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I am back once again.

We went and had my wifes port put in on Monday the 22nd. She came through that operation just fine. After which we went to a different part of the hospital and got her first Chemotherapy treatment. We arrived at the hospital at 615 am and got back home at 300 pm that afternoon. Needless to say it was a long day.

She was able to recover all day yesterday and relaxed. We did go on a small road trip and purchased a class C motor home. I will try to get some pictures of it up later this week. It is a Skamper on a dodge truck. It is about 25 years old so the truck does not have a lot of todays equipment or other modern luxuries you see in trucks. It still has the old hand brake inside the door. The dimmer switch is in the middle of the floor board. I look at it and think of the first truck I ever drove and all the memories this thing brings up. It does not have power steering or power brakes. Hand crank windows and even the key start is in the dash.

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Yesterday I took my wife in for her second Chemotherapy treatment. This is the one the takes about two hours to get. I made sure she got some food before we went. She had no trouble getting the treatment. After her treatment we went to visit a friend who was in the hospital for a major surgery. We sat with him and his wife for a time talking. He was just out from recovery and was in a private room. We hoped him the best and left the hospital. We had to stop at the pharmacy and get some meds for her to help her body cope with some of the more severe reactions of the chemo.

The good news is that she has one round done now. Only 5 to go. She does not get another treatment until the 20th of October now. With two weeks to recover she should be feeling a lot better by then. We should find out how the chemo is going to affect her in this week. Last week she was feeling real sick on Wednesday. I hope that this round goes a lot better for her.

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Well this is the first of her two weeks off. She is tired and not sleeping well. She is having some of the side effects of the chemo. From itching scalp to feeling drained of energy. SHe has a good attitude still and I hope that it continues as the time goes by. Her biggest thing is trying to get comfortable. She has some major hot and cold flashes. I still have a airconditioner running. Not that I do not mind it but I hope that soon I can just have a window open and not the air unit in.

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Well yesterday was a interesting day for me. My wife is getting down because she is now starting to lose her hair. This is something we knew was going to happen and were just waiting for it. She will probably get her head shaved this weekend so she has more control of it. We have went out and bought her some nice hats to wear while she goes through her treatments. Monday the 20th starts her next round. We have to find out if she can get that treatment as she is coming down sick. We hope that her white blood cell count does not drop too low or we will have to postpone the treatment.

As if that was not enough for me to worry about half of my water lines in the basement has broke. I spent a good part of the day yesterday repairing pipes. I do not call in a plumber as I worked with a lot of pipes and know how to repair them myself. I did call my father to come over to help hold a pipe here or there as I went through the repairs. I finally got them all repaired and headed to work.

At work my new training took a hold of me. I spent the first four hours in meetings and training. The system they want to implement is going to be interesting. The fact that I volunteered for this is what makes it even more fun. I know that I will actually have to do some work. My first task is to update the personnel file of the whole airport and what department they are under. I have the rights to get into the system but it was fighting me. I hope that today when I get to work that I am able to play with it and have it respond to my will a little better than yesterday.

To top all of that my supervisor informed me in a one on one meeting that he wants me to take all the current procedures of my department and rewrite them since some of the tasks have changed since we moved to our new location. I can not change anything without his approval so I have to print off the current procedures and then summit that with the one I have changed so he can let me know if that is something he will accept of want to be rewritten to meet his need. The main problem I will face is that a lot of my job is covered by TSA, FAA and local government. I have to research the latests changes in their rules to see if any of them affect our job function and rewrite the procedures to fit into all of this. I have looked at it but I may need to take a lot of this home to get it done off work hours. I am hoping that I do not have to do that.

My life is getting to be great fun now. I may actually work for the first time in over 10 years. I am not sure I am ready for all that.

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Another week is past.

It was a busy weekend for me. Saturday I spent the whole day chaperoning the High school band to the state marching band contest during the day and then a invitational marching band contest that evening. I did not get back home till 12:30 Sunday morning. Sunday I spent doing things around the home that needed done so I would be ready for Monday. I did get to the store and get some shopping for food done. Now we have food for the week.

Monday was another treatment day for my wife. This is the second series of six. Next monday is the second half of the second series. She is still doing well and a little upset that her hair has fallen out. SHe is still staying positive about the whole thing and if wanting to beat this.

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Well I am here again.

The latest on my wife is that she will be getting another treatment on Monday. She is hoping that she will have a high enough blood count to get her treatment. She should have as last week her count was 13. Normal is 9-12 I believe.

He main problem right now is she has a hard time going to the bathroom. She feels the need to go but nothing comes out. She described it as like giving birth to something. She has taken medicine to assist her in this as directed by her doctor. We are hoping that things improve today. She has been able to release a little here and there so far through last night and this morning. If things keep improving I will not be as worried about her. If her body is starting to shut down that is not good.

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Well are now done with two full treatments. She has four more to go. She has a new drug she has to take today and then go get a shot wednesday morning to try to get her body to respond some more. I know her blood count is getting low and the shot is supposed to boost that. SHe does not have another treatment till the 17th of November. I am hoping that everything improves by then.

I will write more as I learn more.

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Well life is fun for me right now. My favorite season is quickly approaching only only 46 days till the first day of winter. YAHHH!

My wife is doing ok. Seems she is having a lot of reactions to the Chemotherapy. The answer to this is to put her on other meds. then the two combine to create another side effect so we get even more meds to counteract all of that. this is real fun. She calls herself a walking medicine cabinet. She says the only thing missing is the mirror hanging on in front. She has all sorts of pills. She has a rash on her head too. SO we have a cream for that. At least we do not have to worry about her hair. We are on the two weeks off of treatment right now. We are hoping that she recovers form a lot of the side effects and that her blood count goes back up to start round three. We hope to start round three on the 17th of November.

She told me yesterday that she is scared that she is dying and all of this she is going thru is not working at all. That was hard to take. I told her that after round three they are going to rescan her and see how everything is progressing. We will know more then. I also explained that they would not be giving her the meds if it was not working. Plus it is hard for cancer to grow in a chemo treatment. Kind of like watching a river to flood when there is no rain. I think that helped her understand that it should not be spreading while she is in treatment. I hope I am correct on that.