Wednesday Morning

Good morning everyone! I wanted to write before the heavy rain starts. We got 5" of rain yesterday and expect more today. I wish I could give some of this wet weather to California!
I am feeling better today and had a nice breakfast. I have a thing about Salmon. Baked, steamed, smoked, BB-Q, it doesn't matter. Cut a few Bagels, add some Cream Cheese, I am in Heaven!
I hope everyone has a great day! Craig, have a nice trip to Hawaii! You deserve it.
Peace and Love to all! Mark

Tuesday Afternoon

I just got off the phone with Mark (I'm at work). He is feeling really down today. He says his headache is a little worse than usual. I think our horrible weather is adding to his problems. We have an uncharacteristically wet weather for five days in a row. It's been raining (sometimes really heavily) every day and all night long too. Just not normal for us. With no sunshine and the dampness, Mark is feeling the affect. We go back to our doctor here on the 21st. I think that appointment will be an important milestone in all this. Mark will make his final decision about continuing any kind of treatment, and frankly, I think that is also weighing on his mind. So, think good thoughts for us and keep up the prayers. NEVER GIVE UP! We aren't!

Sunday Morning

Hi everyone! I slept like a rock last night! Thanks for all your support and kind words! I do feel bad with the passing of Tony Snow and Bobby Mercer yesterday. I may not agree with his politics, but Tony Snow was a good man as Bobby Mercer was. They are both in my prayers.
I ate last night. My good wife made pork chops and I gobbled them down! It's good to eat again and feel a bit more normal.
Never give up!
May Peace and Love be with all of you!
Mark

Another Saturday Night

It was a dark and stormy night . . .sounds like the first line of the next great novel. Ha! Mark is resting, having had a doozey of a headache today. He ate really well though and I am grateful for that. Going to go fix some light supper and try to entice him to have a little more food. Nancy - tonight is pork chops, stuffing and applesauce. I have to tease you. Everybody have a wonderful rest of the weekend and I know Mark will feel better tomorrow. Love to all!

TGIF!

What a week! Yesterday was so draining on me! I am sorry I could not find the energy to post. Today I am taking it slow and will just lie in bed and keep using lotion on my hands to stop my skin from peeling off. It has now spread to my face, around my eyes and forehead. I feel like I'm melting or molting!
As Rebecca said, there is no change in my diagnosis. Something I knew in my heart before ever going up to Tampa. It is so hard to stay positive. Thank the Lord for such good friends I have on this blog! You all have an open invitation to visit anytime! All your prayers and positive statements have been a God send to me! Thank you all so very much!
Peace and Love to all!
Mark

Whew - What a Day

This was a long, long day. To all of you who I promised to call, it's just so late and we're exhausted. I will call you tomorrow or over the weekend. We had quite a lengthy visit with the specialist in Tampa today. He was rather non-committal, but did seem to concur with the onocologist here that the chemotherapy seemed rather too harsh for the results that showed on the MRI. While the tumor hasn't grown, it has shrunk much at all either. So, he said that Mark's decision to call a halt was "probably" a good one. He did suggest a maintenance course of Eribatux (I hope I spelled that right) to keep the pace of the tumor's growth slow. He said the side effects of that by itself are not very invasive at all. So, we will talk to the doctor about that when we see him on the 21st. Mark is very, very tired. He has a really bad headache and says he knows you'll all understand if he doesn't write himself tonight. This day-long trip takes a lot of him. I'll close for now. We love and cherish each of you. The prayers are definitely working!! NEVER GIVE UP!

Night Before the MRI

Well, tomorrow is the day we go to Tampa for the MRI. We are optimistic that the horrific round of chemo did at least some damage to the tumor. We have the MRI at 2:30 and then go right to the doctor's office to get the results. Everybody say an extra prayer tonight for us. Mark is have a really bad headache today, but he did eat a very nice supper and I think he will sleep well. I hope I do. I wake up a lot and look over, just to enjoy the sight of him beside me. Isn't a great plan for getting rest, but the psychological boost is better than sleep for me. My love to all of you. We'll up-date you tomorrow night, if it isn't too late when we get home.