The Die is Cast

I started today with a different book opportunity.

One of the books that the research manager has found helpful is "How Not to Die." It advocates a plant based diet.

Today, I learned "How not to Lose at Tennis." The first lesson: Go out to play when it is starting to rain. When it is not possible to play, you cannot lose! This may be a short book, however.

I did a few organizational things, did the breakfast routine and then we headed to the cancer center.

My blood pressure was good and my blood numbers were ok. I still need to work on white blood cells and red blood cells.

My urine tests were all good,.

We then went to meet with Dr. Patel. He told me that I needed to continue with his maintenance program and that if I did not, the cancer would recur in three to nine months. I told him that I wanted to take a break. He reluctantly agreed to going three months with no chemo and to do a petscan in three months, with a CEA test in 6 weeks.

This will show whether our program is looking to be successful or not. The research manager has reinforced with me that we need to stick strictly with the program to prove that what we are doing is the right thing.

One of the activities is Far Infrared Sauna. I got a call from the surgeon who put in the port. he indicated that the port will not be affected by the heat, but he clearly regards it as "homeopathic" and therefore suspect. When I phoned the manufacturer of the sauna to ask about the port issue, the customer service person began by indicating that if I was pregnant (expecting a child) I should not use it. Thankfully, my new granddaughter has been born since until then, I was expecting a grandchild.

The far infrared both helps the immune system and fights cancer. I will try it shortly.

After thousands of people presumably thought about submitting a name for my rubber ducky, we have culled through the five or six entries that poured in (from 3 people) and selected Aflac as the duck's name. Absolutely nothing will be awarded to the person who submitted the winning entry. It happens to be the driver.

I will be doing a few more daily blogs this week and then intend to switch to a weekly attempt to entertain and inform the masses.

That's it for tonight. I am going to tell the ducky the good news about his name.