Good news and not so good news

I had my weekly blood test Tuesday and got all the numbers. In general they are just slightly improved from last week. I told the nurse practitioner that I would like the numbers to be better, she said they she thought they were great numbers, given the treatments that I have been getting. My platelets are still low and I bruise if I look at my skin, but it is liveable.

The not so good news is that my hand/foot syndrome is getting more pronounced both on my feet and my hands. There are some things that I find difficult to do ,such as buttoning and unbuttoning shirts and sorting papers or cards for that matter. If it gets worse, they may have reduce the dosage of Xeloda that I take. I want to max the results and so I would like to keep the dosage up.

Given that they may have to reduce the dosage, they did a CEA (cancer marker) test yesterday and it is slightly improved. I presume this means that it is more likely that they can reduce the dosage if necessary. All the supplements that I take have to be helping the process and that is good.

Speaking of supplements, I realized that I am taking three types of mushroom supplement. I may turn into a mushroom.....who knows. I am not in the dark and having (expletive deleted) dumped on me yet though.

Speaking of supplements, I am convinced that the wheatgrass that I take each day (2 oz plus a little) are helping me big time.

Wheat grass has the following benefits:

Increases alkalinity
Reduces cholesterol
Helps kill cancer cells
Helps control blood sugar
Alleviates Inflammation
Promotes weight loss

I have wheatgrass pills for when I cannot get the juice.

The research manager recently noted that married couples begin to look alike after a while. Since people say that I am looking good, that is good for her. Given that it is me she would begin to look like, I feel sorry for her.

On the book front, we have crossed that 50% threshold on the kickstarter campaign. Thanks to those who have expressed and demonstrated interest. Some are still asking how to check it out. (Go to www.kickstarter.com and search for Red Shirts and Rubber Duckies). I am working through the editing process line by line. Talk about tedious!

More people have expressed a desire to pray for me and I am most grateful.

Life is really pretty good.