I have been a bad little blogger!

How could 3 weeks have gone by without a post! Weird how that happens, and just when you guys were getting really good about reading my blog. I promise to do better.

Right after my last post, Michal's friend Jason came to stay with us for a few days, so they were busy seeing the sights, and watching college bowls. It was fun to have him here with us, and we see more of Michal, since she doesn't have her face pressed to the cell phone all the time when Jason is here. Unfortunately, they both had to go home on the 8th. Sorry to see Michal go home, as always, but it was extra nice to have such a nice long visit this time. And that night, Rachel and Michael took me to see Wicked at the Kennedy Center, and that was really fun, so I didn't sit and miss my Mikie!

On the 10th, I got my first dose of a new round of chemo called Taxol, and by Friday night, it started to kick my ass! We were out to dinner with a friend when my leg and foot muscles started twitching and cramping and going crazy! By Saturday night, add numb feet and hands, and I was not a happy camper. Luckily it had started to subside by Monday morning when Bert and I had to get on the plane to Seattle. We almost didn't go, but I was glad we made to decision to tough it out, and stopped at my doctors office on the way for a prescription for pain meds, so that helped alot, and I was able to get some sleep that night for the first time in 4 days. By Tuesday, it was pretty much over, and my coworkers made sure I took it easy and stayed off my feet as much as possible during the convention, so it worked out. I was tired and ready to fly home by this Tuesday though, I tell you! Got to see a lot of folks, but not everyone, and sorry we didn't get around better than we did. Nice to see Bert's folks, who came all the way up from Portland just for dinner.

Rested up on Wednesday, so that they could hit me with the next dose of Taxol yesterday. The nurse, however, predicts that it will not be as bad as last week. In the famous words of Jim Carrey, "we'll just see about that, won't we"!

The convention took tons of time before we left for Seattle, but our work load here at the office should drop to normal now that that is over, and I will have more time to keep my blog up.
And, only 2 more chemo doses to go. We are in the home stretch! My doctor calls it the "aren't we done yet" stretch.