CHemo guy round two

I am trying to have a sense of humor and so is Roger about this whole darn thing...It is tuff, but we gotta do it. We shaved his head last Friday and that day this whole thing became even more real....I told him I would shave mine, but he wouldn't hear of it and neither would my gay hairdresser......the next will be the beard and that will be very different since he hasn't been without it for about 35 years or so.....He is so handsome that nothing will make him look bad.....Yes, I am sure that all of you think it is only hair, but its more....it is CANCER IS REAL when you walk around with a bald head and cannot do anything that you used to do....Roger is now my supervisor with the lawn mowing and the snow shoveling.....I think I am finally getting the hang of it....next it will be changing the oil in the vehicles and rotating the tires...I wonder what kind of score he'll give me for those? We try to laugh every day, hug a lot and keep the positive attitude going. Thanks for all of the prayers...keep them up as we all need them...............Also thank you little easter bunny Lauri for the eggs...that waas a very nice surprise as I am totally hooked on them........This Chemo thing will be going on until the mid to last of January and then....well.....you'll just have to stay tuned for that chapter. The Holidays are just around the corner and we hope everyone keeps all of the loved ones close and then closer......Love to all who read this Dianne and Rog

the good the bad and the ugly

Wanted to let you all know that It will be a week today that Roger had his first Chemo. treatment....He has not left the house and is not feeling that great even after the first treatment....I don't really know whether it is he is waiting to feel like his old self or he just really really does not feel well enough to venture out and about....He did not want to go out for dinner and nothing really tastes good to him as far as any foods. It is a very trying time for the both of us. We are signed up for classes at the Hospital to make some sort of sense and to be around people with the same sort of problems....Will that help? I just don't know at this point....It is up to him and how he feels about himself and what he is doing and thinking at this point...I can only be there to support whatever that may be. Probably won't be blogging for a while unless there is someting significant ot report to all of you who read this.....thank you by the way....your support means the world to us........Love Roger and Dianne

ask and you shall receive

Well today is Wednesday and it was the day that Roger and I really were dreading, ......but....it was the day we heard from his Doctor some good news for once. He told us that the cancer has not spread to his organs (Pet and CT scan) MRI did show more lesions in the spine, But......the radiation took care of the bigger areas the last two radiation therapies he had in the last 6 months. The type of chemo he received today and will continue to get will 50/50 take care of the lesions that are there and help with pain......today he got another hormone shot, a dose of Zomita for bone strengthening and the dose of chemo of which he will get once every three weeks X 6 of which will take us into December. They will evaluate his PSA thru blood work every three weeks to see that his PSA is going down. Now our thoughts and prayers will be to focus on the chemo doing just that and not making him to weak or ill. There will be the side effects, but I will have my friend do accupuncture for the nausa and we will make sure that he has plenty of good nourishment and liquids and vitamins to sustain this treatment. Dr. Barnett seemed optomistic that this would help him feel better in the long run....whatever that long run might be........He said Roger is a very healthy man other than the cancer and that he had hopes that this would help him enough to be able to be more active later on. We are talking January or February now. I prayed for good news and I know that all of you did too.....it worked so keep on praying and thanks ...keep it up ....good job......happy day.......love you all