Hello everyone,
The Ohio Optimist District Convention in Akron, Centerville Noon Optimist's Rocky Fork Golf Outing, my 50th High School Class Reunion and a great birthday party at the Rejects' Concert at Stubbs Park last Sunday are now history. Every event went very well and reflected a lot of work by committees and individuals who made sure all of the details were covered. Believe me getting one year older is better than the alternative. I've always joked about that, but it is no joke this year.
The last chemo treatment of the first three cycles was over today and now the wait is on to see if the chemo is working. The follow-up PET scan is scheduled for Sept. 6, and I should get the results from Dr. Calvo on Sept. 11. I am trying to keep cool until then.
Thanks for all of the cards and good wishes. I am sure they are helping.
See you soon,
Margaret
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Here we go again!
Hello everyone,
I know it has been a long time since I have written. That is because we have all been so busy there was no time to write. We have gone to Chicago to help Jim get ready to move, then back to Centerville with Annabelle, went to a Dragons game and took Annabelle to Optimists where she crawled under the table again when introduced. That is three years in a row!
Then the rest of the family started to arrive - my sister Barbara, our brother-in-law Pete on Wednesday and Jim got here Thursday evening. He was just in time to cook for the rehearsal dinner we hosted for Ken's and Laura's wedding. Jim did an outstanding job on the food and we had a great evening talking with eveyone's relatives.
The wedding was beautiful with flower girl Annabelle leading the procession and carefully putting the flower petals all along the path. It was truly a beautiful evening. Best wishes to Ken and Laura.
Sunday was the Barclay family reunion in Zanesville. We really enjoyed seeing everyone. Roy's 95 year-old dad is doing very well and looking forward to his second cataract surgery on Aug. 23rd and tossing his glasses aside. Amazing!
It is a good thing, that was my week off from chemo because there certainly wasn't a day free, but today is back to reality - almost 6 hours of reality, but Dr. Calvo, the oncologist is very positive about the treatment and thinks it is probably working. We will find out soon - two more treatment weeks and then a PET scan to see what is happening. That should happen sometime the week after Labor Day.
Thanks for your continued good wishes and prayers. I am sure they are helping the chemicals work.
Margaret
I know it has been a long time since I have written. That is because we have all been so busy there was no time to write. We have gone to Chicago to help Jim get ready to move, then back to Centerville with Annabelle, went to a Dragons game and took Annabelle to Optimists where she crawled under the table again when introduced. That is three years in a row!
Then the rest of the family started to arrive - my sister Barbara, our brother-in-law Pete on Wednesday and Jim got here Thursday evening. He was just in time to cook for the rehearsal dinner we hosted for Ken's and Laura's wedding. Jim did an outstanding job on the food and we had a great evening talking with eveyone's relatives.
The wedding was beautiful with flower girl Annabelle leading the procession and carefully putting the flower petals all along the path. It was truly a beautiful evening. Best wishes to Ken and Laura.
Sunday was the Barclay family reunion in Zanesville. We really enjoyed seeing everyone. Roy's 95 year-old dad is doing very well and looking forward to his second cataract surgery on Aug. 23rd and tossing his glasses aside. Amazing!
It is a good thing, that was my week off from chemo because there certainly wasn't a day free, but today is back to reality - almost 6 hours of reality, but Dr. Calvo, the oncologist is very positive about the treatment and thinks it is probably working. We will find out soon - two more treatment weeks and then a PET scan to see what is happening. That should happen sometime the week after Labor Day.
Thanks for your continued good wishes and prayers. I am sure they are helping the chemicals work.
Margaret
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Good News!
Hello everyone,
Today was the follow-up appointment with the neurosurgeon who did the gamma knife procedure seven weeks ago. The follow-up MRI was last Wednesday and I have been anxiously awaiting the results. Dr. Taha was smiling when he came into the room and very directly said the spots on the brain were gone and there were no new ones. The largest spot still shows where it was, but he said that may never go away - didn't see it as a problem and said come back for another MRI in four months. I told him this was the first good news I had received in a long time, and his response was that he liked to be the one to deliver good news.
Thanks for all of the prayers and good wishes.
Chemo is tomorrow and then we go to Chicago to help Jim paint his new house. Even with the forecast of high heat and humidity in Chicago, the world looks a whole lot better today.
Margaret
Today was the follow-up appointment with the neurosurgeon who did the gamma knife procedure seven weeks ago. The follow-up MRI was last Wednesday and I have been anxiously awaiting the results. Dr. Taha was smiling when he came into the room and very directly said the spots on the brain were gone and there were no new ones. The largest spot still shows where it was, but he said that may never go away - didn't see it as a problem and said come back for another MRI in four months. I told him this was the first good news I had received in a long time, and his response was that he liked to be the one to deliver good news.
Thanks for all of the prayers and good wishes.
Chemo is tomorrow and then we go to Chicago to help Jim paint his new house. Even with the forecast of high heat and humidity in Chicago, the world looks a whole lot better today.
Margaret
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