Happy New Year to Everyone! I hope you all had a great holiday! We certainly did a lot of holidazing here with Christmas and two birthdays to celebrate (David turned 13 on January 3 – oh no, two teens in the house!). But now it’s time to try to get back to “normal” – whatever that means!
Here’s a minor chemo update. This round was (thankfully) unremarkable when it comes to side effects – just the usual stuff and it’s waning - so I’m feeling optimistic about having a productive week. Robbie solo’d on unhooking me on Jan 1st – with the exception that we had a friend who is a nurse come over and watch her do it. She did a great job – she’s dynamite with a syringe – so it will save me trips to the city on unplugging days! It’s a three hour round trip for about 15 minutes of “work”. I’m scheduled to have an “official” Sloan Kettering CT scan this week but I can do it at the Basking Ridge cancer center which is only 20 minutes away. I’m looking forward to getting the results back since I know the news will be good!
So, to get a little break from all the hubbub of the last three months, Rob and I are going to Florida on Thursday for a long weekend. I got a great deal on the airfare, etc and I’ll be able to spend a few days with my Dad, who I haven’t seen in quite a while. And the temps should be around 70 degrees (yeah, baby!)
So that’s the news – I sincerely wish you all a GREAT start to 2009 – it’s already started in the right direction for us! Be Well…BB
Here’s a minor chemo update. This round was (thankfully) unremarkable when it comes to side effects – just the usual stuff and it’s waning - so I’m feeling optimistic about having a productive week. Robbie solo’d on unhooking me on Jan 1st – with the exception that we had a friend who is a nurse come over and watch her do it. She did a great job – she’s dynamite with a syringe – so it will save me trips to the city on unplugging days! It’s a three hour round trip for about 15 minutes of “work”. I’m scheduled to have an “official” Sloan Kettering CT scan this week but I can do it at the Basking Ridge cancer center which is only 20 minutes away. I’m looking forward to getting the results back since I know the news will be good!
So, to get a little break from all the hubbub of the last three months, Rob and I are going to Florida on Thursday for a long weekend. I got a great deal on the airfare, etc and I’ll be able to spend a few days with my Dad, who I haven’t seen in quite a while. And the temps should be around 70 degrees (yeah, baby!)
So that’s the news – I sincerely wish you all a GREAT start to 2009 – it’s already started in the right direction for us! Be Well…BB
3 comments:
Happy New Year Brian! Hang in there, and we wish you and the family all the best!
Happy New Year to you and yours Brian! I am looking forward to hearing the posting of the good news CT scan too. Nice to hear the adverse effects are waning as well. 2009 is looking like it is going to be a good year. Hope you enjoyed your sunshine.
Cheers,
Ellen
Happy New Year to all the Birminghams! We were excited to hear about your trip to FL. I hope it was fun. I'm sure the sun was nice. Well that's over. We have a week of below freezing weather coming. I hope the river freezes. The ice boating is so fun to watch!
Love, Carolyn
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