Sunny Skies ahead!

Sorry it has been a couple of weeks since the last update. We took a weeklong road trip to the Oregon Coast from April 15 – 21. When we got back I was having trouble with the computer I use for sending the updates out.

The weather could have been better for the trip, but we had several nice days. Overall, it was a very relaxing time. We stayed in some nice places, discovered some unusual ones, and had a wonderful experience in a Bed & Breakfast for our last night in McMinnville – A’ Tuscan Estate – with a real live French chef who made a fabulous breakfast.

Darrel did very well for the whole trip. Probably because he wasn’t doing stuff all the time like he does when we are home. He drove the whole trip, over 1,000 miles, and it didn’t seem to bother his feet.

Chemo last Wednesday went well. Darrel seems to be handling it better for some reason. He hasn’t crashed out for hours the last 2 times like he was before. He made arrangements to help a friend move bee hives last Thursday and was gone for the better part of the day, without feeling too bad that night.

We left Friday on the boat for a 3 night, 4 day cruise. The weather turned out much better than expected and we had a great time.

We had a phone appointment with his oncologist yesterday to discuss having a port put in. This will be used for both giving blood and getting chemo. As I have written, some of the nurses seem to have trouble finding his veins. Plus, the chemo can eventually make the veins worse. The port will be inserted on May 6.

He also has another CT scan scheduled for May 12. The latest tumor marker lab test came back just saying “Over 10,000.” This seemed strange to us since we have been given exact numbers in the past. When we asked the doctor about it, he was seeing the same thing. So, the doctor wants to depend on CT scans to determine the effectiveness of the chemo.

I will update again tomorrow or Thursday after his chemo visit.

Your Not Yet Blog Ready friend, Robin