The Balance of the Year

I see that I haven’t blogged during the entire month of December. Just a sign of how busy it’s been. I’m sure that it has been a whirlwind for most of you as well. On the health front, I am doing fine – I have been doing treatments every two weeks and surviving them just fine. The plan is to continue this regimen for the foreseeable future. Dr. S told me last visit that he has one other patient who had a remarkably positive response like mine, to a drug that is very similar to Vectibix (a drug called Erbitux which he says is to Vectibix what Coke is to Pepsi). When I stopped to think of how many hundreds (thousands maybe?) of patients he has had, it struck me how fortunate I am.

As for the rest of December, I regret to say that I spent a lot of it flying back and forth to Florida because my father has been having a tough time. And when not there, it felt like I spent most of my time on the phone with doctors, social workers and Assisted Living directors trying to sort things out. My brother also made two trips. But, thankfully, between the two of us, we helped him get stabilized and moved into an ALF where, so far, he seems to be doing well. There are still quite a number of things to be resolved, but the train looks like it has gotten back on track.


On a happier note, my lovely daughter is home, having completed her first college semester! So she is 12.5% done with her degree! It’s great to have the four of us all here tripping over each other in the kitchen, stealing each others’ candy and playing with each others’ holiday gifts!

I hope you all had a great holiday and wish you the very best for 2012. May you all find the perfect balance of friends, family, work and play to make it a terrific year!! BB