Health Update

As I spend greater and greater amounts of time in front of the television or in bed these days, it's less an less often I get a chance to write on the computer to you. However, this afternoon is a good afternoon so far, so I thought I'd take a moment to let you know things are coming along.

It's been about a week and a half since my third round of chemotherapy, and it seems to taken a bigger bite out of me than the first two. I'm more tired, and as a result, sleep throughout the morning. The pain and nausea are controllable with medication. No, they haven't been fun, but they are manageable. So long I can sleep through it, it's not too brutal. That in itself doesn't seem all that bad, but when you add up of the days after days of doing nothing but sleeping and watching television, you begin to miss the little things (like going outside or even checking your email) and the big things (like spending time with wife and daughter).

The weight-loss is difficult. I try to eat as much as I can, but it seems nothing really manages to convert itself into kilos. I continue to fluctuate, and when I think I'm doing well I weigh myself and see that I've lost another 5 pounds. Days later, I look in the mirror and am afraid to check but it turns out I'm holding steady. It's really a tough battle.

We still don't know what the future holds for us. I still have 3 more chemotherapy sessions booked. And a CT scan isn't scheduled until later this month, We don't yet know what the results or consequences of this scan will be -- good or bad, definitive or not.

I realize this isn't the cheeriest of updates I've ever written, but I know many of you are wondering what's been going on lately. I still love hearing from you, although it may not seem like it since I haven't' been responding as quickly as I used to.