Hello everyone,

Belated Happy Easter to you all!  We just thought we would check in with you and let you know how things are going. I had my 5th session of chemo last Thursday and have been feeling pretty good overall. Today I am feeling somewhat tired but this is the normal time for that during the cycle. I always have a few tired days during the week following the chemo treatment. I have seen a hematologist and he increased my blood thinner medications, and it does seem to be helping my leg which has the clots.

We have been really busy lately, we went to Chris' Rotary Club's Fish Fry in Woodstock on the 12th, we drove to Ajax and visited with Wendy's family on the 13th. This past weekend we were out for a fish & chip dinner on Good Friday, and we had all the kids and grandkids over for Easter dinner and an Easter Egg hunt. A good time was had by all. I will include a few pics further down.

We have also been preparing our gardens for spring planting and we have some seeds started in our mini greenhouse. We are so looking forward to spring and nice weather.

Next week is a busy week medically as I have my pre-chemo oncologist appointment and routine blood work on Monday, and chemo will take place on the following Thursday. On Tuesday of next week I go up to University Hospital for a CATSCAN to determine whether or not the chemo has had a positive effect to date, and from there they will determine whether or not to continue the chemotherapy treatments. Please keep your fingers crossed that the chemo has done some good and has shrunk the tumor.

Please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers as we can use all the help we can get. Keep in touch.

with lots of love,

Myron (& Wendy)

Hi again,

I'm just checking in again to let you know how things are going for me. As you know, I had my fourth chemotherapy treatment last Thursday. It went quite well and I haven't had a lot of side effects to deal with. I still have some mouth sores, and I do have a few really tired-feeling days during the cycle (today being one of them), but overall I am feeling good. Every two weeks I go in on the Wednesday for bloodwork and to see the doctor, and then I have the chemo the following day providing my blood shows it to be okay. So far, so good. We were originally told that they would do another CATscan following either the 2nd, 3rd or 4th chemo treatment, to determine whether or not it was successfully shrinking the tumor and doing some good. I have now had 4 treatments and am scheduled for my 5th next week. Sometime during the next couple of weeks they will be setting up for and doing that CATscan, but it seems to us that this is good, that they have waiting this long to do it. As you also know, I have been having considerable trouble with the blood clots in my right leg, but the good news is that I finally got them to look at it and they did another ultrasound (which did determine that the clots had worsened since January), but as a result they did increase the dosage of my blood thinner medication and it seems somewhat better. They also scheduled an appointment with a hematologist this coming Friday, so at least the blood clots will be followed and cared for from here on in.

Otherwise, we continue to live one day at a time and to live our lives as normally as possible. We have had lots of company, the most recent being a visit from Leona and Shirley and their families. See the pic below. We went out today and renewed out campsite at the trailer for this summer, and we pray that we will make good use of it. This Saturday we are going to Woodstock (with some friends) to Chris' Rotary Club's Fish Fry and Silent Auction. On Easter Sunday we will have all the kids and grandkids over for Easter Dinner and an Easter Egg hunt. We are still hoping to travel to Newfoundland this summer (the doctor has given her okay as long as Myron feels up to it), and we have started making tentative plans. I think that's about all the news for now. We'll be in touch again shortly.

I really enjoy the phone calls from family, so keep them coming. It always brightens my day when I hear from you. Please remember to keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

 

love always, Myron (& Wendy)