A Valentine's Day Walk

Valentine's Day 2011, will always be remembered by Paul and I because we had our first walk around the neighborhood with the dogs since January 4th, the evening before my surgery.

Yesterday morning, at the end of my PT session, I asked Stephanie when I could start doing some walking for exercise. She thought about it for a moment and told me based on my progress that I could try a quarter of a mile and see how it goes.

Naturally, I jumped on it and off we went yesterday evening before sunset to see our resident baby eagles, who will soon fly.

It was like a parade because our neighbors Marcus, Louise, their little ones, Bella and Kai, as well as Lori and Mike came along! It was so awesome.

Today! Paul & I met with the Chemotherapy doctor in charge of my case. His name is Dr. Anthony Conley and he comes from MD Anderson in Houston. We liked him very much, good thing, as the picture of what is to come with the chemo treatments is not a pretty one.

I will be getting more CT scans a heart test, blood work and then they will schedule putting a port in through which they will administer the toxic cocktail.
It looks like the first week in March will be the big kick off. Three days in Moffit home for three weeks for four rounds. It is possible I may have to repeat that three more times but that will not be decided until they see how well I hold up. It is a very aggressive chemo for this rare and aggressive cancer I am battling, so it also may have a bit of radiation thrown into the mix. Only time will tell.

For now, I am enjoying my improved strength and renewed joy of life that has come with it. The Scarlett O'Hara philosophy is what I am living right now about all of the rest to come....
"Oh fiddle dee dee, I will think about that tomorrow."