April 15, 2008

Hi Friends,
We saw Dr. Seigel today and Joe has the go ahead to start Gemzar on Thursday. He will get it IV on Day 1 and Day 8 and then be off for 13 days. We tried to set this up to squeeze in our trip to Phoenix to see Karen in May and Joe's fishing trip with Michael and two of his grandsons, Matthew and Connor. He will start the oral Xeloda after the first cycle of Gemzar. His bilirubin came down to 2.8 yesterday.
So our prayer concerns now are that the chemo works in shrinking the tumors, and that the side effects are minimal. They will watch his blood counts closely.
Tomorrow is supposed to be almost 70 so he is going to try and play golf for the first time this year. We're now 21 months since diagnosis and 31 months since the symptoms started so we know we have been truly blessed with all this good quality time. Take care and God bless. Mary Anne