Chemo: week 9 - done and moving on to next step.

Tuesday (October 19, 2010): skip the final infusion (pretty much normal), CAT scan, and meet the surgeon instead.

Lowlights:

• Tire easily (no problem driving to Chicago). 
• Still have queasy feeling most of the time. 
• No(?) beers. 
• Monday through Wednesday I have had pretty bad head/neck aches at night. Tylenol helps but not completely (never in the daytime however). I think this is left over from my bike fall last week (maybe because I'd sneaked a beer or two during dinner.)

Highlights:

• A very nice neighbor lady saw my Lost & Found ad in the paper and returned my keys. 
• Great weekend in Chicago spending 'quiet' time with Lance and the Grandkids (pictures follow) and our good friend Emily. 
• Good visit with Surgeon and results of CAT scan were completely negative for any visible signs of cancer. This is what we all expected but we've expected 'good' and gotten 'bad' before. So this was definately good. 
• We now have a date for surgery: November 19, 2010. And we have a pretty good idea how it's going to go and how recovery is going to happen - more later. 

Pictures from Chicago:

Noah helping Grandpa finish sand a butcher block

'Tool man'

I brought an old piece of butcher block for a counter in Lance's kitchen. Noah helped me sand it down to a nice smooth finish. Noah's good with a sander. He was very careful to go back and forth and get all corners and edges.  I took over and did the sides (hard to balance) while Noah worked with some other tools. 

Delaney showing Grandma how to do -- something.

Lance making breakfast (ham?).

A great weekend to just sit around and play and talk. We didn't have to rush anywhere or take anyone to this thing or that. It was very, very nice to have this time with Lance and the kids.