It is nice not to have much to say!

Things are going quite well since the second chemo six days ago. Joyce had some nausea, but it is under control now with medications. She gets wiped out during the day, but that is partly because she needs to take some meds like at midnight. We think we have that worked out better now, so it can be earlier and still control the nausea.
Joyce is eating pretty well, small amounts, but has three meals and three coffee breaks each day. Gaining weight is not her strong suit. On the other hand, she does her walking and exercising faithfully to keep her strength up.
We are so thankful for your support!
Joyce and Doug

56 beats 293! Baxter made an appearance (beep) again. But we also have the Muffin Man.

We were at the cancer center by 7:20am. We got checked in and assigned to a room which we stayed in for the lab work and the chemo treatment. This new area is great, individual rooms with a reclining chair to be in for the IV, and there was Baxter, just waiting for us. Also, a TV, DVD, sink, and bathroom shared between adjoining rooms. The windows looked out on a beautiful garden area with a water falls and a labyrinth. The nurse said 4 months ago looking out the big windows, all you would see was orange satellites for the construction workers!
Absolutely the best news of the day was that Joyce’s Ovarian Cancer index, which started at 293 was now, before this treatment of course, at 56! The nurse said normal is between 0 and 30!!
The treatment got started much earlier than we expected so it was done before 2 pm! In the meantime, I went to the “Muffin Man” got us omelet sandwiches for breakfast and a very good sandwich for lunch. Much better than Joyce being in a hospital bed with a hospital meal and me down stairs at the cafeteria with my meal.
Joyce felt good the whole day and is a bit tired now but doing great. We did some walking and exercising today and will do more tomorrow. I will also keep trying to get her to eat more to get her weight back to normal!
Our next (3rd) chemo is October 1st. I will get out some (but not every day) updates before then
Doug

A week of near normalcy

We have had some very nice days weather wise, but also ‘life’ wise since we got home from the hospital. That was 8 days ago. We left at 12:24 pm with Joyce’s comment “The great escape!”
We have been walking quite a bit, we drove to an area close to us with a path, playground, and benches by a small pond. Just a real nice quiet time. Then we came home for a little nap.
Joyce is really gaining back her strength, and that is what we have hoping these days would do. Both of us are ready to get on with the chemo now.
We have enjoyed this time relaxing and cooking and eating, and just being together!
Friday we go to the cancer center for lab work in the morning and 300 minutes of IV chemo later. We plan on taking a bunch of stuff to do while we are there.
We will let you know how it goes!
D and J