Update 4

Well, we have been having an interesting winter - got a good load of snow dumped on us tonight on top of slush and freezing rain.
One of the classes I was taking was English 220 - 'Approaches to Literature,' I think. We were studying terms - So, Irony - Getting killed in a car wreck on the way to radiation therapy - Man, I would have aced that class.....

We are going to skip today (Wednesday) - We have 4 inches of snow and it is still coming down - Being on an unpaved road with few neighbors - well, we get plows after everyone else. The doctor says we could wait up to a week with no harm.

I did get the wig on order - I gave the old ones to the high school drama department for the school plays. I'll pick up my free one when weather permits at the American Cancer Society. Tlcdirect.org has really good, reasonably priced wigs.

My cousin, Lucy reminded me about the family trait of making lists and then forgetting it at home. Oh yeah! That cracked me up! I have so been there! I also write things on the list after I do them - just so I can cross them off at the end of the day.

My AF friend, Nancy, is my 6 degrees of separation person from all the rest of the world! I have heard from so many old Air Force friends that I have lost touch with - What great memories and how cool to hear from them!

The toughest thing of all, after my experience with going through my mother's cancer, is feeling helpless. You are all wanting to do something and there isn't much to actually do - I used to wish someone would try to mug me in the hospital parking lot after a visit with Mom - I mean, on tv, you see them lurking everywhere, right? It would have been a real relief to whale on someone.....Never a bad guy when you need one. I know it is hard to be out there and not able to do anything about this.

So, I believe in the power of prayer and I truly believe it helps. I will try to keep on doing the next thing and trudging through this. I appreciate the research and information and the caring.

The updates will slow down as we settle into a routine.

The steroids to shrink the tumors work well, but plays havoc with the blood sugar - I had to learn to inject insulin. It isn't to0 hard, surprisingly. Hopefully this will be a temporary thing until the radiation takes care of the brains.

Man, it is quick - I think Gene can sit in the car with the engine running. Today it took a little longer because they had to do an x-ray for position, but then your head slides in under the mask and a quick blue light shines on you. No smoke or glowing hair..... Now if I can convince Gene that 30 minutes early is not the same as right on time it will be quite quick.


Weirdly, I keep getting requests for being added to the list - So I am going to post this on a blog too so people can get caught up in case they missed out on the earlier posts. It was getting time consuming to get them caught up. http://lorib2mostories.blogspot.com/

Love,

Lori