Blood test TBA

Roger had his blood test and Zomita and Accupuncture today...He seemed pretty good when I came home from work....He ate really good, but we will see what tomorrow brings...We won't know anything regarding his blood test until next week, but will keep you informed when we get the news....thanks for hanging with us...it means a lot......Dianne

Monday is nearing

Monday, Roger will get a blood test that will determine whether the Chemo is doing any good. They will see if his PSA level is dropping.... as it got into the hundreds the last time they checked and when the Doctor started him on Chemotherapy. He will also receive another IV with Zomita, a bone strenghtener to help the weak spots of cancer up and down his spine. He has lost some weight, but still eats pretty well and seems to be sleeping as good as can be expected. His beard is thinning and the hair on his head is gone....that is why God made hats... right?
Well, he let me put up a tree and put out lights for Christmas and the grandkids and it looks so very pretty. If you get a chance to drive by or stop by we would love that. Just want everyone to have a blessed Holiday season...especially this one for whatever reason......will keep you all posted on the results as soon as we know anything....

Thanksgiving 2009

Thank you ..Thank you... Thank you....just doesn't seem enough this time of year...for all of your friendships and prayers and visiting and cards....we feel so loved that if love alone could cure cancer...it probably wouldn't have ever entered Roger's body in the first place.
Today we will be going to my Aunt Wilma's house for Thanksgiving dinner. My sister is doing most of the cooking and I made all the pies (Roger wanted my homemade Cherry) Aunt Wilma got her favorite (Pecan) and I made a traditional pumpkin for the rest of us....Ken Torbeck will be spending T-day at some friends in Idaho and will not be with his girls or his MOM....Chad and Tina are going to Tina's Mom's house..Chad has to work this evening at the FAA.... and Jeff and Jolene will be with her family in Grand Junction, but with us for Christmas......Aunt Wilma is doing well as is Colbie Marie(6mo old now) and Aunt Wilma is excited to have us at her house for T-day...it has been about 25 years since we have been there because I took that task over when I had a house big enough for all of the families .....Gert... Roger's mom is in California withRoger's brother for the Holdiay and for her 91st b-day. Thankful? YES indeed.....I have my husband at my side when I wake up in the morning and have him by my side when I close my eyes to go to sleep.....I know that he is being strong for me and that is the kind of husband, father and grandfather we are all very thankful for this year and in the years to come. Love Roger and Dianne

Roger and eastern medicine

East met West today in an accupuncture session for Roger....A chinese (real Chinese) accupunturest saw Roger and treated him for the first time today thru the integrated therapies from Longmont Hospital....It is a program that they say east meets western medicine and they offer some other therapies besides the regular pill and chemo and radiation....He didn't seem to mind and hopefully it will help him thru this very rought time....We are pretty much home bound except I do get to go to work and school and he holds down the fort with Dean our cat which has become quite the companion....or rather Roger has become Dean's companion.....
Dean sometimes will not let Roger alone to rest.....He must play fetch just like a dog. they say it is good to have pets. We appreciate again the prayers, phone calls, food and concern you all have for Roger.....just think of it as Roger is on a hiatus (sp?) and will return to all of us sometime in the new year....it seems like a very long time from now, but time is time no matter how you look at it...the clock still ticks at the same pace, but we don't.......
til we have something to report we will rest the blog for a while.... (: xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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