A great weekend!

Sunday, 4 Apr 09

Has been a great weekend! Jessica came home from Boilerville, and as usual she lights up a room anywhere she goes! A few more weeks and she will be a Purdue alumni, which doesn't seem at all possible. More on that later down the road.

I updated my heroes photo on the right. Heroes and angels, all in one!

Young Master William S. Bryant just celebrated his sixty fourth, er, umm, no his forty sixth, birthday. Happy Birthday bro, and thanks for getting me started with Facebook. A whole new way to spend time in front of the computer, and time I got!

I started radiation therapy on Thursday. Got a bit of a surprise, Dr. Chang decided to change the protocol from once a day for six weeks to twice a day for three weeks. So I have a set of bookends to help structure the day, 8:10 am and 3:30 pm. The whole process takes about 15 minutes start to finish, and for those of you who wonder about such things, you do not feel anything at all. Just noises of the machine spinning and moving. The radiation techs at Parkview North are all very kind and courteous, just like my favorite nurses Gena and Betsy.

One of the possible side effects of the radiation will be, alas, coughing. Siiiggghhhh, I was just getting adjusted to not hacking up a lung every three minutes. Oh well, its part of the plan, and I'll get thru it. God has prepared me to be a professional at coughing the last few months. So those of you who hear me, it's just the treatment!

And something seems to be missing from my life. Hmmmm, oh yeah, needles! I have not had anyone stick me with a needle or an IV port in about three weeks, so tomorrow I go to Lutheran and get tapped for a few tubes of blood. It's time to start monitoring white and red blood cell counts. I still have an almost full head of hair, but I don't think it is going to last much longer. I am down to shaving every three days, maybe four this week, so it will be Kojak time pretty soon. Look at the money and time I get to save!

That about sums up status right now. I have a load of work to do, plenty of emails to answer, and always a card or letter to write (that's old school communication for you youngsters out there).

God bless all of us, remember to be thankful and gracious, and thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. They work!

M