Finally Over

Well, I received the last treatment on Friday. It is now Tuesday morning. The reason for the delay in the update is that once the treatment was completely finalized, i was able to get some rest. I have been feeling ill for the last few weeks of the treatment and I went to bed for two days, the Dr also allowed me to now treat my radiation burn as a burn so the healing process for my skin has begun. It seems like there is never a time to catch up on rest, or chores, or whatever. Just as I knew the time to sleep and recover would be short lived, I had to rise and shine on Monday to start preparing for the big family reunion coming up next week. We actually have some relatives arriving tomorrow, but I am excited to see them, I just hope my attitude and energy will be good while they are here. One of the people to visit early will be my dad. He has been a great source of support to our family as we have battled this cancer now 3 times in the last 3 years.I cant wait to spend some time with him before the rest of the family gets here. My sister is also coming with her husband, and there little boy. he is my sons age so it should be a blast. Well that's all for now, I hope i don't have to write anymore of these entries. I don't see the doctor again until august 10th, I will update the status on this blog after that appointment. That's it for now, Jeff

26 down 4 to go

Its Saturday and because of the holiday the hospital is not open on Monday so no treatment until Tuesday. This is good because I have such a severe burn on my collarbone area that I need all the time to rest in between treatments. I only have 4 treatments to go and so far the doctor seems optimistic that I will have gotten the entire tumor. We will find out after the treatments when they go back in and do a cat scan. I hope I get more rest today so I can play at the 4th of July concert. Our band has been working on some new songs so we need to perform them live to get a real feel for them. Well I am going to bed and the sun is still out , but that is how it is way up here on the 43rd parallel. I am getting up later when it is dark to light of fireworks a day early because we will be at the concert tomorrow and there will be fireworks in the sky. Well that is all for now. Jeff