A reprive but still tired

Marilyn has asked me to write for her again. It has been about 2 1/2 weeks since she finished her 12th Chemo. She now gets a rest from that but as the doctor and nurses said the chemo affect has accumlated and she is very tired. Her red and white cells were very low before the last chemo and it will take time for them to build back up. As they do she should start feeling stronger. There is a PET scan scheduled for Oct. 10th. and we will see the doctor on Oct. 12th to see how she is doing. As much as we would like her to have surgery to reverse what was done in March that most likely will have to wait and she will go on maintanence chemo. That will be much less hard on her body. It is still a long way to go but it has been almost 7 months since she was diagnosed and she is fighting hard. She wants to do things on her own and unfortunately last Saturday she tried to get to the computer, while I was out, and she fell. She must have caught one of her feet in her pant leg and landed head first on the floor. Marilyn has recovered well from this but I ask her to make sure she has someone around just to be sure.  We try to get out as often as we can, even if it is only for a short time.

We also had a wonderful visit with Ed and Judy Szczepanik this last Wednesday. They stopped by on their way back to AZ. It was great seeing them as it had been over 9 years since they retired and left Wuerzburg. Both looked great and retirement has treated them well.

We will be sure to post as soon as we find out what the PET scan says and what the future treatment plan will be.