And treatment #3 is done!

Well the actual sitting there for 4 hours and receiving 3 bags of fluid is complete. This is what is considered day 2 of this session and I started my day at 8:30 with coffee with a friend, then down to Poway for lunch with some friends that are on their way to send their graduate to the Merchant Marine Academy at Kingspoint, NY! Congratulations Alex! Then we went to Costco to brave the throng of people for supplies for the 4th and now home for some rest! So yes I do know my limits and I am really listening to all of the voices I keep hearing from inside and from the outside gang "slow down".

My latest update is that the tumor is considered to be 50% less, and they are considering two more treatments after the 4th one so I requested that due to Craig's/Kevin's departure date to go back east is the 21st of August, they have decided to let me go to a two week interval so that my treatments will be concluded before they leave instead of after they leave(if I have to have the other 2 or I will be recovered by the time they leave). I am happy about this as that last week has been kind of anticlimactic and hopefully not necessary but we are trying this for the next few weeks and we can always go back to a 3 week interval if needed. The doctors are saying that I appear to be handling all of this rather well as I they haven't heard from me and no real complications and my blood work seems to be in line with all of their expectations. Classic or no I still have little quirks that they are having to deal with and who wouldn't expect that from me? I am a unique individual no matter what "box" they want to put me in!

In all seriousness like all patients that go through these paths I have my down times, I have my times of questioning all of it, but I don't dwell on these processes. I sit and take in all of your prayers and great thoughts that you send me and feel very blessed to have all of you in my life! Thanks so much! Hugs, Deb