This is the end of my first week of treatment

This is Friday. My constant fanny pack of chemo woke me up (actually Kaye) about 230 am I had rolled over the line and cut off the chemo. So it works. The problem was in getting back to sleep. Yesterday after the Radiation I became dizzy and woozey---they said my blood pressure had shot up and they thought I was dehydreated---drank 2 bottles of water, a bottle of tea, 2 cans of juice and seem to recover. Went home after stopping by and visiting by friend Al. He is going though some business problems and his 11 yr old grand-daughter has a non malignant tumor wrapped around her spinal column, she has had 2 surgeries and it has come back. Given her age it is hard to treat it--Al says she is tough. My local friend Bob has stage 4, lung and brain, but the Docs say 2 of the tumors in the brain are gone, the ones in the lungs have shrunk---so they are getting more positive. My friend Bob in Minniapolos is recovering from surgery--colon cancer and is in chemo having a rough time but hanging in there. I would be lieing if I didnt say that it gets you down a little to see so much struggle going on---but it does take your mind off the problems on Wall Street. As they say "don't sweat the small stuff--and it's all small stuff". A beautiful morning here in Olathe. Walked 2 miles and averaged 151/2 minutes a mile, not bad for an old guy. I have radiation at 10:45 then I am done until Monday, except for my little fanny pack buddy.
My Step-sister Judy sent this to me,
"Don't Quit"
When things go wrong as they sometimes will When the road yo're traveling seems all uphill When the funds are low and the debts are high And you want to smile but you have to sigh REST IF YOU MUST--BUT DONT QUIT Life is queer with its twists and turns. As everyone of us sometimes learns And many a failure turns about When he might have won if he stuck it out Don't give up though the pace seems slow You may succeed with another blow Success is failure - Turned inside out the silver tint of the clouds of doubt And you never can tell how close you are It may be near when it seems so far So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit It's when things seem worst that you Must Not Quit. ( author unkown)
But it is okay to take a rest now and then---but some of you might want to get off your butts and get this economy going