Changes

There were a few surprises this week.

The first is that I did not have any blood tests. There were some scheduling errors and as a result, the blood tests were not scheduled. When I called about it, I was told my numbers were okay last week and so I did not need to come in.

In general, I feel good. Just battling all the usual issues, but I am still smiling.

As many of you will know, we made our goal in raising funds for the book. The research manager has been working on the Appendix which details the supplements and activities that I am following in addition to the Chemo pills. I hope that her appendix will not burst like it did for the wife of one of my tennis friends last week. Seriously, her appendix will be valuable to many. I am thinking of sending it to Alex Trebek. He has pancreatic cancer just like Mary Jo did.

Three things have changed this week, two of which are true.

I have always said that I will not eat dinner for breakfast or breakfast for dinner. I broke the breakfast for dinner hurdle a while ago, but now I have had dinner items for breakfast a few times in the last week. Who would have ever thought that I would be eating peas in the morning!

The second is that I have always indicated that I do not like sushi.. Imagine my surprise when I went to pick up our take out order of Thai food the other day and was told that the sushi would be ready in a minute or two. When I said that I did not order sushi, I was told that the seaweed salad which I eat is sushi. Who knew?

The third is that I was told by a lady at the health food store where I get my wheatgrass that what I needed was Noni Juice. When I said that I can get that locally, I was told that you have to go to Hawaii to get the real stuff. Do you think that I should abandon the book idea and use the funds to move to Hawaii. I will let you know how this turns out!

I am still waiting for the oncologist and the dentist to get together on my tooth extraction. Meanwhile, it does not hurt much anymore. Besides that, I am too busy to take a few days off to recover.

Thanks for your interest.