Good News!!

I can't begin to tell all of you how greatful I am for your prayers, positive thoughts, and well wishes. My office visit with Dr. Pulver was very, very good. The blood test that revealed the cancer has dropped further; from 540 something to 270 and the tumor marker that started out at 728 is now down to 151 with a goal of getting it below 10. We have come quite a ways and we will continue, one step at a time. I did lose some more weight but not very much. They were happy because it was dropping too rapidly. He explained that the pain in my back and legs and feet is always going to be there because we found the cancer in such an advanced state but we can try our best to control it with medication. I feel very good and very positive.

Our squirrel feeder is going to have to be replenished. Once they discovered it, they really went to town. Lots of hummingbird activity today and the other birds have emptied the dish feeder. So you can see we have lots of activity out in the yard. Life is good, life is beautiful; please take time to feel the good things!

A Long Time Passed

Well hello again. Thanks to my not so nimble fingers I somehow through our ability to use the lap top way back in April. After much frustration on Justin's part as well as keeping at it, we are up and running again. I have had lots of fun watching my hummingbirds, my "bigger little birds", and will hopefully catch a glimps of the squirrel at their feeder. All of these thanks to Justin, Michelle, Jackson, Payton, Kyle, Rissa, Sammi, Simon, and Deb when they came to visit on Mother's Day. I've been feeling quite well and I think I am getting stronger now that Iam on oral chemo. Hopefully the visit to the doc this week will prove this can continue. I also got a Life is Good t-shirt and matching hat from the kids for Mother's Day and I love it. Jackson has more hair than I do and Payton tells me sometimes to put my hat back on. They are so entertaining! Well, here comes another storm with wind and probably rain. We had 60mph winds a few days ago. Don't want that again! Right now, all is well and good. Love to you all. MOM

A Long