Well have not written for a while. Cathi and the girls were here for 6 weeks and I enjoyed them. At times they wore me out, but for the most part they help pull me along and helped the time pass as I finished up my chemo and started my radiation treatment. Aine was curious enough to visit the hospital to see the large room and machines that did the radiation treatment. She watched a bit more from a monitor with Bob. She is a very bright and curious girl. It was fun to see how her mind works. I have finished 16 treatments and have 17 more to go so almost halfway through. They had to realign the treatment area during the last treatment. It was off by 3 mm. so they had to take xrays and move the blocks on the radiation machine a 45 min production which means you lay perfectly still on a hard cold steel bed. Ugh.
The treatments normally take just under 20 mins. I have been having some tummy issues. Due to the field being so large (so they think). I also stopped taking some pain pills due to pain from neurathropy. So the stomach has calmed down some....just can't eat a lot at one time. But I am getting through it. Can't wait to get it over with....I will celebrate my 64th birthday, Oct. 5th in style this year with a cake and food the few friends I have here. I think it will be time for a celebration, dont you?
Cathi is with Bobby in Portland now. She has gone to the zoo with the girls and Bobby is taking them to lunch today and to the gem shop. Aine is into collecting gems.Tonight she and Bobby and the girls will have dinner with their cousins in Auroa. Tommorrow she packs. She has a lot of stuff, not sure how it is all going to get back to Ireland. But I think she is going to Good Will (which is across the street) and get another case for all the goodies she has aquired over the weeks here. Thursday she and the girls will take my fully loaded (with suitcases) car to the airport and Bobby will travel in his car and between the two of them willl hustle two girls and many suitcases into the airport and eventually unto the plane. I hope it all works as planned for her. She is a brave young lady to travel for so long and cover so much of Orgeon to give her girls a good view of this state. I love her for bringing them and and for sharing her summer with me as I went through the last of my treatment.
Bob will take the bus to Portland on Friday and get the car and bring it to Bobby's apartment house and stay for a bit with him. I have no treatment on Monday, Labor Day so he can come back on Monday at some point. It will be nice to see my car again and when I am strong enough I can drive myself to places close by (docs and stores). I have not driven much in last year due to being weak from surgeries, chemo and radiation but the time will come soon when I can get back to it. I know Bob will be happy.
Along with all the things going on here, we had sad news from my brother, Larry. He has cancer. It was found in the bones but they have traced it back to the lung where he has a tumor on the outside of the lung. He and his family have gone to Sloan Kettering for advice ( He lives in Reading Pa.) and he is being treated with chemo for the time being. He and his family need your prayers also. He has a long road of treatment ahead of him and they need all the prayer support you can offer.
Weather here is getting cooler. Fall like the last two days. But they say it will warm up again before the end of the week so this is just a taste for the real stuff will come soon enough here and snow will be in the mountains by October.
Have a great week. Sorry for not writing so much. Been busy with kids and there are days when I am just not up to it...tired...and these fingers are still numb along with my feet. Ugh. But the light is at the end of the tunnel and I am almost there. Keep the prayers coming and I will try to do better in writing.
The treatments normally take just under 20 mins. I have been having some tummy issues. Due to the field being so large (so they think). I also stopped taking some pain pills due to pain from neurathropy. So the stomach has calmed down some....just can't eat a lot at one time. But I am getting through it. Can't wait to get it over with....I will celebrate my 64th birthday, Oct. 5th in style this year with a cake and food the few friends I have here. I think it will be time for a celebration, dont you?
Cathi is with Bobby in Portland now. She has gone to the zoo with the girls and Bobby is taking them to lunch today and to the gem shop. Aine is into collecting gems.Tonight she and Bobby and the girls will have dinner with their cousins in Auroa. Tommorrow she packs. She has a lot of stuff, not sure how it is all going to get back to Ireland. But I think she is going to Good Will (which is across the street) and get another case for all the goodies she has aquired over the weeks here. Thursday she and the girls will take my fully loaded (with suitcases) car to the airport and Bobby will travel in his car and between the two of them willl hustle two girls and many suitcases into the airport and eventually unto the plane. I hope it all works as planned for her. She is a brave young lady to travel for so long and cover so much of Orgeon to give her girls a good view of this state. I love her for bringing them and and for sharing her summer with me as I went through the last of my treatment.
Bob will take the bus to Portland on Friday and get the car and bring it to Bobby's apartment house and stay for a bit with him. I have no treatment on Monday, Labor Day so he can come back on Monday at some point. It will be nice to see my car again and when I am strong enough I can drive myself to places close by (docs and stores). I have not driven much in last year due to being weak from surgeries, chemo and radiation but the time will come soon when I can get back to it. I know Bob will be happy.
Along with all the things going on here, we had sad news from my brother, Larry. He has cancer. It was found in the bones but they have traced it back to the lung where he has a tumor on the outside of the lung. He and his family have gone to Sloan Kettering for advice ( He lives in Reading Pa.) and he is being treated with chemo for the time being. He and his family need your prayers also. He has a long road of treatment ahead of him and they need all the prayer support you can offer.
Weather here is getting cooler. Fall like the last two days. But they say it will warm up again before the end of the week so this is just a taste for the real stuff will come soon enough here and snow will be in the mountains by October.
Have a great week. Sorry for not writing so much. Been busy with kids and there are days when I am just not up to it...tired...and these fingers are still numb along with my feet. Ugh. But the light is at the end of the tunnel and I am almost there. Keep the prayers coming and I will try to do better in writing.
