Week 74

Hello All- Spring is hopefully here - yeah!! Hope everyone is doing great! Had scans this week and saw my Oncologist again - 30% reduction in tumor markers and size of spots in liver so this has brought me 2 more months off chemo. I'm sooooo happy. My doctor is hopeful that if the numbers continue to improve now that all the surgeries are done and the new meds seem to be working I can hopefully make it thru the whole summer without more chemo. I've finally lost all the weight I gained from the steriods and he said all I can do now is take are of myself, reduce my stress (ha) and exercise more. I'll see him again the end of May and I will have another brain scan in May and see the radiologist too but they figure if my markers are improving and the headaches are almost gone that is a sign. After an overnight stay in the hospital with Kyla following her appt. with the specialist (he wanted to evaluate the seizures for himself right away to determine the best treatment) she is doing really well with a higher dose of medication and feeling like herself again. She's really excelling at tumbling and so excited at all the new things she is learning. Shauna joined the track team in Jr. High and their first meet is Monday. It's a lot of hard work but she seems to enjoy it so far, hope she sticks with it. The girls will both start Softball again in May. So far nothing for Nicholas until the end of summer when Football starts again but we'll see about finding more to do for the summer. :) Hoping work will settle down so I can reduce my hours a little more. Financially not great but overall better for my health. Hope to be able to actually get out and see some of you in the near future now that the weather is getting better and I'm on a longer leash for the time being!! Love to All!!