Well!!....here I am again and yes it is that time once again. Nancy (we) had about 5 wks off (sorta like a chemo vacation w/o pay) so that more tests could be run. One test was to insure that her "heart" could handle the drug.....sheez...that's a real vote of confidence isn't it. That's exactly what I would want to hear. We're gonna infuse your sytem w/a drug that may cause you heart failure....ok...now I'm really relaxed!

Now, we, she, me are gald that we live in a country where we have this type of medical access it's just that this is so draining. Not so much for me but for Nancy. This new stuff is "red fluid" which they call "red devil". Another reason to feel so relaxed that they have provided this descriptive name. It didn't take too long for the treatment which is a real plus. Maybe start to finish was 2+hrs.

Staci was already there doin' her wkly deal. We didn't get to sit together. The room was completely full! Standing room only! Nancy had to wait until a chair was empty. My statement to everyone was "Wow...it looks like cancer is increasing in popularity!!" So....that means the drug companies are still making extradinarily large amounts of money at other's expense. It's good we have them....but....many pockets are being filled. Ask a pharmaceutical rep what they make a yr sometime.....low level...over $70k/yr + the company car and expense that they milk and use for personal expense at our expense......yes....I know they do.

Either way I don't really give a damn!

So Nancy didn't sleep real well last night. Nothing new there! She does seem to feel a whole lot betta than we thought she would. No extreme nausea....but that's because I told her to take one of the $40. pills for that. Get that price....had a script for 10....yep...just under $400 for the script but she does have great insurance and it was a $10/co-pay.

This round of treatments will be once a month....for 6months.....now I can figure that duration of time quite easily. I don't need a calc!

We're just hoping to keep us all alive so that we can make it to the Ironman Championships in HI that we have everything setup for. Very expensive trip....but it could quite be our last major trip that we're able to take together. SO!...it will be very special...hell it would be special even w/o the race. I have no doubt that we will have a lot of emotional energy transcending throughout the 9 day stay. Maybe I can get her on a surfboard....probably not.

I/We do hope that this drug workx this time around. At the end of this treatment which will be first of Feb that the CA125 counts will be down to a lower level....which they haven't been all year long...AND the first of Dec will mark a "complete year long struggle of continuous chemo treatments"! A full year of chemo....that's too long! But I'm glad that she/we have options......options are a good thing.

I'll incude a coupla pics this time around....they are not quite what I would like but to get Nancy to pose for a photo is....well....like....like doin chemo....something she would rather do w/o....so she'll rag on me for doin' it....but....that's just the way it is when you live w/someone who does what he wants.

Until next time....

Mucho love,

Roger