Sorry about yesterdays posting or non-posting....as you see I did start writing it, and then got interrupted by my CT scan, and forgot that I hadn't finished and posted it. But the day went well, except for the wait for the CT scan, I got there 1/2 hour early, and they called me almost immediately (thus the interruption of my blogging) and then proceeded to drink the contrast, move to the room where they hook you up to get the contrast injection during the scan...where they never believe I have a power port, even with my two forms of identification and the fact that the lab where I got my port accessed took twenty minutes to explore my two forms of ID of the port and charted it in the computer. This happens every time I have a CT scan, and even though they can see that they used my port every-time I have a scan which has been no less than 10 times at Mayo. This was my 40th CT scan. Anyway, after they finally approved my port for the scan, I went to another waiting room, absolutely filled with others waiting for their tests....with only one chair left to wait in. An hour later I finally got called to have the scan, and finally got out of there at 11:00 a.m. 3 hours after I got there.
From there the day went great. Janet and I went to lunch with Jim Arnott at Micheal's one of the best places to eat in Rochester and only a block away from the clinic. Then came back and checked in at the floor where the oncologist is, and barely sat down, when they called me in to see Dr. Rubin. He also came in the room almost immediately and I really liked him a lot....not as young and good looking as Dr. Sideros (my oncologist that moved to Holland) but has been at Mayo since his residency some 40+ years ago. Anyway he gave me the good news that my spots were shrinking. He said as I am tolerating the chemo regiment well, he would recommend I go back and have another 12 weeks of the same chemo, and then come back for another scan.
I thank all of you for your prayers, support and love...I know I couldn't get through all of this without you. Thank God for all of you!
Today I am going to the cabin with Bonnie Sass, and I will meet with a painter who hopefully will take on the job of painting all the yellow wall with a second coat, and make all the yellows match. Then this afternoon the plummer will come and he will fix my kitchen faucet and install a faucet on the outside of the cabin on the lake side. Bonnie and I will maybe play some cards or something. The weather isn't supposed to be good, and we may not see the sun, but we'll have fun anyway. Bonnie is re-cooperating from skin cancer surgery she had yesterday, and is hiding from the public eye....speaking of eyes the surgeon said she may end up with two black eyes as the surgery was on her forehead.
She will be here at 8:30, so I guess I better get in the shower quickly. Love you all, and again thank you for your prayers. m
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