Radiation is over...re-scans tomorrow...surgery next week

August 28, 2013

I have written in about a month and I apologize for that but I guess its a good thing, since no news is good news, right?

Jimmy has completely finished his radiation and has gotten through it without too many problems.  The worst part was the leg pain and the tiredness it caused.  He was very lucky that he did not get badly burned from the radiation.  He does have a large red mark on the back of his left thigh, which is where the tumor is and where the radiation went through his leg.  The area is oval shaped about 12" x 6".  Hair is still not coming back in that area yet but eventually it will.  He does have some nice eyelashes and eyebrows again though!  

Once radiation was over, we were lucky enough to take a vacation, courtesy of For Pete's Sake, a cancer foundation that sends families with adult patients on a "take a break from cancer" trip.  They are such a wonderful organization.  They sent us to Florida for a week, put us up in a nice 4 bedroom house with a pool and gave us theme park tickets to Sea World, Disney World and Universal Studios.  It was truly a wonderful getaway for us to leave all of the stresses at home and just go and have a good time...and we did.  We walked A LOT and got tired but it was so worth it.  We spent time together as a family having fun and enjoying life. We got home re-energized for the next step in the process...Jimmy's surgery.  THANK YOU FOR PETE'S SAKE!!!

Tomorrow is the beginning of the process.  Jimmy gets re-scanned so we will finally know how well the treatments worked on the tumor and whether or not anything changed with regard to the nodules in his lungs.  I have literally put all of this in the back of my mind for months so I wouldn't have to dwell on it.  Tomorrow we will know for sure.  I am thinking positive...the tumor will have gotten smaller and the nodules didn't get any bigger.  From my lips to God's ears because I just can't wrap my brain around any other outcome.  So I am asking that you please pray for our family, especially Jimmy, that all will go well tomorrow and that we will get some good news.

Thank you again for letting me be a part of your lives...all 37 countries of you.