one didn't seem to work as expected so with the testing last Friday I could not be sure any had worked so the feedback I got today seemed to show the possibility of improvement.  So today was a very nice day they had a good by lunch for me and I had just found out that the tests were all good so very good timing.  Darlene and I spent time on a fixture that I had not been working on for a long time so boards can be tested while I am gone.  And again another good work and life day to be remembered and I started driving since my MRI was clean I will have to ask the Dr. if he agrees but for now I will drive.

 

I think I said that we stopped at Tom and Sue's on our way home from Ann Arbor and as usual we kind of mentioned some times at MTU now every knows that when people are in School it is some poor times.  So Sue wanted to have some fun with a friend and wanted me to act like a encyclopedia sales man and call her friend well the good news is he didn't hang up on me and so my sales pitch was flawless and this could have been a second career however in the end it was not going to work because of the amount of money he didn't have.  So with everybody on my side of the phone and Sue yelled out tell him he can use his food stamps and that was the end of the call it hit me so funny I could not breath or talk which is saying something.  Good memory's with good friends can it get better then that and Sue's friend was last seen driving away from School in a deep depression never to be seen again I will work on the ending.

 

Please keep us in your prayers and may God continue to bless us all. 

Monday Before results day

well this isn't going to be fun I am already falling asleep so I will make it quick.  The only waiting that we need is to find out about the MRI which we should know tomorrow  this was a nice Day met friends for lunch at the Blue Dauphin to work on my plan for being gone which is starting to shape up with out to many concerns.  We are having a friend do marketing  for Scott when I am gone.  The other part of the story is Scott really would like to just kick back and enjoy the summer and of course who wouldn't.  Well Sharen has had to wake me up three time trying to get this done so I will be easy on you tonight.

 

Please continue to pray for us and out friends, and may God continue to bless us all.

Saturday the 11th back from the tests

We just got back from Ann Arbor for the last tests needed before they decide about the BMT and all results will be here by Tuesday.  When we got to Ann Arbor the first stop was to the blood lab for 12 vile of blood. Without hardly a delay we meet with Dr. Levine ( good Doctor ) and a transfer counselor our normal one is Diann who is currently on vacation so a new one but very nice person can't remember her name.  Next stop was the Cat Scan room for the injection that causes your body to get hot it could make you glow but not sure of that.  Now it's around 4:00 and a quick day so we found the Cafeteria for a very nice lunch.  Now it's around 5:00 and our last test is the MRI at 7:00 this is the test I was dreading as I had one in Kalamazoo and the noise was very loud and the test takes over 48 minutes with your head held still completely still which is a long time.  Now I realize why it was so hard there was a voice that would announce how long each segment would take so my mind was trying to keep track also look at your watch and say I will hold still for 5 min. and do it to see how long a 5 min. segment takes.  The test in Ann Arbor just went through the full test with no proclamations so I just layed there and as it happens I fell asleep I know this because they had to come in and tell me to hold still when you sleep you move who would have thought.  But the test just got over very smooth and not bad at all.  So we know how to take that test in the future.

 

The only results we got when we were there is that the bone morrow tap that Dr. Bailey ran on last Tuesday and the results showed no B Cell not sure how that happened. Both Dr. Bailey and Dr. Levine were unable to feel any nodes and that is good also.  Oh and I am completely bald or maybe 18 hairs so, looks like the Comb down from the center isn't going to work.  I have started a no hat policy which means I will not wear a hat as a hair replacement any more.  You know this is big time stuff and could require therapy or maybe not.  So the surprise was we left Ann Arbor with kind of a load being lifted which I had not realized was there.  The trip back included a stop in Lansing for visit to Tom and Sue and we stopped for the visit and as it turns out there was a Birthday party for Alex Abey's ( Sue and Toms daughters ) step son so we pushed in to that and  we were able to to spend time with Tom and Sue and Brom and Abey so good day and it was at a Chinese restaurant so a nice lunch.  It was very good to see Tom with out O2 tanks what a wonderful blessing.

 

Please continue to keep us in your prayers and also my friends Tom and Sue, Hank and Dave the fry buddies and may God continue to Bless us all. 

Thursday the last fry day

Well that completed what could be the last treatment before my BMT someone said that I didn't seem to claim the cancer and I guess I didn't because the only part of cancer that I know is the treatments and I assure you I would not claim them.  But I would like to claim the BMT which I guess means it will be my BMT with hope of a cure what is really nice it is my BMT because they are using my stem cells which I continue to marvel at.  Today as I have said was my last treatment so I took my camera with me and got pictures of very important people and equipment which I will work to import soon which really means I will make Garett show me how to do it.  When I said that I would like to bring my camera for documentation it was fine and the people that worked with me took some of me and me on the slab.  This group of people have a hart and even though the circumstances are not good with why you are there it seems to help remove the fear and dread.  

