Elusive
DEFINITION: (adjective) hard to capture, grasp, or understand.
Remission has been elusive for us this week. Everything seems to be in a haze. Were we dreaming of the MM? Are we dreaming of the remission now? We seem to be in a daze, just as we were when we heard the news of the cancer. Is it because it was caught at such an early stage that makes it so soon to cure?
Labs were done this morning and tonight at 7:30 the MRI will be done. This will tell us of the 27 lesions along his spine, hip and neck area. We have our hopes up that this too will give us news of the lesions disappearing. We will know the 'rest of the story' on Tuesday at the 9:00 a.m. meeting with the Big Dog.
We have an 8:00 on Monday a.m. to have another port put back in. Chemo Sabe wants it in another place, but the options are few. Under the arm or in the left juggler vein. The Big Dog even laughed and said if he wanted it in his forehead area he could probably make it happen.
It has been a busy week thus far. Chemo Sabe and I have been working. Doesn't seem quite the same working full days instead of trying to cram everything into a couple of hours and dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's.
I have not really seen Chemo Sabe since Thursday, June 26 when we had the bone marrow biopsy. I have been spending last weekend and this week with Poppy. More energy, better appetite and better resting. Doing a few more things around the house and riding the 'beast'. He laughed last night when helping me carry new cushions in for our patio chairs. Claims he can only carry up to two pounds. He flinched when I got the big stick out. It works every time.
Riding Monday evening to meet Stretch and Rainman, we enjoyed the cool night air on the way back. Just like old times. We are ready to buckle down and begin the process again.
The dome has many freckles now and there is talk of not letting the new hair grow back, but keeping the Kojak look. He has been wearing his security ID badge so when he goes to job sites he can show them his photo with hair so they will recognize him. What a chuckle he gets from doing this.
We are meeting at the house this afternoon and taking the bikes to the hospital. We hear of rain for the weekend so we want to get as much riding in as possible. When we ride we eat out. I will soon have to get another new seat --- a bigger and wider one to carry this trunk!
God is good...ALL the time! ALL the time, God is good!
Your prayers are working continuously.
Love -- Pepper
Chemo Sabe
- ChemoSabe
- Benton, AR, United States
- Diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma-- May 2008
1 comment:
Kathy,
You are so right. God IS good, all the time. Even when we are in the valley, He is good. And we (all of us, really, but I'm thinking specifically of Jim and you and of me and Diane) are the beneficiaries of his goodness. So glad to hear of lesions disappearing, getting smaller, etc. I know that some of mine are healing, too. Dr. Kiwan said there was a large one on my sternum that is definitely healing. We go back for a couple of days in mid-August.
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