Round 3 on Friday

Di has been feeling really well the last week or so. She actually commented to me last night that it sucks that she feels so good right now knowing that she goes in on Friday. I told her to try and not think about it until then. No use worrying for a week then feeling bad a week after that...kinda screws up 2 weeks instead of just the week of feeling bad after chemo. She said that it was the first time she had thought about it and that she would try not to think about it. Good, I said.

She and I are both looking forward to the NFL! Because with that comes Fantasy Football. No, really she loves it. Seriously.. We started a Coed Fantasy Football League last year. Brotha Merritt and wife Carissa along with some good friends play. The draft is tomorrow night. She was looking at her cheat sheets last night getting ready. Saying she was going to "target" Jason Whitten, Tom Brady, Adrian Peterson, Fitzgerald.....you know, all the good ones. I just kinda of chuckled and said good luck with that. (she and everyone else in the league will "target" the best players..duhh.) I told her you win in Fantasy football with the guys you pick in the mid to late rounds...(I know because I win) She said "whatever, I want them". Cool, so do I.
So at least tomorrow night she won't be thinking of chemo. She'll be knee deep in our FFL Draft!!! and so will I.

We got to go to Cowboys Stadium last Friday night for the preseason game against Tennessee. Freakin awesome!! The place was crazy cool. The players come out of the tunnel at the 50yard line. But the coolest was that a camera follows them, on the huge Jumbo Screen, from the locker room through the "guts' of the stadium. Then the players go through a section where fans are lined up screaming and cheering at what is a bar type area, before they head out into the playing field. I can imagine how pumped up the fans will be for big games!! I think it will be really loud in the stadium too. Unlike Texas Stadium where it didn't seem loud except for really big games. i guess the dome being closed has something to do with it. That and the million trillion fans that fit into it. Oh ya, we had sweet tickets. Ya, We are big time but we try and play it cool.;)

So here's to Di feeling well today and tomorrow. Having a good draft and getting over chemo as soon as she can, cause we're outa here Sept 9th!!! here we come England!!

be kind to one another my friends.

Moving along

All is well at the moment. Di feels pretty good. Looks good too..well, looks good for a "baldy" I guess. Usually she wears a scarf, bandana thingy but every once in a while she bust out the wigs. But she usually asks the whole time its on if it looks OK. So that's kinda annoying.. It looks fine, really it does. of course she never believes me so if you guys run into her make sure you tell her how good she looks! K?

(Does anyone read this anymore?)

Her next round of chemo is Friday, August 28. 8:30. We go to London/Cambridge on Sept 9th. Get back on Sept 21 and have round 4 Sept 22nd. Round 5 is Oct 14. Then only one more left in Nov...that date hasn't been set yet.

The picture is a tribute to Riam & Eric. We're stoked to be heading to you wedding with the Drury Clan!

Back at em!

It appears that 5/6 days is the amount of time it takes Di to recoup after a round of chemo. The day of is OK. Not to bad. The next morning is not to bad but by noon time she feels awful. That lasts for 3/4 days. The fifth day she kinda gets out of the funk but still is really tired. The sixth day is good. She wants to get out of the house and eat. Not necessarily in that order. The next round is August 28th. That will give her plenty of time to recoup and get to Cambridge England for Eric (brother)& Riam's wedding! Of course she goes in the next day when we get back for chemo but hey, at least she will feel good for the trip! This trip is something that Di has really looking forward to. She can't wait to see all the British Royalty crap. Me, I could care less. But as I've come to find out the last few years, It's not always about me....who would have thunk it?

Dexter wanted to say Hi!

Thursday was Di's worse day this round. Felt horrible all day. She did eat a little but nothing of any substance. She said she feels better today and went for a walk down the block with her mom and Dexter. So that's good.
Today is Merritt's (my brother)B-Day. I was hoping she would feel good enough to go to dinner with he and Carissa. Don't think that will happen. Oh well. She should be back at it be Saturday....hopefully.

2 Days after Chemo 2

It seems the medication Di got this round helped her a great deal with her nausea and queasy feelings. Awesome news. That was what made her miserable after the first round. She isn't feeling great but it is definitely more manageable this time. She actually has an appetite. That's huge! She didn't eat for a few days with out a big fuss last time.
We are still getting used to her hair loss. Just weird.

peace & love

clay

GI Jane??

Well, Di officially looks like a cancer patient. It's the hair. It's gone. Bye bye vanity. Di & I had a great weekend. We had brunch on Saturday with friends Anna & Brian Monroe and kids. They are in visiting from Washington DC. After brunch Di, Dexter and I took an hour walk around White Rock Lake. It was really nice. But the really nice part came about 8pm. We were to meet Brian, Anna and Troy and Licia, Dave C., Ashley & Colin, and whoever else decided to show up at 1st & 10. So Di got in the shower...she was a little musty after a long active day. About the time we were to leave she called out for me from the shower. Apparently she couldn't get the knot out of her hair. I took a look and knew that we would only be able to cut her knot out. And that would mean cutting pretty much all of it off. Unfortunately I was right. It all had to come off. It was a day that Di wasn't looking forward to. Why would you? The only good break was the fact that we had people waiting for us. She "had " to pull herself together and get out of the shower so that we could meet everyone. She didn't have much time to dwell on the hair loss. And I mean "loss"! No mas. So having friends, in this instance, comes in handy. You know, It's weird. They cut the cancer out. She doesn't have it anymore, per say. But she looks like it know.
Today is round 2 of chemo. That's were we are right now. Pretty busy day here in the Infusion Room. Packed. Lots of sick people. Lots of sick looking people. Mostly older. Di's the youngest by a decade at least. She is also the prettiest...but that's not hard to do:)