Well, it's been right at two wks since the last treatment for Nancy. I have been "observing" and felt like she was recovering well and that she seemed to have more energy than normal. I asked her this morning how she felt (I do that pretty much daily) and she stated that she was feeling a little tired and that she felt more tired this time around than usual. Now, that was interesting to hear since I just stated that I thought she seemed a little more energetic than usual. She has been sleeping quite well which is very much aside from the norm. There has not been the usual circumstance of having the acid reflux issue or heartburn that had been prevelant as before during some of the treatments. As always her spirits seem to be quite high and that she has a certain amount of peace about her. I really don't think that's the case but that's just Nancy's personality. She doesn't want to feel like a burden to anybody and the only thing that seems to be of concern to her right now is that her car is continually leaking oil that I'm not taking care of. I know this is a major irritation to her but she looks past it since she knows that I'm trying to ramp up my training for the upcoming race season. Seems like this is not the priority and I understand that. It's just a certain type of "procedure" to give us the "perception" that everything is normal. But, in my life the normal is not anywhere close to the norm. That's it for this time around. I'll be back next Thursday (3/8) and give another update after that treatment day.
Austa ur leggo (thtz a very poor way of speaking Spanish),

Round Four:

Well, let me start off by saying that we had a really great, simple, intimate Valentine's Day! We went to this one establishment downtown Edmond (Othelo's) for a nice dinner together. We did V-Day on 2/13 which let us have a nice time w/o having to share it w/300 other peepz. It was really a nice quiet time to sit and talk about "just things" and laugh. I seem to be able to make FancyNancy laugh quite easily. Works for me!

So on to the day at hand. They had the C125 blood tests back and had reviewed them before the treatment. They had dropped from 179(?) to 109. This is good...this is good! But Nancy and I know that this is still not the normal regime that we have been accustomed to over the last 4.5yrs. But I'll accept it and I know that Nancy does. It's just a signal that she will have to do ...oh..probably at least 8 of these instead of the normal 6 that she has done in the past. With that bein' said it will be the end of May before she's done with this fourth round. Sheez...that's like a 6month ordeal man! We are both thankful that we at least have the resources to battle this disease. So this pic that is displayed on this post is Nancy cratering out after we got home this afternoon. Did I eva mention that these treatments take six or so hours. Yeah, it's jut like clockin' in to work. The main ingredient (Taxol - extremely lethal poison) takes @ least 3hrs just for it not to mention the other chemicals that are pumped through her sytem. Anyway, I had to split for 30mins to get my haircut (I would say styled but that sounds queer) and I called about getting lunch for us (that includes Staci/"the good daughter") and Staci informed me that after I had left they had to redo the needle several (7) times before it would take the medicine flow. Damn! Now that is always painful. They finally got it to take in the upper part of her arm ...you know...where the junkies hit themselves. But things were fine from there. So we finish the day in the usual manner..checkin out and getting the appt for next time set, making sure that she gets to do the blood work the Monday before the treatment so we can eliminate some time on ChemoDay and get home before dark. I'm tellin' ya....we see/watch many patients come and go while we're there.

So until next time, Happy Trails to You!