 

I have been told that people can tell when I take a nap because my blog gets done really late or maybe late for me well I did have a wonderful nap and now that my treatments are complete as I understand it the nap need may be less.  The movie for the evening was China Town which I think we had watched at least 2 times before and each time I watch that movie it becomes better and more clear at least for me, this could be brain damage from the treatments but not in this case.  If you have not seen it I recommend it highly it is early Jack Nicholson and one of his better movies.  At last I got a response back from China on one of my projects and they informed me that they thought it was my problem but also included good information so there could be hope and I still don't know the engineers name not sure why they would hide that but you never know about China Town.

 

I know I add a similar ending on all my blogs and as it turns out it is the most important part of this information so please continue to pray for Sharen and me, Sue and Tom and Hank and Dave who were not in the same time slot today so no pictures.  May God continue to bless us all. 

Wednesday and at last the last one comming up

Well we are at the end of a really good day with only one treatment to go and I saw Dr. Watson for my last check up so I should be done with radiation for ever I hope.  She still will not let me drive until I get my MRI Friday but I continue to be treated well and there is  always someone ready to hall me around.  Also I have never had a Dr. give me a hug before but with my new bald head it must be my manly presents that causes that sort of behavior so I will be very careful in the future.  Today is Wednesday and as a person of  total habit it was my day the go to lunch with Dr. B and his turn to pay so that could not get better, also dinner with  friends at Grove street chafe with a fresh Banana cream pie which is now become a wonderful habit.  Just remember a bad habit can be caught in an instant and they are not hard to pick up carry around.  I just competed the Lance

Armstrong book which Scott N. dropped off for me and it was very good from the book I got a different opinion of him other then cancer and bike racer.  I didn't realize he had not won the tour De France right after the cancer not before. 

 

Please continue to keep Sharen and myself in your prayers and may God continue to Bless us all.

Tuesday with 2 more frys to go

Well at last some side effects skin behind ears scaly and I am somewhat more tired not bad but the nap continues to feel good.  If I really think about it there could be a very small head ache not real but in the back ground.  Got another card from Mark and Jane which was very good as usual.  Dr. Bailey did my bone morrow draw this morning the other 3 were on my right cheek and this one was on my left cheek that is but cheek not face cheek.  This was the best one ever hardly any pain and Sharen thought that when the had me drilled and ready and put a dreading on my hip bone he waited a bit before he went in and that could have the pain thing more time to respond.  Enough of that a friend dropped off books for me to read during recovery his timing was poor as I had just left for my brain fry but he left them and I look forward reading them.  We handed in our paper work to start disability and it was a policy that I had never gave a second thought but now it seems very important.  Stuff like that points to God taking care of us. 

 

I would like to recommend movies that you will enjoy if I have mentioned these before remember this brain fry thing will or is effecting my short term memory.  A very good one to start with is "The Waitress" some hard things to watch but in the end very good.  Number 2 is called "Ghost town" and the best was " Lars and the real girl " on this movie do not read anything about it just pop it in and enjoy even though it could look a bit twisted you will be fine and Sharen recommends it also.

 

Please continue to keep us in your prayers and thank you for all you do and May God continue to Bless us. 

Monday with 3 more frys to go

Another nice day not a remarkable day but a nice one I got work done got my brain fryed at 2:00 my normal time and Hank was there and he looked better.  Then home for a well deserved nap like I say this could be a habit that will be hard to break we will see.  I get my bone morrow tested in the morning which I always look forward to not really it is painful but Dr. Bailey seems to be very good at it and it doesn't take much time.  We start with a pain shot which hurts the most then he takes a long needle because of the hip size and pushes to my hip bone then he uses a hand drill to go through the hip bone and removes the bone morrow that is an interesting feeling like a contraction or like having your bone morrow sucked out.  Memory's of past bone morrow test the sound of drilling into my bone like a squawk or rusty door hinge.

 

Enough of that, as I said Scott N. gave me the Lance Armstrong book it is a very good book and I would highly recommend this book I will finish tomorrow I even started the book before I finished one I was reading.  The false start was because I was down stairs and the book I was reading was Upstairs and the Lance book was beside me and I couldn't convince Sharen to go get the one upstairs.  I think My constant demands could be pushing her to the edge but only one way to find out.

