Thursday October 9 2008

I talked to Dr.Smalley yesterday and he was very encouraging. He said not to worry about suspending the chemo, that it was obviously working and that the goal was to load you with chemo until you hurt, but not kill. Once it reaches a point where it is causing ulcers and other unwanted re-actions it is time to back it off. One of the improvements in chemo therapy is that they don't have to load you up and then when it starts hitting you to hard it is too late to pull back. Today with the fanny pack they can stop it and hopefully stop the side affects and then start again.
The ulcers are subsiding so it looks like they will hit me again Monday. In the meantime the radiation continues. I am tired and other than some discomfort upper stomach and lower bowel no big deals. I am enjoying all the fat food, Mashed potatos, baked, pies---Kaye made a very good butterscotch pie and it is even better when the crust is baked. I gained 2 lbs last week and that seems to please everyone. You know you got a low performance threshold when gaining weight is cause for praise. For those of you who are impressed send me a cake, a baked potato, or someother fat food---just kidding, just kidding. I don't want Kaye to have anymore food to try to stuff down me---she is tough. I am beginning to more sympathetic to my grandkids when the are told to clean their plate---I eating as much as I can dammit---why do I have to eat the spinach--it doesnt have nearly enough calories for me. So anoter day passes, be of good cheer and eat your spinach, as for me pass me the spuds.