Sixth

Chemo just continues on as before. I completed the first month's cycle and had my first of 3 treatments for this month today. I really don't like this chemo but will give it another chance as I've been fighting bronchitis for the last 2 1/2 weeks and that probably made me feel a lot worse than if I had only had the chemo. In fact, if you called me and I never called you back, I apologize. I totally lost my voice for a good week or so.

I'll have a scan in about 2 months to check and see if the cancer's growth is slowing. The doc says that most people can tolerate this drug for 8-12 months, but because of all my previous chemo and low blood counts, he'd expect to give me this drug for 6-8 months. After that (if it works and is still working) we can play with the dosage and frequency to keep me on it.

As you may or may not know, my bro-in-law Tom is working and living in San Francisco. My sister Cori flies out several times a month to visit, and last weekend she took me and Sandra with her. They have an apartment with an amazing view of the bay and bay bridge. We couldn't have asked for better weather as we wandered up and down the piers, and checked out the Castro district. Cori and Tom treated us to an awesome show at Teatro ZinZanni http://love.zinzanni.org/ It's a wonderful mix of humor, acrobats, dancing, juggling, singing, and any other entertainment you could name - and in between acts they serve you a scruptious 5-course meal (having the servers dressed in Parisian turn of the century corsets is not a bad thing either). Tom introduced us to Captain Darrel, a fisherman who does bay tours when fishing is slow, and we went out on the water just as the sun was setting behind the Golden Gate bridge. Getting away from here for a couple days was just what we needed and I can't thank Cori and Tom enough. Even though it might take me the rest of this week to recover from it lol.

Cheers