 

And one more time thank you for keeping us in your prayers,  Continue to pray for Tom and Sue and Dave and Hank and may God continue to bless us.

Sunday still day 4

And of course I have had a very nice weekend the weather has been fine and we went to the cottage Saturday and Jesse finished the well to house trench and connected the main water line.  So now we have the well connected to the house however the pluming needs to be completed.  never start a project without your hardware store team at the cottage our hardware store is in Six Lakes the town not the lakes.  So off to the hardware store and we got the name of the person that did our drywall who had agreed to do the pluming if we needed it and he came and looked and will give us a quote.  You probably thought that I was going to buy the parts and get started but no I am just going to sit and watch not really because I will be in Ann Arbor we think with them trying to kill me. 

 

I'm not sure what triggers old memory's but over Christmas vacation 2 of my friends Mark P. and John C. it could have been Junior year decided that it would be fun spending the weekend at our cottage.  Things to remember about the old cottage is it was similar to a plywood tent with no, not any insulation.  Not sure what we were thinking but there was a very small wood stove as it turns out a very uncomfortable weekend but fun.  So before we got to the cottage we needed some stuff from the store which was Max's store not sure how he came up with the name.  We got stuff we needed and started to clime in to the car when Max came running out at which point Mark P. got a very unusual look on his face and Max came up to the car and said he had made the wrong change we got the change back and he returned to the store.  Mark seemed to calm down and he confessed that when in the store he had slipped a beer in his coat and he thought Max was coming to get him.  It seemed to take a few moments for every think to soak in and then it became funny but I think it turned Mark P. from a life of crime that one close call.  Just remember I am trying to exercise my long term memory.

 

I continue to be overwhelmed by how good Sharen and I are being taken care of and Please continue to keep us all in your prayers and may God continue to Bless the Journey that I am on.

Friday 4 days to go

I just wanted to mark the day which was very nice worked on a design in the morning until Scott S. showed up then went to Louie's for lunch and had a bacon cheese burger and topped it off with a diet coke.  Oh the diet coke was because they had run out of bottled root beer to bad they have a very good brand.  Met with 2 customers and a vendor in the after noon and then home for another practice nap which I am getting very good at and even look forward to one.  I am not sure if I will ever get over the nap habit.  Then Sharen and I went to the corner stone for pizza then off to the grove street chafe for pie.  Wow nice day and un top of it all we ran into friends at the restraint and I was able to tell many story's as yet un heard.

 

Well my hair looks as if it is on the way out the hair per squire inch is going down.  As I said they can predict the effects on your hair but not on cancer.  If I understand how this is going to work both sides of my head will be bald for ever now that is  like a Mohawk so I will grow the top long and do a part in the center and a comb down should look normal.

Some of our friends from up north sent a Ice fishing movie not about ice fishing but about people that do Sharen still has taste and was unable to complete but I do not have taste and enjoyed it very much.  It seems like she would have the same likes and me but who can tell.

 

I would like to thank everybody for continuing to pray for us and adding Tom and Sue, and Hank and Dave to your prayer list.  May God continue to bless us.

Wednesday day 15 and counting

Well a nice day I completed a project and started another and as it is Wednesday went to lunch with Dr B. we call that our nit lite planning session or what ever.  I got back from lunch in time for a meeting with the fry boys and to get my brain fryed for the 15th time so only 5 more to go.  So far my hair hasn't fallen out but that is something that they have never lied about they seem to know the effect on hair but not cancer.  I just wanted to document this day and was wondering if sometime in the future this will recall the day that I have had.  I think everybody must see a pattern for Wednesday but Sharen and I meet with friends for dinner and once more I had a piece of banana cream pie think of all the times that I didn't have pie when you just order it.  Four other people at the table watched me thinking that it might be nice to have some also we will call that a look of longing so how cool is that and let it be a lesson take time for pie.  Today was April fools day but I didn't have a target and I like to save my April Fools tricks for people that deserve them.

 

I continue to feel very good with so far no side effects from the radiation treatments feeling this well I think helps me keep a positive attitude as everyone knows if I do not feel well I am a continues whiner.  I attribute feeling well to all the people that continue to pray for Sharen and myself and I feel totally blessed by God and can actually feel him taking care of the things that could make me be concerned or worried.  I will make a note if I live to continue to remember this lesson.  Please continue to keep Sharen and myself in your prayers along with Tom and Sue and my 2:00 fry boys Hank and Dave.