NEWS

No news is good news is an old adage, but some news is not always bad, nor is it always good. Sometimes it’s somewhere in between. My new news is somewhere in between or as my oncologist put it I have gone from “too good to be true” to “not so bad.”. The CT scan done Tuesday showed a large pleural effusion (fluid) on the left lung and the cancer is showing some activity. Nothing terribly alarming, but it is there. The fluid was causing some serious breathlessness so I had that drained this morning, We got about two and one-half liters. So I am feeling much better and when the lung adjusts, it usually takes a day, I will be feeling fine again and will be able to breath normally. We have two choices. Wait awhile and see if the cancer and fluid build up continue. In that scenario I would have checkups every three weeks. The other choice is to go back on chemo with the hope that we can get back to “too good to be true.” My choice is the go back on chemo and nip this in the bud if we can. We will taking a smaller dose of Alimta than we did the last time and the hope is that I will be able to tolerate it and that it will do as good a job on the cancer as it did the last time. The first treatment will be in two weeks. If the chemo has adverse effects to the point that I can’t function normally then we’ll make another decision. None of this is particularly surprising, Cancers were born to grow and I knew that at some point we would have to fight this thing again. So, we will. I am disappointed, but not bummed. I know I will continue to have all of the great support and positive thoughts that I have had in the past and you can’t know how much I appreciate that

ON TO THE FUTURE

The lack of postings over the last several weeks sh0uld serve as a good indicator that things are going well. I am fully recovered from the fall and I am feeling great. I will go in for another CT scan this coming Tuesday and we are hoping that it will yield a good result. I am still working with the
Afib problem, but it seems to be much better now. I don't know if I mentioned it in previous posts, but I have also been diagnosed with diabetes so I am taking insulin.

I have gone back to work and have been doing some traveling. Other than some fatigue I have been getting along just fine.

With my health problems pretty much under control I will have to find other things to talk about. Politics seems like a good place to start. Now that Obama has the Demo side wrapped up we'll begin the real race. I have misgivings about both candidates. How do you feel?