Good news!

The scans showed that things are getting better! The radiologist said "incremental improvement in all areas". The spot on my hip looked really good, just a little bit of cancer left, and the spots on my spine were a little better than have been. There were no new spots and I couldn't see the spots on my lungs this time (they must have been from a cold last time). ALL excellent news. We chatted about a trial with the doc again. He is still going to be looking for a clinical trial, but would now only consider ones without much for side effects and that wouldn't require us going down to Rochester all the time. I'm still not sold on the clinical trial, especially when things are moving the right way, but told him he could let us know if he found anything. Then we talked about the Grand Canyon and rafting down the Colorado. It was the best visit to Mayo in almost a year.

We did book the trip to Utah, we fly into and out of Vegas and I'm hoping to see the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Arches, Bryce (and possibly Zion), and take a raft trip from Page for 1/2 day. Yes, it is a little aggressive but, except for the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley and the raft trip, everything is negotiable. It's also likely we'll be in some sort of heat shock since it has NOT been too warm here this summer. When I was calling and booking a couple hotels, I asked one of the agents if their outdoor pool was heated and was promptly told "honey, it's 106 out here, you don't need a heated pool". Live and learn.....

summertime

Yes, I've been remiss in my blogging duties, but summer is here and we've been busy! There was Historic Fort Snelling, the Wiesman museum, a couple weeks at the cabin, Kate's birthday party and still trying to get things organized/cleaned around the house. The first month with the girls home from school was harder, I was always tired, but now I can keep up (mostly)! I feel great, and don't have any symptoms of "the illness" which means I've been able to run around. That also means that I've done a few clutzy things, like fall off the 4-wheeler and have it run over my leg, and hurt my shoulder while vacuuming (if that doesn't prove I'm old I don't know what does), drop some chicken breasts in the oven - yes this is after the quiche. At least there was nothing that caused permanent damage!

We are in town for this week and next. Jenna wants her birthday party early and up at the cabin, so we're there for the weekend. Next week is another scan and tests (Wed at 10am, say a little prayer). Then I hope to either be back at the cabin or in Utah looking at National Parks. Still haven't decided. I'd like to believe that there will be plenty of time to see these things, but I've also learned that it's best not to procrastinate the things you really want to do.... I'll post the results of the scan, but probably won't be on again until next week. Have a good one!